How IoT improves hygiene and operational efficiency in modern facilities
In recent years, IoT devices have proliferated in consumers’ daily lives, from wearables that track health metrics, to wireless video doorbells and smart thermostats. These IoT tools are now also driving workplace innovation in office environments.
With the increased focus on healthy workplaces, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most timely applications for smart sensors in the workplace is across cleaning and janitorial services.
In many offices, increased cleaning has led to increased janitorial costs, even with fewer people in the workplace. Now, most companies are adopting hybrid workplace strategies and, as a result, occupancy tends to vary daily.
Without data to show where people are sitting or which spaces are being used, many organizations continue to provide enhanced cleaning and janitorial service as if the workplace was in full use. A new approach is needed.
Listen to this special podcast where we discuss the smart cleaning revolution that is underway, the macro factors that have prompted this change, and how Facility Managers and cleaning staff are now adopting a data-driven approach to see exactly which workspaces have been used and where cleaning will be needed - enabling them to prioritize the right cleaning services for the right spaces, at the right time.
