Green Commercial Cleaning
Green cleaning is not a different product or a marketing label, it is a documented set of practices that reduce environmental impact and indoor-air contamination while delivering equivalent or better cleaning results. Fraser Commercial Services offers green cleaning programs across Connecticut, Rhode Island and Central Florida for buildings that are pursuing LEED certification, indoor-air-quality goals, or just better-for-tenants cleaning practices.
What our green cleaning program includes
Cleaning products certified by Green Seal, EcoLogo, or EPA Safer Choice. HEPA filtration on all vacuum equipment to reduce airborne particulate. Microfiber cleaning systems that reduce water and chemical use compared to traditional cotton mops and rags. Concentrated cleaning chemicals to reduce packaging waste and shipping impact. Documented dilution control to prevent over-application of chemicals.
We can document the program for LEED Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (O+M) credit submissions or for tenant indoor-air-quality reporting.
Buildings where green cleaning makes the most sense
LEED-certified buildings or buildings pursuing certification. Office buildings with high tenant focus on environmental practices (this is increasingly common with corporate ESG goals). Schools and daycares (children’s exposure to cleaning chemicals is a real concern that green programs address). Medical and dental practices choosing IAQ-focused programs. Any building that wants to differentiate its tenant experience around indoor environmental quality.
How green cleaning is priced
Green cleaning runs roughly the same per-square-foot rate as standard commercial cleaning. The product cost difference is marginal at scale. The labor cost is the same. What changes is the documentation overhead, we provide product certification documentation, dilution logs, and reporting that buildings need for compliance or tenant communication.
If you are pursuing LEED O+M certification, the documentation we provide is built to the standard the certification requires.
Get a quote for green cleaning services
Tell us about your building and we will write a real quote within two business days. Call 860-373-2525 (CT and RI), 689-219-5522 (FL), or email info@frasercommercial.com.
What actually changes day to day
Less than most people expect, and that is the point. The crew size is the same, the schedule is the same, and the scope is the same. What changes is the chemistry on the cart, the dilution control on the closet wall, and the paper and liners we stock. Microfibre replaces cotton on most surfaces because it lifts soil with less product and far less water. Vacuums move to HEPA filtration so what comes off the carpet stays in the machine instead of going back into the air an hour after we leave.
The part that matters to a facility manager is that none of this shows up as a complaint. Green programs get a bad name when someone swaps in a weak degreaser and the break room floor stays sticky. We match the product to the soil load first and the certification second, which occasionally means a conventional product stays in the closet for one specific job. We will tell you where that happens rather than quietly claim a fully green programme.
Who asks us for this
Three groups, mostly. Buildings chasing or holding LEED Existing Buildings certification, where the cleaning programme is worth points and the documentation has to survive an audit. Schools and daycares, where the driver is children with asthma rather than any certificate. And office tenants whose own corporate policy requires it, usually written into the lease or the RFP before we ever see the building.
Healthcare sits slightly apart. Patient-facing areas still need EPA-registered disinfectants with proven kill claims, and no certification changes that. What we do there is keep the certified products on the general cleaning and reserve the registered disinfectants for the surfaces that genuinely require them.
Common questions about green cleaning
Does green cleaning cost more?
Per square foot, essentially no. Certified concentrates cost slightly more per case than conventional ones, but they are dosed through the same dilution stations and the labour, which is the overwhelming majority of any cleaning contract, does not change. Where cost does appear is LEED documentation, because that is real administrative time on top of the cleaning.
Which certifications do the products carry?
Green Seal and UL EcoLogo for general-purpose cleaners, glass, restroom and floor care. These are third-party standards with published criteria, which is what makes them usable as evidence in a LEED submission. Ask us for the current product list and safety data sheets for your building and we will send them.
Will certified products still disinfect properly?
Certified general cleaners are cleaners, not disinfectants, and the two are not interchangeable. Where a surface needs disinfection we use an EPA-registered product with a label kill claim and we observe the dwell time on that label. Any vendor telling you a green cleaner disinfects is either confused or hoping you are.
Can you support our LEED O+M submission?
Yes. We keep the product list, the safety data sheets, the equipment inventory and the training records in a form you can hand to your consultant. Tell us early, because assembling that retroactively is far more work than keeping it from the start.
Will it help with air-quality complaints?
Often, and it is usually the fragrance rather than anything toxic. Conventional cleaners are heavily perfumed, and in a sealed building that lingers. Low-VOC, low-fragrance products plus HEPA vacuuming remove the most common trigger. If complaints continue afterwards, the cause is almost certainly ventilation rather than cleaning, and we will say so.
Do we have to convert the whole building at once?
No. Converting one floor or one tenant space is common, particularly where one tenant has a policy and the rest of the building does not. The carts are separated so products do not drift between areas.
Can floor care and restrooms be included?
Restrooms, yes, with certified cleaners and registered disinfectants where required. Floor care is the honest exception: stripping and refinishing is the one area where certified finishes and strippers have historically underperformed on heavy-traffic VCT. We will walk your floors and tell you which rooms can move and which are better served conventionally.
Where we serve
We provide this service across Connecticut, Rhode Island and Central Florida, including Waterford, East Lyme, Groton, New London, Mystic, Old Saybrook, Norwich, Hartford, New Haven, Middletown, Providence, RI, Warwick, RI, and many more cities and towns. See all 60 cities we serve →
