Cleaning Our Environment One Building at a Time

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Environmental concerns and new technologies have taken commercial cleaning to a whole new level.  These days, there’s much more to janitorial services than just a mop hitting the floor to keep your building clean, compliant, and sustainable.

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Improving the quality of your indoor environment is something we take very seriously, so we are cleaning our environment one building at a time.  Indoor environments have a significant impact on human and environmental health, learning outcomes, and productivity. Based on extensive industry research focused on building maintenance and operations, technology and cleaning science, we identify the best tools, products and practices for maintaining sustainable buildings that continuously protect health and the environment. 

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Profile Environmental and Support Services has enhanced its Sustainable Cleaning Program to better serve our clients.  91.4% of all cleaning and janitorial products we used are Green Certified Cleaning products by Green Seal and EcoLogo, the highest standards available for sustainable cleaning products. In the next few years, while envisioning this number to reach 100%.

 

Profile began its Sustainable Cleaning Program to address concerns for worker safety and the desire to increase efficiencies. Our goal is to better manage chemical use, and lower the chances of chemical related injuries, and meet the cleanliness goals of buildings and facilities and reduce the environmental impact of materials used in the operations and maintenance of buildings.The program has evolved over time as safer effective cleaning products have become available in the marketplace.

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Program Highlights

• Sustainable Purchasing: Profile follows a sustainable purchasing policy to protect human health and reduce the environmental impact of materials used in the operations and maintenance of buildings.

• High-performance Cleaning Program: We follow guidelines to ensure the program includes appropriate staffing plan and work load management; training of maintenance personnel; and mandates the use of sustainable cleaning products, equipment, and material.

• Custodial Effectiveness Assessment: Profile implements, manages, and audits regularly  to determine appearance level of the facility. 

• Sustainable Cleaning Products and Materials: Profile purchases only, Green Seal and EcoLogo-certified cleaning products.  In addition, microfiber technology is used for mops and dust rags as they are more efficient, require less water, and last longer

• Sustainable Cleaning Equipment: All equipment used will limit or eliminate the use of hazardous materials, improve indoor air quality (IAQ), minimize environmental impact.

• Hand Hygiene: Profile promotes hand washing for all building occupants and provides alcohol-based waterless hand sanitizers in public areas.
• Staff Training: Profile provides training for maintenance personnel appropriate to the needs of each facility to address the hazards of use, disposal and recycling of cleaning chemicals, dispensing equipment, and packaging.

• Continuous Improvement: Profile supports the capability for building occupants and custodians to provide feedback on maintenance effectiveness and assess new sustainable cleaning technologies, procedures, and processes to assure continuous improvement.

 

Program Benefits

• Greener and Healthier Facilities

• Improved Air Quality and Human Health

• Reduced Impact on the Environment

• Promote and ensure environmental, social, and economic benefits

• Reduced Operating Costs

• Reduced Absence in Workplace

• Increased Morale

• Improved Staff Performance and Productivity

• Increased Efficiency

• Reduced Use of Chemicals

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