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Foodborne illness, or food poisoning, causes 48 million illnesses annually and can be attributed from eating contaminated food. The common viruses and bacteria that cause foodborne illness include E. Coli, Salmonella, Norovirus, Campylobacter, Listeria, and Clostridium Perfringens. Mo

Rubber flooring has been receiving more attention recently as an effective sustainable flooring option in many facilities such as schools, gyms, institutions, and more. Rubber flooring has numerous benefits, from sustainability to performance. Rubber flooring has very good durability

Quaternary ammonium chloride, or quat, is an active ingredient found in many disinfectants. When disinfectants are used at the correct dilution, quats are effective against bacteria and viruses. However, if quat binding occurs, quats can become very ineffective. Quat binding is when t

Hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities continue to do battle with pathogens that can result in healthcare associated infections (HAIs).  Other public facilities such as schools can also be a breeding ground for pathogens like influenza and the common cold virus that

High traffic areas, where higher levels of soil track into a facility and can result in more aggressive wear on floors, vary from facility to facility. A high traffic area could be a stairway, a lobby, an entrance, a restroom, a cafeteria, or even all of the above. Since these high tr

The debate regarding air quality between using carpet and hard flooring has long been an issue. Many school districts and administrators believe that carpets negatively affect indoor air quality. On the hard flooring side, advocates suggest that debris gets trapped in the carpet fiber

The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has established a new version of their LEED® building certification, called LEED v4 ®. This new version of LEED® has various new requirements and updates (to read more about the updates that pertain to green cleaning, read our blog post and white

The marketers are at it again coining the term “Engineered Water” to describe devices that claim to modify tap water to make cleaning solutions. This new term is often being used synonymously with terms like “onsite generation of cleaning products” or  “c

Dilution control systems, such as the Multi-Task System, can significantly reduce cleaning time, decrease cleaning cost, and are easy to use. In absence of chemical dispensers, end users would have to manually dilute chemicals, which is typically an inaccurate process and can become v

The LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. Buildings that want to become certified in LEED® participate in one of five prog