TOMORROW’S CLEANING MARCH 10
Girbau UK launches
revolutionary laundry system
at Hotelympia
Advance Cleaning help
Royal British Legion reduce
Girbau UK, part of Girbau
Group the world-leading
their environmental impact
manufacturer of
Advance Cleaning has long been dedicated to
commercial and industrial
limiting its impact on the environment, and
laundry equipment, has
now they are using their cleaning services to
launched its revolutionary
help their client’s go green as well.
new EcoTunnel System
Advance currently provide a daily office
batch washer on stand
cleaning service through Mace Macro for the
N2316 of the Spanish pavilion at
Royal British Legion (RBL) at their Southwark
Hotelympia. 250 to 500kg per hour can headquarters and have recently introduced a
The unique new EcoTunnel System is designed
now leverage the outstanding efficiency number of initiatives to the contract to make
for laundering between 250 and 500kg per
benefits of batch washing for the first time. their cleaning services greener and
hour. Compared to using conventional washer
Substantial carbon emissions savings mean consequently help to reduce RBL’s
extractors, it offers astounding energy savings
that investing in a new EcoTunnel System environmental impact.
of 80%, water savings of 75% and 50%
could potentially allow access to interest-free
Another innovative step is the introduction of
savings in labour and detergent costs.
Carbon Trust funding.
eSquiggles at the site. eSquiggles allows for
The EcoTunnel System is a smaller, high
The typical Girbau EcoTunnel System comprises
forms to be sent to and from a handheld PDA
efficiency five-compartment development of
a five-stage batch washer, an SPR-50 press and
device, and can also be used to sign off work
Girbaus acclaimed TBS-50 batch washing
two ST-100 dryers. The system is highly
electronically. Ultimately it greatly limits paper
system, used successfully in larger
adaptable with six and seven-stage variants also
usage, as forms that were once printed out can
commercial laundries (processing 1000kg or
available for those laundries looking to increase
now be dealt with directly on screen. It also
more per hour) throughout the world. Large UK
capacity over 500kg per hour.
limits emissions and maximises efficiency, as
operatives no longer need to return to the
hotels and groups needing to process around www.girbau.co.uk
office to sign any forms.
Such steps are a first at RBL, who are always
Huge cleaning power, compact design
keen to adopt green ideas into their
organisation. Speaking on the new initiatives,
LPM Cleaning Services are committed to clean all types
Rebecca Johnston, Operations Manager at
leading the market in quality of service of hard floors
Advance, expressed how pleased she was that
through innovation and efficiency. This in high traffic
they could help others make a difference:
philosophy has lead to LPM purchasing the areas
“I’m so thrilled that we have been able to work
first Racoon S430B Scrubber Dryer from throughout the with RBL towards being green. They’re a great
Duplex Cleaning Machines. factory and organisation to work with and are really keen to
Duplex launched this cutting edge battery
staff common reduce their environmental impact. We want to
help them in any way that we can, and they’re
scrubber dryer at the start of 2010. The Racoon
areas.
very open to using our advice and expertise”.
S430B leads a new generation of scrubber The Racoon’s
dryers that offer all the latest innovations for exceptional
www.advance-cleaning.co.uk
large capacity and huge cleaning power within
extremely compact designs. manoeuvrability and drying ability are major
LPM purchased the Racoon for their contract
benefits for LPM and Stannah.
with Stannah Stair Lifts. The machine is used to www.duplex-cleaning.com
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