The Advantages Of Offering Green Cleaning Achieving credible third party certification for your service can be the tie-breaker that results in more business for you. there and it increases daily. They are seeing the benefits and the ROI, and are promoting their sustainability as a differentiator. community awareness and may face pres-sure from their host cities to minimize envi-ronmental impact. Government buildings like the Fed-eral Trade Commission building, Home-land Security and the Census Bureau in Washington. Government purchasers often have to abide by environmentally-preferable pur-chasing mandates. Airports like those in Atlanta and New-ark, New Jersey. Well-defined, property-specific cleaning procedures are particularly beneficial for large, multi-facility operations. The green cleaning policy changes in LEED are a very good trend in the facilities maintenance world. When a property is cleaned in a sustain-able way, tenants and clients win, services win and the environment wins. The demand for certified green cleaning services will continue to rise, and services that can prove their sustainability will have the market advantage. CM Healthier Facilities Green cleaning protects your clients’ envi-ronments. A sustainably-cleaned building provides a healthier place for people to live, work and play. That can mean less sick days for tenants, a reduced demand on local utilities and a better relationship with the community. It also increases your professional image and value proposition in the eyes of the tenant. It allows you to develop a partnership with them to promote the environmental sustain-ability of their facility. A Few Examples Hospitals and healthcare facilities like Charlotte NC Surgery Center and Moun-tain Empire Surgery Center in Tennessee. Using green products reduces the health impacts on already vulnerable populations. Colleges and universities like the Uni-versity of Maryland, Harvard University and George Mason University. Utilizing green cleaning procedures in classrooms and dorms can improve atten-dance and academic performance, and ac-cording to the College Board, 68 percent of high school seniors say their enrollment is in-fluenced by a college’s environmental policy. Stadiums like the Nationals Ballpark in Washington, the first Major League Baseball stadium to be LEED-certified. High-profile public buildings like stadiums are always looking for ways to promote their Green Facilities Green Seal has seen facilities from airports to retirement homes specifying green clean-ing in request for proposals. They often have different reasons for wanting to go green, but the demand is FREE INFO: Reader Service 212 or CMMOnline.com/freeinfo www.cmmonline.com 29
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