Facade Cleaning & Safety

Internationally, countries have laid down stringent safety laws, regulations and standards pertaining to façade maintenance and window cleaning. But, in India there are no laws or rules specifically laid down for the safety of people working at heights! Ironically, the laws laid down for the safety of workers, in general, are more than 50 years

Issue Month : May      Issue Year : 2013      Issue Volume : VOL : 9      Issue Number : ISSUE:5      

Safety comes with Standards

It was a high-rise building in Kolkata… A man on ropes is busy cleaning the windows. A closer look… the ropes he was hanging on were damaged and were from the ones discarded as non-usable; cloth tied across his shoulder and waist formed his safety harness; the karabiners had no twist locks or screw-gate closures;

Issue Month : May      Issue Year : 2013      Issue Volume : VOL : 9      Issue Number : ISSUE.: 5      

Need for A greener solution

Acceptance of green cleaning chemical is higher in the developed countries like Europe, Canada and the US when compared to India. Experts say that the growth and acceptance for these chemicals in India, however, depends upon their usage and customer awareness. Clean India Journal finds out more… Many of the chemicals claim to be Green

Issue Month : May      Issue Year : 2013      Issue Volume : VOL : 9      Issue Number : ISSUE.: 5      

Sustainable O&M

“Operations and maintenance” (O&M) includes all aspects of running a building over the course of its useful life. Because of the far-reaching nature of O&M, a well-designed and properly executed program is critical to the overall success of a “sustainably-designed” facility says, Catherine Coombs Bobenhausen at Viridian Energy & Environmental Inc, USA The programme should

Issue Month : May      Issue Year : 2013      Issue Volume : VOL : 9      Issue Number : ISSUE.: 5      

Successful Setup with Efficient Management & Effective Systems

The laundry at The Leela, Mumbai, is undergoing a revamp, under the leadership of the new Corporate Laundry Manager, Chinmoy Chatterjee, to enhance the quality of services it provides. In an exclusive interview with Clean India Journal, he speaks about the importance of effective management of laundry operations and systems. The importance of laundry and

Issue Month : May      Issue Year : 2013      Issue Volume : VOL : 9      Issue Number : ISSUE.: 5      

Dry cleaning solutions to meet customers’ requirements

Dry cleaning is a huge business globally and is growing at a fast pace. Daniel Ries, Business Development International, Kreussler, spoke to Clean India Journal about the prospects of business in India. Kreussler is a German based chemicals manufacturer and providing dry-cleaners with alternative cleaning methods that meet their customers’ requirements remains an important focus

Issue Month : May      Issue Year : 2013      Issue Volume : VOL : 9      Issue Number : ISSUE.: 5      

A small step for a cleaner future

It is quite a common site to see piles of garbage as high as hills dotting the landscape of landfills at the outskirts of a city. If one is to enter Delhi from the Karnal side, these hills can be seen from very far off. Garbage menace has grown into a wild uncontrollable beast. But

Issue Month : May      Issue Year : 2013      Issue Volume : VOL : 9      Issue Number : ISSUE.: 5      

Bio medical waste management in Kerala

Campaign to curb environmental pollution in Kerala was mostly limited to some couplets from poets against cutting trees. An occasional action by the Pollution Control Board used to get the headlines. Visibly smoggy skies and murky streams caught the eyes of a few. But not hazardous wastes; they remained, though not out of sight, out

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CLEANING SOLUTIONS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

Issue Month : May      Issue Year : 2013      Issue Volume : VOL : 9      Issue Number : ISSUE.: 5      

Portable Biogas Plant

Portable biogas plants are small units designed for household and institutional purposes which generate energy from the biodegradable wastes. This will help in creating a hygienic environment and healthy surrounding for individual household as well as general public. Making biogas at home entails the use of a long forgotten technology known as anaerobic digestion. Production

Issue Month : May      Issue Year : 2013      Issue Volume : VOL : 9      Issue Number : ISSUE.: 5