University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
Chemical-Free Cleaning on Demand for Higher Education
“This university leads the U.S. in research,” states the always cheerful Krause. “So naturally we always looked for opportunities to be more innovative in our maintenance programs.” That opportunity presented itself in 2012 when a supplier encouraged Krause to try Stabilized Aqueous Ozone instead of traditional chemicals to clean and sanitize. “I was the most skeptical person of all—I took a ‘show me’ attitude.”
Krause, who oversees a staff of 18 cleaning two million square feet across 28 buildings, installed just a few units to clean bathrooms at first. She approached the situation like one of the university’s researchers: “We would clean normally with chemicals one day, then switch to the aqueous ozone the next day,” she explains. “At the end of each day we examined the surfaces with an ATP meter. The positive results really surprised me and after a year, I was sold. I wanted to switch."
The tersano SAO system:
- Uses on-site generation, eliminating the need to purchase, transport, distribute, and manage multiple cleaning products.
- Dramatically reduces traditional chemical usage by replacing sanitizers, deodorizers, and stainless steel, glass, general purpose, carpet, and floor cleaners.
- Increases productivity through an all-in-one solution, lowering labour costs.
- Has an SDS rating of 0-0-0, is non-corrosive, and safe for various surfaces.
“Over the 18 years I’ve been here my staff would regularly complain of breathing problems and skin rashes when we were using chemicals. After we switched to aqueous ozone, the complaints literally stopped.” Krause notes the residents even noticed a difference: “The students have told me they appreciate the hallways no longer smell like chemicals, the counters aren’t sticky from residue, and the carpets don’t crunch.”
Many of the residence halls on the campus are ten or eleven stories high and while Krause wanted a dispenser for every floor, she didn’t have the budget at the beginning for that. She approached the university’s capital expense group: could they retro-fit the dorms with piping that would circulate the aqueous ozone from the top floor down through the building with a mini-dispenser on each floor? The university agreed and Krause was off to the races. “Even with the capital expense from all the plumbing, we’re still saving money,” she says.
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