are constantly looking for ways to improve our performance. In turn, we communicate with our clients on a regular basis, keep-ing them informed as to our environmental progress.” Jim Paterno, founder and president of Stockton Real Estate Advisors, concurs: “The cleanliness of our interior spaces is critical to our success. Many people practi-cally live in our building, and their health and safety is of paramount importance to us. Our customers are very interested in knowing what we are doing to reduce our carbon footprint and how sensitive we are to the environment.” on and achieve,” continues Polo. “Using APPA standards as a framework, we can then discuss how we will achieve that mutually agreed to level of cleanliness. Being Cleaning Industry Management Standard-Green Building (CIMS-GB) certi-fied also helps assure customers that we can deliver the results that we say we can.” Clearly, technology has advanced produc-tivity and lowered costs while simultane-ously improving the environmental profile of many cleaning tasks and processes. Getting the word out to building own-ers and property managers is critical to improving the environmental profile of the built environment. Only time will tell how fast these new methods become the new standard and are implemented into the day-to-day oper-ations of today’s buildings. CM The Simplicity Of Progress Improving worker safety and IEQ is not as hard or as costly as many people believe. Several years ago, people thought “green” was synonymous with ineffective and expensive. No more, though, according to Bob Polo, vice president of operations for ARAMARK’s Business and Industry Group. “Technology has advanced rapidly,” says Polo. “We can eliminate potential building contaminates in several ways, including the implementation of our environmentally friendly ‘blue cleaning’ program. By lever-aging the power of electrically-activated water (EAW) in place of chemicals, we can help our custodial clients minimize their environmental footprint and increase safety, productivity and convenience while cleaning more effectively.” BSCs can help building owners by alert-ing them to new product options like EAW, in addition to recommending more tradi-tional building maintenance solutions, such as: Using properly sized entryway matting systems; utilizing lightweight, adjustable microfiber floor care tools and accessories; switching out older, heavy single-motor upright vacuums for lightweight backpack vacuums equipped with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration; and more simple ways to protect worker health and productivity while improving cleanliness. The majority of businesses today want a cleaner environment — and they want to a way to quantify it. “APPA standards have helped building owners and contractors by creating defin-able levels of cleanliness that we can agree The Voice of the IAQ Industry Step Step Step 1. 2. 3. A Training com IAQ Training Institute LLC Circle Product Information no. 203 on page 32 www.cmmonline.com 37
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