Compliance: CLM Offer FREE 2021 Health Checks.

To ensure scheme safety, compliance and protection, the CLM service team are offering FREE Health Checks to help keep your residents safe. Water Regulations and Safety: Housing Associations, Councils and Landlords advised to take precautions when re-opening communal laundry rooms and kitchens… The restrictions to minimise the spread of Covid-19 since mid-March and low utilisation […]

2021 – Fire Safety: Landlords urged to check white goods…

In recent years the demand for cheaper appliances has led to literally millions of white goods released to the market with manufacturing faults causing them to be unsafe. Despite campaigns by the; London Fire Brigade, Which ?, National Fire Chief Council, Government and more, there are still thought to be hundreds of thousands of unsafe […]

CLM’s Brexit planning and supply-chain mitigation strategies will ensure it’s business as usual for our customers and their residents.

The vast majority of Housing associations, councils and private landlords have been monitoring and updating strategies to protect against the effects of Brexit for some-time. What none of them could have foreseen was the extent of those during a global pandemic. Brexit has now been implemented and within the commercial laundry, commercial cateringand domestic white […]

Housing Associations, Councils and Landlords advised to take precautions when re-opening communal laundry rooms or kitchens…

As many of the UK’s organisations consider reopening their doors, the Water Regulations Advisory Scheme (WRAS) is encouraging business and property owners to consider the risks posed by their water systems sooner rather than later, to avoid health risks. The restrictions placed on people and businesses to restrict the spread of Covid-19 since mid-March have […]

The CLM operations team discuss: How to make the communal laundry room a social, safe and appealing amenity for residents.

A communal laundry room can be a valuable amenity for many residents and the following ideas are a good start to making laundry facilities appealing. Convenience Is The Key – The primary design consideration of a laundry room must be the convenience to residents. Communal laundry rooms should be located near main traffic areas. A […]

Ozone vs. Coronavirus: Ozone’s Efficacy as a Virucidal Disinfectant

It’s no secret in the cleaning and disaster restoration industry that ozone is extremely effective at removing odors through molecular oxidation.  Lesser known is its efficacy as a disinfectant, for which it has been used effectively in the medical field for many years. A powerful gas capable of high levels of disinfection, ozone can be […]

CLM discuss: How co-living communities will replace our empty offices…

In 2021 we will increasingly work and socialise in connected local communities with communal laundry and catering facilities. For hundreds of years, human beings lived, worked and played in local, intergenerational communities. That changed with industrialisation luring people to cities and leaving their families behind. In 2020, however, we returned to the former way of […]

Climate change: LED lights making dent in UK energy demand

Installing a single low-energy LED bulb may make a trivial contribution to cutting the carbon emissions that are overheating the planet. But if millions choose LEDs, then with a twist of the collective wrist, their efforts will make a small but significant dent in the UK’s energy demand. Studies show making products more efficient has […]

Japanese researchers say Ozone can kill coronavirus…………

Japanese researchers said Wednesday that low concentrations of ozone can neutralize coronavirus particles, potentially providing a way for hospitals to disinfect examination rooms and waiting areas. Scientists at Fujita Health University told a news conference they had proven that ozone gas in concentrations of 0.05 to 0.1 parts per million (ppm), levels considered harmless to […]

UK study shows ozone can effectively combat coronavirus……

Treating coronavirus-infected laundry with a professional ozone washing system could have major implications for the future of infection control, according to new research. The in-depth study carried out at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) found that an Ozone based washing system, which uses ozone (a highly reactive gas) to kill bacteria even at low temperatures, […]