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Outdoor Air Quality Impacts Indoor Air Quality: Protecting Building Occupants
Pollution and the impact on air quality is a big topic. While political, economic, and environmental discussions have dominated this issue, pollution rates continue to rise, particularly in cities and surrounding areas. Add to that wildfire season, rampant in many...
Hospital Environmental Services and the Fight Against Respiratory Illnesses
Healthcare facilities’ environmental services teams, commonly known as EVS, are a group of healthcare workers responsible for maintaining a clean and safe environment for patients, providers, visitors, and staff. This includes tasks such as cleaning patient rooms,...
The Potential Dangers of Cleaning with Artificially Fragranced Cleaning Products
What does “clean” smell like? Most people may instinctively think of the smell of chemical heavy products like bleach. While scents like “Linen Fresh” and “Ocean Breeze” sound harmless on paper, chemical cleaning products with artificial fragrances have been found by...
Choosing the Right Cleaning Method
The advent of the COVID pandemic brought many new terms into the vernacular. Suddenly, people were talking about viral load and transmissibility and coronavirus – and even learning that the common cold is a type of coronavirus! This new vocabulary also included terms...
Tools of the Trade: Commercial Cleaning & Floorcare
The equipment used in commercial cleaning services can make all the difference in how effectively a job gets done. Cleaning technologies have advanced significantly in recent history, including developments in more environmentally friendly and ergonomic machinery....
Maintaining Indoor Air Quality as Workforces Return to the Office
As businesses continue to adjust to conditions post-pandemic, employees are increasingly returning, at least part-time, to in-person workplaces. With a newfound awareness of infectious disease transmission, facility managers and operations teams must remain acutely...
Engineers: Pillars of Facility Operations
A commercial facility’s long-term success and functionality are owed to the team of engineers caring for the structure, often behind the scenes. From lighting, air conditioning, plumbing, machine repair, and fire safety, engineers wear a vast array of hats to maintain...
Commercial Cleaning Strategies for Extreme Heat
Facility managers and their teams face unique challenges taking care of their buildings during summer months due to the extreme heat in many regions of the country. These climate conditions can impact the type of cleaning products and strategies needed by janitorial...
Deciphering Cleaning Product Labels
Cleaning products are the essential tools of any janitorial staff. From disinfectants to cleaning solvents, these items are necessary to create a clean, healthy place of business. However, cleaning products can be dangerous and hazardous to a person’s health if not...
Cleaning for Common Allergens Inside Commercial Facilities
More than 50 million Americans suffer from allergies every year, making it the 6th leading cause of chronic illness in the United States (American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology). Many forms of allergies can be aggravated by improper cleaning and...
Identifying and Mitigating “Sick Building Syndrome”
Sick Building Syndrome (simply known as SBS) is a condition in which building occupants become afflicted with adverse health conditions due to poor ventilation in a facility, generally the building in which a person works. The potential for the occurrence of SBS is...
The Impact of Clean Schools on Student Success and Teacher Retention
Proper cleaning and maintenance in schools can make a meaningful impact on educational success for both young learners and teachers. Consistent, thorough cleaning to protect against any infectious disease – not just COVID-19 but also norovirus or the flu – can enhance...
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building healthy workplaces
As many companies are looking to shift back to work in the office, there can be concern regarding the quality of clean in the workplace. CCS is honored to serve numerous corporate facilities across the nation. We are ready to go back to work with you and assure a healthy and clean environment.
Download our free guide to Returning to Work Safely in the Next Normal!
protecting your staff and students
In-person learning has experienced tremendous change. Parents, staff, and students trust you to not only educate their kids but keep the spaces in which they learn clean and safe. CCS is honored to clean some of the largest districts in the nation, and we are ready to go back to school with you.
Download our free guide to Keeping Campuses Clean and Healthy!
maintaining clean facilities
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the critical role played by cleanliness to the rest of the world. Healthcare facilities have always known that – and so has CCS.
As you continue to refine your cleaning strategy, download our our free guide to Maintaining Healthy Facilities in the Next Normal.