Sanitaire announces sponsorship of Healthy Schools Campaign

Sanitaire has announced that the company will become a Green Team Corporate Sponsor of Healthy Schools Campaign’s Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools. Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) is an independent not-for-profit organization which has become the leading authority on healthy school environments and a voice for people who care about the environment, children and education.

A member of the Electrolux Home Care Products family, Sanitaire is a leading producer of the most durable and serviceable commercial upright vacuums in the industry. The current line of Sanitaire vacuum cleaners also includes canisters, backpacks, industrial carpet cleaners, air movers and accessories, including a popular Green Cleaning Line of vacuum cleaners.

“We can no longer be satisfied by just making great cleaning equipment,” explained Brad Hoare, senior marketing director for Sanitaire. “We believe it’s important that our products have a positive environmental benefit, and we’re taking on a proactive role to see good things are accomplished. Our partnership with the Healthy Schools Campaign demonstrates our company’s commitment to educate users on how to provide commercial environments with cleaner indoor air.”

As a Green Team member, Sanitaire’s sponsorship will support The Quick and Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools, the first-ever multimedia handbook designed to demystify green cleaning and promote healthy school environments. This second version of the The Quick and Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools follows HSC’s distribution of more than 50,000 guides free of charge to school administrators, school board members, facilities managers, teachers and parents, and other school stakeholders.

“A well-designed green cleaning program can help reduce harmful chemical exposures and yield benefits for students, staff, school administrators and the environment,” said Rochelle Davis, founding executive director of the Healthy Schools Campaign. “Green cleaning helps students stay healthy and learn, protects the health of custodial staff, and goes a long way toward increasing the lifespan of facilities and preserving the environment.”

Sanitaire recently launched a powerful and versatile upright vacuum called the DuraLux®, which has already received rave reviews from distributors and end users in education, healthcare and other industries. The DuraLux was developed after extensive research to learn the specific cleaning needs of professionals in healthcare, education, hotel, food service, government and contract facilities where requirements are the most demanding. This is a clean and quiet workhorse offering a multitude of features to ensure it can routinely tackle the complete range of commercial floor cleaning challenges -- with virtually no down time.

The DuraLux also features a sealed HEPA filtration system designed to capture 99.97 percent of allergens and pollen down to 0.3 microns, ensuring that exhaust air is actually cleaner than the air in the room. Independent testing confirms it is one to the most powerful and efficient twin motor cleaners in the industry. It has also been CRI Green Label Approved.

The Green Cleaning Line of vacuum cleaners from Sanitaire offers superior cleaning power and has passed stringent CRI Green Label™ testing for soil removal, dust containment and carpet appearance retention. The Sanitaire Green Cleaning Line features 10 vacuum models (including DuraLux) and are designed to provide commercial environments with “cleaner indoor air through higher levels of filtration to achieve a positive environmental benefit,” according to Hoare.

To make certain indoor air is not only clean but odor-free; several Green Cleaning Line models are available with Sanitaire vacuum bags that have premium allergen filtration with the power of ARM & HAMMER® baking soda. This Sanitaire line of bags allows commercial vacuum cleaners to attack odors caused by mold, bacteria and fungi, along with dirt and dust, a combination ideal for the commercial cleaning industry.

The Sanitaire brand was recently rated first in quality, value and ease of maintenance; every product is backed by a network of more than 1,500 warranty service centers throughout the United States.

For more information, contact Sanitaire at 1-800-800-8975 or visit www.sanitairecommercial.com

ARM & HAMMER is a registered trademark of Church & Dwight Co., Inc., which manufactures and markets a wide range of personal care, household and specialty products under the ARM & HAMMER trademark and other well-known brand names.

Reprinted from Floor Care Professional, May 2008