Q: Switching from traditional cleaning to
green cleaning seems a daunting and
expensive undertaking. What can we do to
make it easier and less expensive?
A: It’s easy to understand how one
can become confused, especially with so many
companies touting claims of environmental
sustainability. Fortunately, the Federal
Trade Commission has started cracking down
on the practice of “greenwashing” so that
purchasers and users of green cleaning
chemicals and systems can feel comfortable
that products do what suppliers claim.
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Crushing
Fluorescent Bulbs: Saving the Environment While Saving Money
While compact
fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are gradually finding their way into
homes, fluorescent lighting has long been the choice of school
and hospital facilities that want to cut energy costs and reduce
their impact on the environment. The fluorescent switch makes
perfect sense: changing to fluorescent lighting cuts energy
usage for buildings by up to 75%, saving money and cutting
pollution from power plant carbon emissions.
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Plan Early To Save On Healthcare Facility
Costs
Nearly
every medical practice is enduring, or about to experience,
change. Whether it involves dealing with lower reimbursement
rates, transitioning to electronic medical records, planning for
an acquisition/affiliation, or bringing on a new doctor,
appropriately planning your facility for such change can save
you money and ease the transition.
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Retrofit Window Improvement Options for
School and Hospital Facility Managers
Windows represent a
major investment in both budget and time for school and hospital
facility managers. They carry a high cost, contribute to a
facility’s energy consumption and require regular maintenance.
The duality of windows is hard to manage – they contribute to a
favorable environment, but at the same time create problems.
Windows can inspire productivity in students and a sense of
well-being in hospital patients by allowing the benefits of
natural daylighting and providing outside views. But they can
also be a major headache for facility managers.
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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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