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3.4 CARPET MAINTENANCE

In a green maintenance program for carpets, the primary effort should be a pollution prevention
strategy, or one that minimizes the need to extract a carpet.

Thus, a specific focus should be on preventative measures, as described earlier, such as:

1) Frequently vacuuming entryway mats and entry grating systems.

2) Frequently dust mopping or vacuuming hard floors, especially close to entryways and
other sources of particles (e.g., near copier rooms) to reduce tracked soiling on

surrounding carpeted areas.
3) Establishing a specific daily routine for vacuuming and spotting carpets.

4) Establishing an interim cleaning process to address the needs of high traffic areas.

5) Minimizing the need for large-scale extraction or deep cleaning of carpet.

For routine carpet maintenance, the cleaning staff should:

• Vacuum carpets on a predetermined schedule of frequency, and as needed,to keep them clean
and restore appearance. At a minimum, the schedule forvacuuming should be:
• Daily: heavy traffic areas, including entrances, corridors, communityrooms, break areas,
congested areas, main passageways, and primarywork or office areas.
• Scheduled, as appropriate, to maintain cleanliness: light traffic areas includingconference
rooms, administrative offices, limited access areas,and other areas or spaces with limited or
periodic use.
• Periodic light carpet cleaning is necessary to clean the tops of carpet fibersand maintain the
appearance of carpeted floors. Restorative deep carpetcleaning is needed to extract embedded
and sticky soils.

For periodic and restorative cleaning, the building manager should:

• Provide reasonable notice to building occupants prior to the commencementof non-routine
carpet cleaning operations. The timing and method ofthe notice should be established by
building management in consultationwith the cleaning crew.
• Perform carpet extraction (see below) on an as-needed basis, rather thanaccording to a rigid
schedule.

Cleaning procedures and Products

• Remove sufficient water from the carpet and provide sufficient airflow (e.g.,use of blowers,
increased outdoor air exchange) so that the carpet will dryin less than 12 hours when interim
cleaning carpets or performing carpetextraction.
• Schedule carpet extraction to coincide with a period of minimum buildingoccupancy.

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