Sustainable Building Maintenance will partner with you in an effort to help you maintain a healthier, more productive indoor ... environment, which is better for your customers and you employees. Case studies have documented employee productivity increases though improved indoor air quality. GREEN CLEANING is cleaning to protect our health without harming the environment. Newer technologies and processes make it possible to clean effectively, efficiently and with less impact on health and environment. Business that partner with Sustainable Building Maintenance and develop a green position can see bottom line improvements in at least two important ways: Economic; Employee productivity increases, decreases in lost time due to both employee illness and less time spent with employee complaints about poor indoor air quality. Measurable dollar savings are possible though energy savings, water savings and decrease in waste and refuse costs though recycling programs. Environmental; Commercial and institutional cleaning consumes approximately 6 billion pounds of chemicals, 4.5 billion pounds of janitorial paper annually. The raw materials and the manufacturing of these products have significant environmental impacts, as does their transportation, use and disposal. read more