Accurate Building Maintenance
- Apr 5
- 1 min
2021 ISSA Action Plan of the ISSA Hygieia Network
The ISSA Hygieia Network, an ISSA Charity, is launching a redesigned logo and planning on more events, workshops, and programs during the year. Stay up-to-date with what's happening in this segment of Straight Talk! Contact our Team Today and Be Clean Tomorrow Accurate Building Maintenance #covid-19 #covidcleaning #AccuClean #Commercialcleaning #janitorial #lasvegas
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Apr 2
- 2 min
ISSA Advocacy Recap—Cleaning Week Proclaimed in Five States, City of Chicago
April 2, 2021 Welcome to the ISSA Advocacy Recap, our regular roundup of the latest public policy issues impacting the cleaning industry. This week’s recap touches on #NationalCleaningWeek, including ISSA’s virtual Clean Advocacy Summit on March 30-31, 2021, and more. Five States, City of Chicago Issue Cleaning Week Proclamations
Governors Kay Ivey, Michael Parson, Roy Cooper, Henry McMaster, and Greg Abbott, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot all recently proclaimed an official “Clean
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Mar 29
- 2 min
Microbial-Based Cleaning Products
The Benefits of Microbial Products
Formulating with microbes is an exciting application of green chemistry. These naturally occurring ingredients can allow product formulas to reduce or eliminate hazardous solvents and surfactants and make it easier for producers to formulate with biobased rather than petroleum-based ingredients. In certain cases, these products are likely to be healthier, to degrade at a faster rate and under more natural conditions, and to be less harmful f
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Mar 26
- 2 min
Get Ready for National Cleaning Week
National Cleaning Week, March 28 – April 3, is the perfect time to show appreciation to your cleaning company’s workers or your facility’s maintenance and environmental services crew. Not only are building service providers and facility managers commemorating the week. Cleaning product manufacturers are also bringing attention to the week through donations and social media campaigns. For instance, Acme Paper & Supply Co. Inc. will be donating various sanitizing products—inclu
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Mar 24
- 2 min
Cleaning Leader Diversey Shares Views on Ecolabelling
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO ACCURATE BUILDING MAINTENANCE We pride ourselves in running a company that you can depend on our professionals to help you re-open and stay open during these trying times. Our teams utilize state-of-the-art methods to give you and your customers peace of mind to conduct business in this new normal. We have best practices in place and are proud to use Diversey products. WHAT DOES SUSTAINABILITY MEAN TO DIVERSEY?
As Diversey approaches 100 years of prov
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Mar 22
- 1 min
Prepare For Extreme Cleanliness
Everyone is concentrating on cleaning and disinfecting for the coronavirus. But what about other infectious issues? Mark Warner, the national sales manager for The Bullen Companies and an ISSA/CMI master trainer, discusses his vision for how the industry can embrace "extreme cleanliness" now and in the future. Contact our Team Today and Be Clean Tomorrow Accurate Building Maintenance #covid-19 #covidcleaning #AccuClean #Commercialcleaning #janitorial #lasvegas
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Mar 18
- 1 min
In-Person Events Update 2021
Patricia Olinger is the executive director of GBAC, a division of ISSA, and has been closely monitoring in-person events held so far in 2021. Recent events proved successful based on no known COVID-19 cases from them. Olinger explains the strategy that made this a possibility. Contact our Team Today and Be Clean Tomorrow Accurate Building Maintenance #covid-19 #covidcleaning #AccuClean #Commercialcleaning #janitorial #lasvegas
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marygist
- Mar 16
- 1 min
How ISSA is Moving the Needle for the Global Cleaning Industry
John Barrett is the executive director of ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, with more than 10,500 member companies in 110+ countries around the world. Barrett shares details of his life pre-ISSA and what the leading trade association representing the worldwide cleaning industry is doing to "move the needle" and make a real difference to advance clean and drive innovation. Visit https://www.issa.com for more information on ISSA, and https://gbac.issa.com for
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Mar 12
- 1 min
Why Vaccines Go Bad
Dr. Paul J. Meechan has nearly 30 years of experience in biosafety and is a veteran of the pharmaceutical industry, and serves on the scientific advisory board of the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC), a division of ISSA. He has worked for the CDC and has had oversight of large scale production facilities and containment labs. In this segment of Straight Talk!, Dr. Meechan explains issues with vaccines, the temperature recommendations, and why some vaccines "go bad" if l
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Mar 10
- 2 min
Sustainability for Paints and Coatings
Green Seal's Standard for Paints, Coatings, Stains, and Sealers (GS-11) has been rewarding leading manufacturers for low-VOC content, safer formulas, and effective functional performance since it was first issued in 1993. Now, Green Seal is proposing several revisions to this standard to strengthen indoor air quality protections and fully align with the LEED® green building certification, providing a simple purchasing choice for health-focused buyers. LEARN MORE Working with
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Mar 3
- 1 min
2020 (half star rating of 5) New!
We learned some things in 2020. We learned to never take anything for granted. The small things that we might have taken for granted pre-pandemic, are what we long for now. We learned that life could be upended in an instant, but those who are strong and resilient will find a way to cope and move forward. We learned from various surveys that most people expect the chaos of the virus to stick around a while, even when the majority of us have received the vaccine. There is no s
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Mar 1
- 1 min
STRIVING FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN SCHOOLS
Presenter: Michael Jones Channels: BSC Focus, Educational Quick Clips, Green Cleaning, Health & Safety In this Educational Quick Clip, Michael Jones, Director of Custodial Services for Columbia Public Schools in Columbia, MO, talks about how his school district has reduced its total chemical use and improved its bottom line by implementing green cleaning initiatives. Jones also details how the district has been able to decrease its dependence on plastic bottles by investing i
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Feb 26
- 1 min
Keep Greening the Industry
Presenter: Steve Ashkin Channels: BSC Focus, Distributor Focus, Educational Quick Clips, Green Cleaning, Technology During the past 15-20 years, the cleaning industry has made some remarkable sustainability advancements in almost every product category. In this Educational Quick Clip, Steve Ashkin examines how we can continue to drive the green cleaning movement forward while taking advantage of all the health, safety, and cost benefits it accrues. Contact our Team Today and
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Feb 24
- 2 min
ISSA Advocacy Recap—ISSA Calls on Congress to Support COVID-19 Liability Protections
Welcome to the ISSA Advocacy Recap, our regular roundup of the latest public policy issues impacting the cleaning industry. This week’s recap touches on a recent letter to Congress ISSA signed on to urging enactment of COVID-19 liability protections, the Senate passing a US$1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief resolution, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) placing all alcohol-based hand sanitizers from Mexico on an import alert, and more.
ISSA Urges Congress to Pass COVID-1
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Feb 22
- 6 min
The Fairmont Chicago Reaps Benefits of Certification
In order to set smart and ambitious sustainability goals hotels generally find they must address unique infrastructure, operations, and purchasing challenges, often without a road map. Significant water, energy and cost savings, increases in corporate bookings, an improved guest experience, and higher staff morale are just some of the benefits that make the effort worthwhile. Forward-looking hotels are also leveraging their sustainable purchasing policies to lure a growing m
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Feb 18
- 2 min
Agile Methods Lead to Better Processes and Better Standards
Today, we’re glad to introduce a new agile process that will allow us to quickly correct and improve the standards in ways that do not substantively change the requirements. This new process is the release of quarterly Corrections and Clarifications Reports. Corrections and Clarifications Reports (CCRs)
CCRs include the list of standards that have been improved, their new edition numbers, and the details and justifications of the changes. Non-substantive changes include minor
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Accurate Building Maintenance
- Feb 15
- 2 min
Serving Our Stakeholders During the COVID-19 Health Crisis
Green Seal is closely monitoring developments regarding the novel coronavirus COVID-19, which was declared a national emergency by the White House and a pandemic by the World Health Organization. During this emerging and rapidly changing situation, we rely on the CDC for updated information as it becomes available.
Green Seal is committed to providing trusted information and resources on staying safe and healthy amid the challenges caused by COVID-19. Whether you’re a consum
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