around the industry Bob Petrone, Jr., Mike Petrone and Greg Barto will all work with EnvirOx to provide service to the state of Florida and the authorized EnvirOx distributors in this ter-ritory. Bell Janitorial Relocates Bell Janitorial Supply recently relocated to a newer, upgraded facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 23. Although the new facility is just down the road from the original warehouse, Michael Tanner, chief executive officer (CEO) of Bell Janitorial, says it is a whole new world for them. the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its ENERGY STAR program, which provides a strategic approach to energy management by tracking an orga-nization’s current energy efficiency and future improvement. As a partner in the program, corporate-level employees, site managers and field engineers will all gain a better understand-ing of how energy is being used at Cintas and identify areas that can be improved. Kaivac Inc.’s spray-and-vacuum equipment, Clorox Professional Products Company’s Green Works concentrated cleaners and other solutions tested by the International Executive Housekeepers Association’s (IEHA) High Performance Cleaning Product (HPCP) Program in conjunction with the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. CM PCHS Names Preferred Products The Process Cleaning for Healthy Schools (PCHS) Consortium has named ProTeam backpack vacuums preferred products, signifying that they meet the highest stan-dards for cleaning in educational facilities. Also named preferred products were: News and People items in “Around the Industry” initially appeared in CM e-News Daily , a daily e-mail news service for the cleaning and mainte-nance industry. To have your News and/or People item considered for CM e-News Daily and “Around the Industry,” please e-mail your release to Managing Editor Aaron Baunee at [email protected]. To sign up for the free CM e-News Daily e-mail, log on to www.CM-eNews.com. Cintas Announces ENERGY STAR Partnership Cintas Corporation recently partnered with Rich Content Update Cleaning & Maintenance Management has been striving to provide you with the most relevant information in intriguing, interactive formats. Here is a teaser of what’s new in the CMM Community. Be sure to bookmark CMMOnline.com/Blogs/CMM and CMMOnline.com/Podcasts. ■ How To Protect Finished Floors A guest’s impression of overall clean-liness can strongly influence their experience and impact whether or not they are a repeat customer. One area that is a direct reflection of the overall cleanliness of a business is the floor-ing. Keeping up the appearance of the floor can sometimes be difficult, time-intensive and costly for maintenance professionals; but, the truth is that it doesn’t have to be. Blogs: ■ Finishing Touches: Hair And Dust Removal When cleaning hotel rooms, offices and public restrooms, professionals typically think about removing soils and disinfecting. But, there are other non-soil measures of clean, two of the most common being hair and dust. Podcast: ■ Heat In Carpet Care Bob Abrams, project manager for Nilfisk-Advance, explains that, while heat is important when deep cleaning carpets, it is only one of the many factors that contribute to soil-free fibers. CM 8 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® • March 2012
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