AI Vision for Vacuuming (for comment)
"I'm envisioning an AI controlled robot at a school that can perform on-demand air quality testing instead of calling out an outsourced Industrial Hygienist whenever it is required. In addition, the robot can tailor the cleaning level (vacuuming) based [...]
Making a Business Case for Healthy Schools
Healthy Schools pay in almost every way. “Almost” qualifies the statement since an investment is required to implement a systemic model with guaranteed returns. Once a system is in place, you can remove the “almost”. Investment Incentive In 2002, Bill [...]
How Will AI Affect the Commercial Cleaning Industry: Now and In the Future?
In the USA Although the jury is still out, AI is likely to have a major impact on the commercial cleaning industry, bringing about advancements and changes in various aspects of the sector. Here are some ways in which [...]
How is Your SIS?
SIS stands for Stakeholder Information System, a process by which you gather and use information from all the stakeholders of your cleaning. These include: 1. People doing the cleaning. 2. People who work, learn or live in the cleaned [...]
When the Hard Way is the Easiest, Best Way to Learn
Does the hard work of exercising your brain by pulling information from both cognitive and muscle memory make it easier to learn? Yes! "Practice at retrieving new knowledge or skill from memory is a potent tool for learning and [...]
When 1+1 = 3 – The Power of Synergy
"Successful synergy means a higher ranking for the team than for its individual members. The group fails when any of its members has a better ranking than the overall team" (Source: Quiet - The Power of Introverts in a [...]
What is a Power Learning Panel?
Since the term "flashcard" is associated with how children learn, we will be calling our study tool a Power Learning Panel (PLP) to enable adult learning through text, audio, video, and interactive elements (such as downloads and links). PLPs help [...]
Measuring Dust on Surfaces: A Simple Reproducible Method
By Robert. W. Powitz, Forensic Sanitarian In my practice as a forensic sanitarian, measuring surface dust with a simple technique helps assess the need for better cleaning. We press a short piece of cellophane tape to the surface and [...]
1,2,3 – Problem Solved
Physicist Richard Feynman used a simple method for solving problems per scientist Murray Gell-Mann: 1. Write down the problem. 2. Think very hard. 3. Write down the answer. In the cleaning context, the problem is unhealthy living, learning and working [...]
How is Your Retrieval Training (RT)?
"The best way to put information into long-term memory is to try to retrieve it from your own memory instead of just looking at the answer," says the book, Learn Like a Pro, by Dr. Barbara Oakley, and Olav [...]