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Improve productivity by improving the indoor environment.
  • Researchers show productivity improvements from 0.5% to 7% are not unusual when improving the indoor environment.3
  • Performance cleaning is one way to improve the indoor environment by removing contaminants that affect peoples' health. Studies WHERE DOES THIS LINK TO show lower illness and absenteeism rates when improved cleaning methods are used.

Put cleaning into a meaningful financial perspective.

  • According to BOMA WHERE DOES THIS LINK TO, salaries and benefits for a class "A" office building account for $275 per square foot, while cleaning only accounts for about $1.25 per square foot. Recapturing 0.5% of productivity is worth $1.37. Based on an 8 hour workday 0.5% is less than 3 minutes a day!
 

Reducing absenteeism in schools ...

  • In the Syracuse (New York) Public School District, Barry Moore of Opus Consulting reported an attendance increase of 11.17% after implementing an improved cleaning strategy. The additional attendance resulting from better cleaning led to increased funding in the amount of $2.5 million!


Reducing the potential for worker compensation claims

  • 6 out of every 100 custodians have lost work time injuries every year

  • 88% of custodial injuries involve skin irritation or burns; eye irritation or burns; or chemical inhalation

The financial impact of claims

  • Each incident that required medical attention took the custodian off the job for 18 hours.

  • Medical costs average $375 per claim.

  • Lost time for the work and supervisor average $240 per claim


Performance cleaning practices may reduce the risk of workers compensation claims by utilizing green cleaning chemicals

University simplifies cleaning chemical inventory by going green.

"We used to have 15 chemicals in our janitor closet to clean 140 buildings, including dorms, dining halls, and lecture halls. Now we only use three. That's consolidation, "Fowler says. - University of Maine5

 
Performance cleaning can help consolidate products and lowering costs by:
  • reducing training time
  • streamlining purchasing
  • reducing inventory costs
  • reducing potential damage to surfaces by using the wrong cleaner
 



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