It is common for a property manager to consider the surface cleanliness of their facility and request a regular janitorial cleaning service: vacuum, mop, dust, trash removal, restroom sanitation, etc. What is less common, but equally important to both your health and standard of real clean, is air filter maintenance.
If your facility has several staff members for the square footage, sees lots of foot traffic, is undergoing any type of remodel/construction, employs anyone that works out in the field or simply has lots of in and out use of the main entrance door, it is especially important that you make air filter maintenance as much of a priority as hiring someone to remove the trash nightly.
At BLUECOOPER Commercial Services, we offer regular air filter maintenance service, performed by a team trained in this service (not by a facility’s nightly cleaning crew) and clients are truly surprised to learn just how affordable this quarterly service is (some clients after learning of the benefits, request monthly change outs of their air filters). Air filter maintenance complements BLUECOOPER’s initial task in your building, to keep it clean on a nightly basis; to maintain the clean our teams accomplish, the air itself needs to be as clean and dust-free as possible. We don’t want to “sweep the dust under a rug”, we want to remove it: from the desktops, from the blinds, and from the air! If you stop and think about what dust is (a glorious combination of dead skin cells, pet hair, pollen, outdoor allergens, dirt, sand, and even lint from clothing and rugs), you’d want to do everything you could to get rid of as much of it as possible, too!
If you still aren’t convinced air filter maintenance is an important addition to regular cleaning, read below to find out just what a dirty air filter can do:
-A dirty air filter is the top reason for HVAC system failure
-A dirty air filter will lead to sooner than expected repairs or replacements of your heating and air conditioning systems and ducts
-A dirty air filter puts a strain on your air handler fan motor because the air flow is inconsistent
-A dirty air filter consumes more energy because it makes everything work harder to get clean air into your building
-A dirty air filter reduces air quality significantly by irritating allergies and asthma, leading to less productive staff members and a higher absence rate
-A dirty air filter increases both your bills and your carbon footprint
Bottom line: it is so easy to have your air filters switched out regularly (which with BLUECOOPER Commercial Services includes a detail cleaning of the register/vent, as well) and doing so has so many benefits, some of which are: noticeably cleaner air, healthier staff members, lower levels of dust on office surfaces, less maintenance costs, smaller carbon footprint, better running HVAC system!
We like to send clients a picture of their used and new air filters after each change out–it allows them to literally see for themselves how hard an air filter works to keep dust from the air they are breathing and it gives them peace of mind knowing they are surrounded by much cleaner air for a while!