Employees and customers are demanding environmentally friendly practices more and more these days. - Building owners that adopt overall green building practices can become certified as a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building. This certification shows that the building's owner has taken a role as an environmental leader.
- Studies have consistently shown that using environmentally friendly cleaning products is healthier for the building occupants, its visitors, and cleaning staff. They report fewer incidents of sensitivity to chemicals, less allergies, experience less skin and eye as well as respiratory irritation, and decrease nausea and headache when cleaning contractors use green cleaning products. Such practice contributes to employee productivity and efficiency too, producing healthier and happy employees, and increases personnel morale.
- When cleaning, traditional cleaning products contain volatile organic compounds (VOC) which are released into the air through evaporation. This can affect air quality indoors. Green cleaning does the reverse; it helps to improve indoor air quality.
- When treating waste water, treatment plants remove chemicals that are found in cleaning products. This means that poorly treated water may still contain toxic chemicals. Since traditional cleaning products contribute to water pollution, using green products lessens or eliminates the chemicals that need to be treated.
- Using green products contribute to building safety. Since environmentally friendly products are less dangerous, spilling or other accidents posses less hazard to maintenance workers, building occupants and visitors. Green practices such as proper use and disposal lessens the risk of fires, spills, and explosions.
- Increase your profits and savings by using environmentally friendly cleaning products! Green products have become more competitive with its traditional counterparts. You actually save money by using environmentally safe cleaning products once you factor in the potential hazards. Focusing on preventive maintenance and at the same time using energy efficient equipment lowers expenses and replacement costs.
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