Green Office Cleaning May Lead the Way to Higher Worker Productivity
The Green Office May Lead the Way to Higher Worker Productivity
Green buildings increase productivity
By MONICA UNHOLD, The Daily Transcript
Wednesday, September 23, 2009SAN DIEGO, CA – Employees working in green buildings phone in sick to work less frequently and are more productive than their counterparts who work in non-green buildings, according to a recent study by University of San Diego’s Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate and commercial real estate firm CB Richard Ellis.
The study compared LEED-certified or Energy Star approved building against those not certified as “green.”
Productivity increased in part because there were fewer employee sick days in the green as compared to the non-green buildings.
One More Reason to Go With Green Office Cleaning?
The study cited indoor air quality, natural light and ventilation as factors in increased employee productivity. “People like natural light, they like clean air,” said Norm Miller, academic director for USD’s Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate who participated in the study.
Psychologist have known for long time that the quality of light and air can have a big affective on a person’s mental and physical health.
While the study didn’t look at the effect of green office cleaning technologies and products on worker productivity, the study strongly suggests that a clean and environmentally friendly work environment could have an impact on a business’s bottom line.
Four Star General Cleaning of New York has been in the Office Cleaning business for over 20 years and is now also a proponent of Green Office Cleaning technologies and products. We are committed to green office cleaning by utilizing only environmentally sound cleaning and maintenance programs; promoting water and energy conservation in its choice of cleaning equipment and systems; reducing waste and consumption of finite resources; and promoting and participating in recycling programs.
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A clean office environment has direct implications on the productivity of its workers, apart from the image and reputation it earns from the impression of cleanliness of office premises. A cluttered or unclean office de-motivates the workers and in turn becomes less productive to the office.
Yes, it remarkable that such a little easy thing like simply cleaning and de-cluttering the office can have such big affects on productivity. So how’s the weather in Sydney? Someone once told me that people in Sydney have it the way people in southern California like to think they have it
This is a great article. I get my office “green cleaned” every now and then, and I am very happy with the results. A clean work environment definitely helps you stay more focused and boosts productivity.
Really a great idea of green office cleaning .Thanks
green cleaning is the way to go , i wish every one knew that if we all went green it would be a tremandos help to our home planet
Office cleaning are classified as the more general term known as the cleaning and building maintenance services. It can be done on a daily or weekly, depending on the time or the company lies with the service provider. Among the list of popular services include cleaning services, repairs and personal property. These services should be expanded into a wide range of services ranging from workshops, warehouses, restaurants, factories, hospitals, schools and other commercial environments.
Nice post. Increased productivity and lower absenteeism, a problem often associated with so-called sick-building syndrome, are two of the draws of green office buildings for employers. “Although exact statistics typically vary from business to business, most people intuitively know that environmentally responsible buildings increase employee productivity, A few blocks across town at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme, officials say that renovating their offices will increase productivity and save money.
“Employees working in green buildings phone in sick to work less frequently and are more productive than their counterparts who work in non-green buildings.” – This is absolutely true! The fact is people are less prone to get sick in a clean environment due to the fewer bacteria/viruses that maybe lying around. It also reduces stress from employees.
I can well believe it. It’s not just productivity that would increase but also moral. Having a green and healthy environment to work in will yield much better results from staff than somewhere that is not considered ‘green’.