Eco-friendly cleaning services for veterinarian hospitals and clinics are critical to ensuring the health and safety of pets, their owners, and the staff who occupy the facility.

Cleaning Challenges in Veterinary Hospitals and Clinics
Veterinary hospitals and clinics pose unique challenges to pet owners, occupants, and custodial teams.

Dirty school restrooms aren't just a health and safety hazard--according to new research, they send a clear message that the school does not care about its students.

The Impact of Dirty School Restrooms on Students
Regardless of intent, inadequately maintained school restrooms have sent a clear message to students that no facilities manager or district supervisor would be proud of.

With the new school year rapidly approaching, it's time for school administrators and faculty members to take a long hard look at the health and hygiene of their classrooms and take action to ensure a safe and productive new year.

Keeping Classrooms Safe and Healthy
On average, students in the United States spend between six to eight hours per day in the classroom.

A two-year study at a Florida school has provided exciting results regarding no-touch sanitization strategies and its impact on student health as measured through absenteeism.

A Florida School's Two-Year sanitization Study Provides Promising Results
Flagler School in Bunnell, Florida recently completed a two-year study measuring the effects of routine cleaning and sanitization strategies involving no-touch, electrostatic sanitization appliances.

Nursing homes require special attention and care by custodial service providers to ensure the health and safety of the staff, but specifically to protect the patients, who often operate in a diminished mental or physical capacity and are especially prone to illness.

Going green means more than just switching to environmentally-friendly cleaning products, and an experienced building service contractor (BSC) can help.

How to Green Your Business and Save Money
Greening your office can save you a ton of cash, with actions as simple as turning off lights in unoccupied rooms, switching to LED lighting, and placing green recycling bins around the workplace.

Cleaning chemical mishaps are all too common and typically result in wide-scale evacuations, closed businesses, and injuries resulting in hospitalizations.

The Challenge of Custodian Caused Cleaning Chemical Mishaps
The custodial profession is fraught with sometimes dangerous challenges, ranging from repetitive motion injuries, slip and fall accidents, and toxic chemical exposure.

The sustainability rebound effect is a common occurrence for schools and businesses who achieve their targeted sustainability goals and then effectively reverse course in conservation by increasing spending and resource use.

What Is The Sustainability Rebound Effect?
The sustainability rebound effect is defined as;
[...] the reduction in expected gains from new technologies that increase the efficiency of resource use, because of behavioral or other systemic responses.

A clean working or learning environment has been shown in numerous studies to have a positive impact on the physical health of facility occupants, but new studies are showing that a hygienic, clutter-free classroom or office also has a demonstrably positive effect on mental wellbeing.

Odor masking vs. removal is an inefficient and ill-advised approach to indoor air quality control that will lead to reduced occupant satisfaction, as well as decreased output quality and profits.

Odor Masking Vs. Elimination
Odor masking via perfumes and aerosols is a common, yet ill-advised method for masking odors that do little to nothing to improve the smell.