The Energy Department today launched a new Buildings Performance Database, the largest free, publicly available database of residential and commercial building energy performance information. Currently, commercial and residential buildings account for approximately 70% of the electricity consumption in the nation. The database strengthens the Department’s commitment to provide U.S. industry, state and local governments, and researchers […]

June 12th event recognizes program achievements, participants and partners and announces next steps Denver Environmental Health’s Denver Energy Challenge staff, partners and participants will celebrate more than $10 million in energy savings and announce the program’s next steps at a recognition event from 4 to 6 p.m. June 12 at the Pepsi Center. Denver’s Energy Challenge: Past, Present […]

Easter is just around the corner – here are a few tips from Huffington Post on how to make your holiday a little bit greener: The Eggs: Most supermarket eggs come from notoriously filthy and inhumane commercial outfits, not old MacDonald’s farm. As the conditions of factory farms come to roost, many conscious consumers are demanding […]

Our GBS team is available to assess the needs of your facility, why and how certain cleaning tools and equipment are currently being used, and fine tune your green cleaning goals. We can also look at what cleaning products and equipment are already stored in the custodial closet, as well as the overall appearance of […]

In an effort to do our part in sustaining the environment, we are driven to practice what we preach. Running a janitorial company faces a unique set of challenges when going green. It has become our policy to try it out in our office first, and if it works, we’ll introduce it to our clients: […]

One recurring question our building managers have this time of year – what’s the best way to remove snow and ice without destroying the earth?   The best and cleanest way is naturally not the easiest – it takes some hard labor. Shovel the snow and break up the ice. That’s the best way. Snowblowers […]

With the onset of winter come long, lazy days spent inside gazing at…..DIRT!  DIRT EVERYWHERE!  If you simply can’t relax until the place is sparkling, head out to your local market and pick up these essentials: Here are a few basic “recipes” and techniques to get you started:

Green cleaning is defined as cleaning to protect health without harming the environment. It has been found that widely used cleaning products can have serious adverse effects on the health of building occupants and janitors. At the same time, these cleaning products are harming the environment. Green cleaning is a widely accepted movement to make cleaning for the […]