Clean India Journal presents Clean India Awards to encourage individuals & companies in the Cleaning Industry for their efforts in promoting professional cleaning through products & systems. The Award …

In the last couple of years, high tech washrooms with self rotating sanitized toilet seats, sensor based lighting systems, luxurious self-cleaning combination toilet bidet that warms up when in use, remote controlled hand-free motion sensor operations, music and built-in speakers have created waves world over. While many are awe-inspired by the improved washroom luxury, the pressing need for hygienic washrooms has led many others to adopt best practices which make a Smart Washroom possible. In a series, starting from this issue, CIJ will be carrying articles on what go into making a Smart Washroom.

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Smart washrooms are designed to meet the customer needs, says Matthew Wonnacott, Marketing Manager, Vectair Systems Inc. Such washrooms are a unique experience for the user. Having an automatic fragrance dispenser that only disperses a fragrance in a time interval that best meets the facilities ‘traffic’ would be considered smart – or a fully automated hand dryer that users do not have to touch to function, thus reducing the bacteria spreading to different surfaces is smart. Concisely put, “these washrooms are built with the latest technologies and are independent of manual intervention for maximum applications”, says Kartik Iyengar, Marketing Manager – Fabric Care & Personal Care, South Asia, Diversey India Pvt Ltd.

Sensor based urinals or toilets which senses human presence and activates the flushing system, aesthetic looking tissue paper for face, hands & toilet, feminine hygiene bin for sanitary waste disposal, liquid hand wash dispensers with accurate dosing system, hand dryers… all make smart washrooms.

Experts share below their views on soaps & dispensers and how it contributes to hygiene:

To stop soil and water from entering a building or to minimise tracking of contained soil and water into the building and to provide a safe surface for traffic, a …

The IPC – Integrated Professional Cleaning – has been maintaining its leadership position in the cleaning sector. A constant drive for innovation sees the company winning the main product awards globally. At the Pulire Verona 2011 show, the Group’s GreenTube (manufactured by the Group’s American subsidiary IPC Eagle) won the top innovation award. The announcement came when the Group President and CEO Gianfrano Cianci was briefing Clean India Journal on IPC’s India plans.

Mumbai has been facing a solid waste management crisis for years. In order to move towards a sustainable future by adopting integrated solid waste management approach, the Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has joined hands with private contractors. The municipal corporation spends roughly र1160 per tonne on collection, transport and disposal of MSW. Collection and transport together constitute roughly 80% of the cost. In India, the average municipal expenditure on solid waste management is र500 to र1500 per tonne. B P Patil, Chief Engineer-SWM, MCGM, explains to Preeti Swaminathan the various projects lined up for integrated SWM.

First it was OBHS (On-board housekeeping services) for the selected long distance trains and now it is cleaning of the rakes in a fully automatic washing plant. At last, passengers …

Namrata Marwaha, Executive Housekeeper, the Leela Palace Kempinski, New Delhi, has been with the group for the last three decades spearheading the housekeeping divisions of various Leela properties. Namrata is passionate about building & motivating her team and bringing in creative ideas in housekeeping.

While celebrating ‘World Environment Day’ in June, the Udaipur Municipal Council (UMC) along with a few other NGOs focused on lake cleaning. Speaking to CIJ Municipal Commissioner Balmukund Asawa said, …

In a major initiative of Virtual Info Systems Pvt Ltd (VIS), leading FM companies and FM heads from various sectors have come together to discuss various issues before the Facility …