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• UV-C

  Best Western Uses UV Sanitation, Black Light Inspection, and Other Housekeeping Advances in US Hotels

  Housekeepers in 2,100 Best Western hotels in North America have adopted measures including UV wands, black lights and cleanable remotes.
• Ducts

  NADCA and IAQA Partner - Indoor Environments Win

  HVAC industry cleaning and inspection professionals will work with indoor environmental quality consultants, contractors and managers.
• Carpet Cleaning

  Profile - Pearson Carpet Care, Humble, TX

  This firm specializes in Oriental/area rug cleaning - and drying homes quickly after water incidents. Thoroughly and quickly drying the building or home protects it, causing minimal or no damage to the structure and contents.
• Sustainability

  UL Environment Unveils New Sustainability Marks

  New Marks Combine Global UL Brand and Familiar ECOLOGO, GREENGUARD Names.
• Schools

  NEA HIN Offers Tips for Custodians and Maintenance Staff

  Cleaning, sanitizing, and targeted disinfecting school wide.
• Water Quality

  WQA Aquatech USA Reflects ‘Growing Vibrancy’ of Industry, Economy

  A high level of reported satisfaction at WQA Aquatech USA, which HHI attended, in early April reflects an industry growing with new technology and the promise of larger economic opportunity ahead, event organizers said.
• Green Cleaning

  Transpare – Achieving Clarity in the Green Space

  ISSA's Transpare aims to help us see clearly into the world of green claims without distortion - to create Green Claims Transparency by providing clear, standardized green purchasing and labeling information.
• Remediation

  Liquid Oxidative Remediation: Study Shows Efficacy of Remediation Technique

  In every industry, new and innovative ways of doing things are constantly being developed and promoted. Mold remediation is no exception. One method that has recently been gaining wider acceptance is called “Oxidative Remediation.”
• IICRC

  Profile: America's Best Cleaning and Restoration Services - a Teaching, Learning, Networking and Customer Service Organization

  America's Best Cleaning and Restoration Services believes strongly in education for improving indoor environments.
• IICRC

  ANSI/IICRC S500 Draft Revised Standard Available for Public Review

  The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) has announced that it is revising the ANSI/IICRC S500-2006 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration. The revised draft of S500 is available now for public review and comment.
• Indoor Air Quality

  Eastern Washington State School District – Indoor Air Quality Study

  An Eastern Washington State school district undertook an indoor environmental assessment, study, and intervention - assisted by Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) consultant, Miles Athey - to protect and enhance the learning environment within the district’s elementary schools.
• Carpet Cleaning

  Profile: Grogan Clean Care, LLC, Nacogdoches, TX

  Caring - and training - has a lot to do with cleaning for health, as this profile shows.

• The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) Supports NSPMA’s 18th Annual Conference and Trade Show

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) is pleased to support the National School Plant Management Association’s (NSPMA’s) 18th Annual Conference and Trade Show in 2013, on the theme: “Resilience - Rising Above The Rest” on April 27th-30th, 2013, at the Crowne Plaza Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX.

• HFI Recommends CDC Guidelines for Cleaning to Prevent Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) is directing facilities to guidelines published by the US CDC (Centers for Disease Control) to prevent the spread of CRE, which stands for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, a highly drug-resistant pathogen that is fatal in up to 50% of cases.

• Bauer Energy Design (BED) Introduces Water Processor for Biofilm Intervention in Healthcare Facilities

  Bauer Energy Design (BED) has introduced a water processor for biofilm intervention that, installed in a facility water main, will significantly reduce formation and retention of biofilm and associated healthcare acquired infections.
• Asthma

  Cleaning Jobs Linked to Asthma Risk

  Study indicates a strong link between professional cleaning and developing asthma.
• Water Saving

  Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis

  Featuring the expertise of over 25 water researchers, Dry Run explores water scarcity and ways residents and business owners can conserve water using best practices.
• Slip Fall Prevention

  Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) Forms Educational Partnership with the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI)

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) has formed an educational partnership with the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI). As part of the partnership, HFI will publish information to help NFSI fulfill its mission to “raise floor care to floor safety” and HFI’s mission to make facilities safer and healthier.

• Free Webinar - Green Cleaning for Schools, Hospitals and Sporting Venues

  "The State of Green Cleaning," will be offered next Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 at 2pm ET.
• C. Difficile

  Free Webcast: “Preventing the Spread of C. diff”

  On March 6, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, CleanLink.com will host the webcast, “Preventing the Spread of C. diff,” presented by Rick Macher, director of compliance and research for the Workplace Safety Awareness Council. Macher is also the director of research and development for ProMed Alliance International's SafeHouse Environmental Services.

• Learning from a Medical Cleaning Specialist

  Richard “Dick” Colvin, MBA, has been in the business of “cleaning for health” since the 1980s.
• Green Cleaning

  PRSM Releases Green Cleaning Resource Guide

  Guide helps retail facility managers source environmentally preferable products.

• BSR-IICRC S600 and BSR-IICRC S800 Standards Available for Public Review

  IICRC works with industry partners to develop new standards for the cleaning, restoration and inspection industries.
• Sustainability

  Island Sky and Partners Help Others with Atmospheric Water Generators

  Offering the world’s first, self-sustaining emergency water containers.
• Thermographic Inspection

  Have You Been to the Infrared Training Center?

  If you are interested in thermography to find hot and cold spots signalling moisture, building envelope leaks or insulation issues, consider taking a course at the Infrared Training Center or ITC.

• Book: The World's Greenest Buildings - Promise Versus Performance in Sustainable Design

  This book provides the very first opportunity to compare building performance data worldwide from the highest-rated large green buildings of the past 10 years, using actual energy and water operating data from 57 projects in 18 countries.
• Restoration

  Profile: Integrity Restoration & Remodeling

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) and its sister consumer site, The Healthy House Institute (HHI) are publishing a series of profiles of companies striving to help consumers restore their buildings and homes after a natural or other disaster. Integrity Restoration is our first profile.

• HFI Promoting National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Bookstore

  We are pleased to be promoting the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) bookstore as a valuable resource for facility professionals.

• OSHA Releases Info on New Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)

  The GHS is a system for standardizing and harmonizing the classification and labeling of chemicals.

• Coral Springs Christian Academy Reduces Mold Using Liquid Dessicant Technology

  The liquid dessicant technology removed nearly all of the airborne spores that conventional air treatment equipment had previously left behind – even with the higher humidity and temperature conditions in May.

• HFI Welcomes Cavalier Inc. to Its Vendor Advisory Board

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) is pleased to welcome Norfolk VA-based supplier Cavalier Inc. to its vendor advisory council to promote and support enlightened discussion on the development of best practices leading to healthier facilities and communities.

• Process Cleaning for Healthy Schools (PC4HS) Supports IEHA's Integrated Cleaning and Measurement (ICM) Program

  Process Cleaning for Healthy Schools® (PC4HS) is pleased to support IEHA's Integrated Cleaning and Measurement™ (ICM) program by taking before and after measurements of ATP and allergen levels in K-12 schools deploying a PC4HS program.

• The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) Promotes NEA HIN Food Allergy Book

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) is pleased to be promoting, The Food Allergy Book - What School Employees Need to Know, a publication of the NEA Health Information Network (NEA HIN). The booklet was funded in part with Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and provides information on what to do when a student is having a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction, and explains how school staff can help prevent reactions in their school.

• Understanding Sustainability - Free Webcast

  What does it mean to be sustainable? How does sustainability differ from green? What benefits does sustainability bring to a building, or a company, for that matter? What types of products and practices support a sustainable mission?

• Cleaning Industry Management Standard - Frequently Asked Questions

  Key questions about CIMS answered.

• IICRC Announces International Trade Association: International Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Council of Associations (IICRCA)

  The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) has officially announced the International Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Council of Associations (IICRCA). This international trade association was initially approved by the IICRC executive committee and board of directors in 2010.
• Cleaning Science

  Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) - Promoting Peer Review of Marketing Claims

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) has committed to a multi-year strategy to promote peer-review of marketing claims to enable greater transparency and validity in product promotion and to empower purchasers with knowledge.
• Restoration

  Libman Donates $20,000 Worth of Mops to New Jersey PTA for Sandy Relief

  The Libman Company, a leading U.S. brand of high quality cleaning products, has partnered with the Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI), the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA®), the New Jersey PTA, and the Brick, New Jersey, Lake Riviera Middle School PTA to donate more than $20,000 worth of Libman’s top selling mop, the Big Tornado® Mop, to the Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort.
• Thermographic Inspection

  Infrared Cameras May Help Detect the Spreading of Swine Flu and Other Viral Diseases

  An infrared camera is a very effective tool to detect people infected with a viral disease at a very early stage.
• UL

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) and UL Environment (ULE) Form Educational Partnership

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) and Marietta GA-based UL Environment (ULE) have formed an educational partnership to help spread the word about healthier environments – indoors and out.
• Sustainability

  Sustainability Dashboard Tools, LLC Recommends Color-Coding for Sustainability

  Stephen Ashkin, CEO of Sustainability Dashboard Tools LLC again called for the adoption of an industry-wide, sustainability color-coding system at the October 2012 ISSA tradeshow in Chicago.

• Director of USGBC’s Center for Green Schools Named World Green Building Council Chairman’s Award Winner

  Rachel Gutter honored for her exceptional work to advance the green schools movement.

• NFSI Releases New Certified Logo

  The National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) has announced the development and release of a new NFSI Certified logo - applicable to both commercial and residential settings - to better represent the safety attributes of high-traction products certified by NFSI.

• WQA Announces New Executive Director

  Following a nationwide search, the Lisle IL based Water Quality Association has selected its new Executive Director.

• Back-To-School Asthma And Anaphylaxis Basics

  The average classroom, lunch room, playground, class party and athletic field is teeming with allergens capable of provoking asthma or allergy symptoms that students with these conditions must prevent and treat with vigilance and balance.

• IICRC Launches New Website

  IICRC.org aims to be the industry hub for information leading to cleaner, more healthful environments.

• HFI Partners with the National School Plant Management Association (NSPMA) - Dennis J. Randolph, EFM, Executive Director of NSPMA Joins HFI Advisory

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) ™ and the National School Plant Management Association (NSPMA) have formed an educational partnership to foster greater professional and public awareness of the importance - and means - of maintaining a healthy school environment.

• ISSA and CIRI Begin Development of Clean Standard: K-12

  ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, and the Cleaning Industry Research Institute (CIRI) have begun the process of developing a Clean Standard for K-12 schools that ultimately will promote clean and healthy indoor environments in educational facilities across the nation to the benefit of children’ s learning experiences.

• IICRC Launches New Website

  IICRC.org aims to be industry hub for information

• Free Resource Available to Help Schools Prevent Spread of Stomach Illnesses

  HFI and NEA HIN team up to promote The Stomach Bug Book
• Green Building

  Green Building and the Environment

  Green Carpet Is More Than a Color

• Letter from IICRC Standards Director

  IICRC Standards development affecting cleanliness and health issues proceeds afoot...

• ASHRAE Announces Call for Papers for 2013 Annual Conference

  Focuses on Research & Integrated Project Delivery

• IICRC Continues to Seek Volunteers for S210 and S300 Standards Updates

  The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) is continuing to seek volunteers to serve on the consensus bodies for the development of a new BSR-IICRC S210 and the revision of IICRC S300.

• Practice Greenhealth and Sustainability Dashboard Tools Form Strategic Partnership

  Practice Greenhealth, one of the nation’s leading membership organizations for the health care community, and Sustainability Dashboard Tools, LLC, have announced the formation of a strategic partnership.

• Results of New Study Offers Potential Clues About How Peanut Allergy Emerges

  Study Funded by the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network

• HC, HHI, HFI Promote Charitable Giving Through Sears Product Reviews

  Customer Opinions Help Charities Win and Compete for $100, 000 Grand Prize

• Changing the Way the World Views Cleaning - ISSA Video with Dan Wagner

  The cleaning industry is undergoing a major change in how the public views it. Providing a safe and sanitary environment is no longer seen as a cost to be minimized, but rather an investment in public health.
• Cleaning Science

  IICRC Hosts Carpet Industry Meeting

  The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) recently led a series of meetings with carpet industry partners focused on the IICRC standards development process.
• Carpet Cleaning

  New Vacuums, System Admitted to Seal of Approval Program

  CRI congratulates two veteran Seal of Approval participants, the Oreck Manufacturing Company of Cookeville, Tennessee, and Vac Pro, a division of the Tacony Corporation of Fenton, Missouri, on their new additions to the SOA program in the Vacuums category; as well as Century 400 of Chandler, Arizona for its Platinum-Level certification for the Century CEXT7 system.
• Schools

  National Education Association Health Information Network (NEA HIN) and Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) Form Educational Partnership

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) and the National Education Association’s Health Information Network (NEA HIN) - the health division of the more than three million-member National Education Association(NEA) - have formed an educational partnership to disseminate information designed to foster healthier indoor environments in schools across the country.

• Virginia Reverses Law that requires License for Mold Inspection and Remediation

  On April 18, 2012, a law was enacted in Virginia to repeal the licensing requirement for companies providing mold inspection and remediation services in the state. After July 1, the day the repeal goes into effect, registrants will no longer be required to have a state license in order to perform these services.
• Slip Fall Prevention

  New ANSI Slip Resistance Test Standard Published

  The ANSI B101.3-2012 wet Dynamic Coefficient of Friction (DCOF) standard joins the 2009 release of the ANSI B101.1 wet Static Coefficient of Friction (SCOF) standard and provides manufacturers a comprehensive approach to quantifying the “Traction” levels of all types of ceramic, porcelain, and polished concrete materials.

• NFSI Introduces New “Traction” Label

  The new label resembles an automobile gasoline gauge and identifies three flooring traction levels: High-Traction, Moderate-Traction, or Low-Traction.
• Water Quality

  Water Quality Association Selects New Executive Director

  Following a nationwide search, the Lisle-IL based Water Quality Association has selected its new Executive Director.

• IEHA Announces the First Four Master Registered Executive Housekeepers (Master REH)

  IEHA – Uniting Facility Managers Worldwide – is pleased to announce that four members have earned their Master Registered Executive Housekeeper (Master REH) designations.

• IICRC Developing New S210 Standard on Dimensional Stone Maintenance and Restoration and Revising S300 Standard on Professional Upholstery Cleaning

  The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) has announced the formation of consensus bodies for the development of a new BSR-IICRC S210 Standard and Reference Guide on Dimensional Stone Maintenance and Restoration and the revision of IICRC S300 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Upholstery Cleaning.

• CRI Seal of Approval Program Adds New Solutions, Systems

  The Carpet and Rug Institute's (CRI) Seal of Approval program for carpet cleaning equipment and supplies has seen significant activity in recent weeks, with the addition of 18 new solutions and two new deep-cleaning systems. The current total of SOA-approved products stands at 355 solutions, 84 extractors, 96 systems and 333 vacuums, or 868 in all.

• Sustainability: An Advanced Course Webcast

  On May 16, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, CleanLink will air the webcast, Sustainability: An Advanced Course, presented by Stephen Ashkin, CEO of Sustainability Dashboard Tools LLC.

• IICRC Accepting Feedback on ANSI/IICRC S520

  The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) is initiating the revision of ANSI/IICRC S520: 2008 Standard and Reference Guide on Professional Mold Remediation.

• The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) and Green Ribbon Schools (GRS) Announce Educational Partnership

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) and Green Ribbon Schools (GRS) have announced a partnership for the 2012-13 school year to help make schools healthier through education and participation in healthy practices among stakeholders including students, teachers, parents and school staff.

• IICRC Details Transition to Original Name

  Name change recognizes past, advances future.

• CleanLink Presents: "Safer Flooring with the ANSI/NFSI Standard" on Thursday, April 26

  CleanLink, one of the cleaning industry’s leading online resources, is producing the free webcast “Safer Flooring with the ANSI/NFSI Standard” on Thursday, April 26, from 1 to 2 p.m. (Eastern).
• Sustainability

  Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) Continues Growth

  Continued growth confirms need for verification of environmental claims.
• AIHA

  AIHA Announces Open Comment Period for ANSI Z10 Standard

  Open comment period runs March 30, 2012 – May 14, 2012. This standard defines minimum performance requirements for occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS).
• IICRC

  Darrell Paulson on the Truth Behind the IICRC/Clean Trust Rebrand

  The IICRC (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification) startled many in the carpet cleaning industry when it decided to rebrand itself as The Clean Trust in October 2011. The IICRC/Clean Trust shocked cleaners again by announcing that they would be reverting to their former acronym. But why?

• The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) Launches Slip and Fall Prevention Survey

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) - in collaboration with the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) and Kaivac - has launched a Slip and Fall Prevention Survey for the JanSan industry.
• Healthy Schools

  The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council Launches the Green Classroom Professional Certificate

  Program encourages teachers to create healthy, sustainable classrooms.

• Sustainability Dashboard Tools to Sponsor Sustainability Symposium

  Sustainability Dashboard Tools, LLC - a Web-based system that allows businesses and facilities to manage and monitor their use of natural resources in order to reduce their environmental impact and cut costs--has announced that they will be a sponsor of the upcoming 2012 PA/NJ Sustainability Symposium.
• Restoration

  RIA and The Clean Trust Sign Memorandum of Understanding

  Organizations encourage spirit of cooperation between members.
• Healthcare

  CleanLink Presents: Incorporating Green Cleaning Into Healthcare Facilities

  On March 7, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, CleanLink airs the webcast, Incorporating Green Cleaning Into Healthcare Facilities, presented by Stephen Ashkin, President of The Ashkin Group and Executive Director of the Green Cleaning Network.
• Healthcare

  Switching to Steam? AVT Launches Resource Library on Steam Vapor

  Everett WA-based Advanced Vapor Technologies (AVT) - recognizing the surging interest in greener cleaning and infection prevention, and the media attention steam vapor devices have received In recent months - has announced the availability of a Resource Library on steam vapor technology to help readers better understand the science underpinning the efficacy of steam vapor sanitation systems.

• The Clean Trust Announces Consensus Bodies

  The Clean Trust (formerly the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification) announces the formation of two consensus bodies for the revisions of the"ANSI/IICRC S520 Standard and Reference Guide on Professional Mold Remediation" and the "IICRC S300 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Upholstery Cleaning".

• DOJ Takes Hard Line on ADA Pool Lift Guidance

  After months of pressure from AH&LA, the Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday issued an interpretation of when and how lifts need to be installed at swimming pools under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

• HFI Recommends Examining the Chemical-Free Cleaning Movement - Upcoming Expo in Florida

  Sometimes controversial, even radical, positions bring great truths to light.
• Universities

  Gene Woodard, Director of Building Services with the University of WA, Accepts Seat on HFI Advisory Board

  Woodard has been the Director of Custodial Services at the University of Washington, Seattle, for 25 years, and is currently the Director of Building Services, which includes Custodial Services and Recycling and Solid Waste programs.
• Healthcare

  Kumkum M. Dilwali, MS, LEED-AP, Past Senior Director of the Green Guide for Health Care™ Joins HFI Advisory Board

  Her past strategic involvement with the Green Guide for Health Care (GGHC) will help environmental services staff and other facility professionals understand how to make significant progress on the healthy and greener environments continuum.
• Infection Prevention

  Sodexo Chooses Xenex Room Disinfection System

  Pulsed xenon ultraviolet light destroys viruses, bacteria and bacterial spores in the patient environment without contact or chemicals.
• Schools

  John Gayetsky Joins The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) Advisory Board

  John Gayetsky has joined The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) Advisory Board. Gayetsky is the Environmental Management Specialist for the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO), providing consultative, training, and technical support services to school districts across the U.S.
• Carpet

  CRI and HFI Form Healthy Carpet Workgroup

  Promoting discussion of asthma, allergies, and the role of carpet selection and care.
• Cleaning Science

  CIRI Announces Call for Papers for Its Fall Cleaning Science Symposium

  The Cleaning Industry Research Institute International (CIRI) is pleased to announce its call for topics, proposals and papers to be considered for its science and technology symposium, “Cleaning Effectiveness and the Science of Antimicrobials & Disinfectants.”
• CIMS

  HFI Backs Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS) and CIMS-Green Building (GB) Program

  The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) has announced its support of the ISSA Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS) and CIMS-Green Building (GB) program as a means to help enhance the health of indoor environments.

• IEHA and HFI Announce Educational Partnership

  The International Executive Housekeepers Association and Healthy Facilities Institute join forces to promote the role of cleaning professionals in creating healthy indoor environments.

• The Ashkin Group Selected to Be Green Cleaning Resource for The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI)

  The Ashkin Group becomes the sole provider of green cleaning information for The Healthy Facilities Institute. Will Provide Original Info on Green and Sustainability Issues