Green Cleaning is Important for Omega Janitorial Service's Clients

    HOUSTON, TX, April 28, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- These are standard practices at Omega Janitorial Service and should be the basis of assessing the cleaning program and strategy of your green janitorial services provider. Green cleaning looks at everything, however. Chemical use, paper, vacuums and various other items of equipment are just the beginning. When reviewing their green practices, you will need to examine their overall plan, the types of cleaning products they use and the equipment they use. Omega has offices in Houston, Texas and Dallas, Texas and Corpus Christi, Texas and Austin, Texas.

Green Janitorial Services - Cleaning Products

Green products, such as recycled paper products and microfiber cloths, are becoming more popular and are easier to find than ever before. True green janitorial services will implement a green purchasing policy to find the best green products available. In fact, some will build good relations with vendors of green products to ensure the resulting merchandise is not only eco-friendly, but reasonably priced.

To verify that you're not getting less than you paid for, it's important to make sure the green products have been certified by a third party environmental organization. These organizations make sure that the cleaning products have little to no impact on the environment and occupant health. Ecologo, Green Seal and GreedGuard are just a few of these organizations.

Green Janitorial Services - Cleaning Equipment

The equipment used by green janitorial services is different from traditional equipment. The US Green Building Council's (USGBC) LEED- EB rating system provides help with the types of cleaning equipment that should be used for green cleaning. Among them are:

- "Green Label" certified vacuum cleaners with a 70dBA or less sound level
- Floor buffers, burnishers and other maintenance equipment with a 70dBA or less sound level
- Eco-friendly gel batteries for battery-powered equipment
- HEPA filters with 99.97% removal of airborne particles in vacuums
- Entrance matting from recycled components to reduce outside soil contaminants
- Carpet and Rug Institute's "Seal of Approval" certified carpet extraction equipment

Green Janitorial Services - Training

Part of any green cleaning program should include training throughout the building, from occupants to workers. It doesn't do any good to implement green janitorial services if your current workers have no idea how to continue with the program. It's important that these training programs cover such things as proper restroom cleaning, proper mixing of cleaning chemicals at specific mixing stations, equipment maintenance and proper application procedures, to name a few.

The Green Purchasing Policy

Green janitorial services should offer (or have as part of their overall cleaning services) a green purchasing policy. This policy will include vendors that offer eco-friendly cleaning products, as well as what green products will replace traditional products. For example, your green purchasing policy may cover using recycled toilet paper rather than traditional toilet paper.

All in all, green cleaning is far different from traditional cleaning. At Omega Janitorial Service, we don't just focus on keeping everything looking nice; we focus on keeping everything clean and everyone healthy. We focus on using cleaning practices that extend the life of your building's assets. We also focus on efficiency, both in our practices and in your bottom line.

We are green; we are efficient. Our green janitorial services have helped thousands of building owners and managers, just like you, to turn their traditional building into a sustainable, healthy building. Let our team go to work for you! Contact Omega Janitorial Service today to discuss your needs!

With more than 30 years of experience, Omega understands what all the facility maintenance variables are and know how to manage them. Whether a client has one location or 75 or needs one service or many for each location, Omega will ensure they're staffed according to what each location needs, always on time, always on budget.
Website: http://www.omegajanitorial.com

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