Providing Health And Wellness for Your Building Tenants

The recent healthy building movement has forever changed how facility managers and owners evaluate their buildings. And with the recent introduction of the coronavirus pandemic factored into the equation, although commercial cleaning is essential, there is more to it than that. True, as the lockdowns lift and many return to work, there will be concerns about safety and sanitization.

Having gotten a taste for working from home lifestyle, many employers may be hard-pressed to coax their employees back to the workplace. For this reason, they have had to evaluate their priorities to include new and appealing upgrades. Retooling their checklists is a good move, as it will help their employees feel safe, welcome, and healthy as they transition back to the office workspace.

HVAC

This is perhaps one of the areas that is on the mind of any employee returning to work in an office building setting. The quality of the air that circulates in a building can have a substantial effect on the employee’s productivity, alertness, and absenteeism due to health-related issues.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), indoor air quality has been linked to a multitude of serious diseases such as asthma. It is suggested that your facility has a regular maintenance strategy when it comes to the system’s filters, as well as the evaluating of the intake of outdoor air, making sure that its quality is optimal.

Cleaning Protocols

When it comes to the types of cleaners that your facility makes use of, it is suggested that you transition to those who provide safer ingredients. Your facility may also benefit from focusing on updating your training, as well as cleaning schedules so that both of these areas will be at the forefront of your employees minds as they return to their roles in the office environment.

Quality Drinking Water

This area is important to your employees, and as such, should also be important to you as the employer. Many companies have begun encouraging the use of reusable water bottles, and as a result, they are now offering water bottle filling stations or free for use ice/water dispensers.

These stations require a regular maintenance schedule for both cleaning and changing of filters. This maintenance is crucial to ensuring that the water provided is not only accessible but of the highest quality possible.

No Smoking

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the smoking ban restrictions in the workplace have shown to help the health of many Americans. Many corporations have chosen to enact and enforce full smoking bans in their buildings and on their campuses.

Those companies that do accommodate locations for smokers are encouraged to place them far enough away from the buildings entry to ensure that smoke is kept out of the facility, and individuals do not have to walk through it.

When it comes to your employees in the workplace, there is more to their well-being than commercial cleaning. Although a routine of cleaning plays an integral part of the overall strategy, there other areas that are just as important and also need addressing.