CM/Spotlight: sustainability case study Activeion Cleaning Solutions Colgate University Is Part Of The Solution Colgate University Insight Founded in 1819 and rated one of the top 20 liberal arts colleges in the nation by U.S. News and World Report Educates 2,800 students annually, with 96 percent of students either employed or accepted into graduate school within one year of graduation Supports a 64-person housekeeping staff responsible for cleaning glass, hard surfaces, carpets, whiteboards, desks, bathrooms, classrooms and housing 20 hours every day Purchases a variety of cleaning chemicals monthly, including: Lime removers; disinfectants; deodoriz-ers; general-purpose chemicals; and several hundred gallons of glass, stainless steel and white-board cleaner. says Keith Diehl, an eight-year cleaning professional at Colgate. “It took the handprints right off the stainless steel with no streaks. It removed all the ghosting from our classroom whiteboards. As far as whiteboards, glass and mirrors, I would rather use Activeion than other products.” Twenty-year cleaning veteran, Barb Cook, agrees with Diehl. “I found it worked very well on a variety of hard surfaces like wood, tile, glass and stone. I even used it on carpet stains.” To Pils, cleaning is about more than just leaving a shine. Itʼs about ensuring safety — in some cases, safety from chemicals. “The most important aspect is not cleaning for appearance, but cleaning for health and safety,” he says. “The cleaning industry has recently been rated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as the number five industry for workplace injuries, so itʼs important that we create a safe atmosphere for our students, faculty and staff. The more harmful chemicals we can remove from our campus, the safer weʼll be. Activeion would help us do just that.” CM Circle Product Information no. 151 A “Anytime I can find a product that makes our life easier — but is also effective and efficient — Iʼm impressed. Activeion is one of those products.” — Bob Pils, director of housekeeping and maintenance for Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. “Iʼm always on the lookout for the newest cleaning technology and the latest innova-tion,” says Pils, a 20-year veteran of the cleaning industry. “At Colgate, weʼre also committed to being as green and environ-mentally friendly as possible.” So when he came across Activeion Cleaning Solutions at the 2008 ISSA show, he was intrigued. “Iʼd heard about what ionized water can do in general, and so I was excited to see it integrated into a sprayer for the cleaning industry.” Eager to test the new technology, Pils gave a sprayer to each of his top 10 employees to test on a daily basis through-out November 2008. His staff quickly report-ed positive reviews. “Overall, my staff was very impressed with the cleaning results on hard surfaces — including removing long-time, ingrained coffee stains on our sinks, which surprised a lot of people.” “The Activeion sprayer worked great,” This content was provided by Activeion Cleaning Solutions as part of a paid advertisement. For more information, please contact Activeion directly at 1-866-950-4667 or www.activeion.com. 20 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® • June 2009
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