Tennant Technology Reduces Footprint, Group Says

Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 6, 2009—Tennant Company said that its ec-H2O technology has been shown to significantly reduce environmental footprints across seven key categories when compared to traditional cleaning with chemicals.

The findings are the result of an independent study conducted by the environmental sustainability group EcoForm.

“The findings of this study validate what we and leading-edge customers have known all along—ec-H2O is an environmentally sustainable cleaning technology,” said Chris Killingstad, president and CEO of Tennant Company.

To obtain footprint reduction calculations, the study compared a Tennant T3 20-inch auto-scrubber with ec-H2O technology to a conventional T3 using traditional cleaning chemicals over a 25,000-square-foot cleaning five times per week for education facilities and seven times per week for retail and healthcare facilities.

As an example, ec-H2O could reduce the energy footprint by 95% and air pollution by 94%.
 
Typical footprint reductions on ‘environmentally sustainable cleaning technologies are between 10-20% percent compared to traditional methods, Tennant said.

Ec-H2O technology converts plain tap water into a chemical-free all-purpose cleaner.

Tennant also said that it and Kaivac Inc. are in joint development to incorporate Tennant’s technology into spray-and-vac, or No-Touch Cleaning, systems for restrooms.