Stephen
P. Ashkin is president of The Ashkin Group,
a consulting firm specializing in greening
the cleaning industry and CEO of
Sustainability Tool LLC, an electronic
dashboard that allows organizations to
measure and report on their sustainability
efforts. He is also coauthor of both The
Business of Green Cleaning and Green
Cleaning for Dummies.
Ashkin has worked in the cleaning
industry since 1981 and has held senior
management positions in leading consumer and
commercial product companies. He began his
work on Green Cleaning in 1990 and today is
thought of as the "father of Green
cleaning". For more information, visit
www.AshkinGroup.com.
Where do you see Green Cleaning going in the
coming years?
It might be surprising to find out that I am
not asked that question as much now as I was
just a few years back. And I think there is
a valid reason why it doesn’t come up often.
To explain, I’ll use the comparison of
typewriters, of all things.
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Unraveling
the Green Supply Chain
At
small schools and massive hospital complexes, in rural towns and
major cities, administrators are bringing greener hues to the
delivery of education and health care services. Yet for all the
improvements, there is still much more that can be done. One
important example relates to their supply chains.
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Elevators
are not refrigerators;
their lights don’t go off when their door is shut.
While the Arlington
Heights, IL District 25 was in the process of replacing all of
their T-12 fluorescent lamps in their schools, an observant
facilities manager mentioned that there were T-12 lamps in all
of the elevators. Those lights in the elevators had previously
gone unnoticed and omitted from the inventory of lamps to be
replaced. Like other specialized equipment, the natural reaction
was to contact the company that services the elevators to have
them quote on this lamp replacement project for the 10 elevators
in the District.
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Effective
Finished Floor Care Creates a Great First Impression
Though seldom
truly appreciated, the floor beneath our feet tends to be an
important barometer of the overall cleanliness of a facility.
Whether in a school or a hospital, the visual appearance of the
floor often shapes our perceptions of how clean and sanitary the
entire building is. Floors that appear dirty, scuffed or dull
can convey the impression that the facility’s cleanliness
standards are lacking. That is why it is important to maintain
bright and shiny floors, which can create a lasting impression
that a facility is clean and well maintained.
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Maintenance
Manager's Standard Manual
Whether you are a facilities manager,
engineer, property owner, developer, or anyone
else responsible for maintenance operations,
this book is a must-have reference. Not only
does it give you all of the essential
ingredients for understanding and carrying out
successful day-to-day management of maintenance
activities, it provides you with an integrated
plan for continuous improvement of the
maintenance function.
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Building
Maintenance Forms, Checklists & Procedures
This book has been carefully constructed to meet
the needs of maintenance supervisors, plant
managers, and directors of operations who are
responsible for overseeing the day-to-day
performance of the maintenance function in a
company. It will not only aid those managers who
have a need for a workable system of
documentation but also those who would like to
design their own system.
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