NEW YORK—Worksman Cycles, America’s oldest cycle manufacturer, announces an expanded and upgraded line of Industrial Cycles for the hospitality industry. Featuring bicycles, tricycles and even quadcycles, Worksman offers a complete range of Industrial Cycles for any lodging application including grounds and maintenance, housekeeping, security and activities.Long known for their “super-duty” capabilities—credit the fully lugged and hand-brazed steel frames, industrial rated axles, chains and rims and range of baskets, cabinets and platform—Worksman can now boast of their environmentally conscious benefits as well. Produced in its solar-powered factory in New York City, the cycles are finished with water-based, vegetable pigment paints....

TOLEDO, OHIO—Betco Corp. announces the launch of Green Earth Devour Drain Gel. Green Earth Devour Drain Gel is formulated for naturally maintaining drains and odors typically found in food service applications as well as other commercial areas. The thickened gel formula clings to vertical surfaces providing better contact time than thin formulas. The pH neutral formula is safe for use on all drain pipe materials and fittings. Devour Drain Gel’s proprietary blend of natural microbes work together to digest odor causing bacteria in drains. With an easy to use applicator lid, the gel coats the pipes to prevent buildup...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Green Bull Products, Inc. as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. The Green Bull Drain Maintenance System provides a highly effective, non-toxic, biodegradable, bacterial grease-digesting treatment. Green Bull puts to work billions of colony-forming bacteria to digest fats, oil and grease (FOG), leaving behind water and inert carbon. Green Bull helps avoid drain back-ups and reduces build-ups in grease traps, interceptors, and sewage ejectors. Odors are neutralized at the source by reducing grease. Green Bull refills contain naturally occurring bacteria designed to treat drains on a...

BUFFALO, N.Y.—Kana Hotels, an award-winning development and management group, and PURE Solutions, the provider of allergy-friendly hotel rooms, have teamed up to make travel easier for people with asthma and allergies.Over the past six months, three of Kana’s Embassy Suites hotels—Jackson (Miss.), Knoxville West (Tenn.) and Birmingham-Hoover (Ala.)—have each installed 10 hypoallergenic PURE Rooms, with more Kana properties slated to follow suit by the end of the year.PURE hotel rooms are treated according to a patented seven-step process that kills and protects against 98 to 100 percent of viruses, bacteria and other harmful airborne particles. PURE Rooms create a...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF.—The industry’s first extensive, independently conducted study to determine the ability of cold-water ozone laundering to extend the useful life of linens—a major expenditure among hospitality, healthcare and numerous other institutions—reveals a resounding advantage versus traditional hot-water methods.California-based ClearWater Tech LLC recently released the results of a six-month study conducted by North Carolina State University’s Physical Testing Laboratory—College of Textiles. Dr. Jan Ballard, extension specialist and supervisor of the Physical Testing Laboratory, directed study procedures.Testing utilized EcoTex ozone technology and its application format in comparisons with traditional laundering of pillowcases and terry towels. EcoLab supplied chemicals...

MILWAUKEE, WIS.—Telkonet, Inc., whose complementary business divisions include EcoSmart, an intelligent energy management technology solution and EthoStream, one of the largest high-speed Internet access providers in the world, will be introducing and demonstrating its new EcoCentral Virtual Engineer cloud-based command center at HITEC 2013. HITEC, the world’s largest hospitality and technology event, is being held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis from June 25 to 27.“We are excited to have a significant presence at this year’s HITEC event,” said Jason Tienor, Telkonet’s CEO. “Energy management demands in the hospitality industry have skyrocketed and we’re eager to demonstrate the...

ST. PAUL, MINN.—Ecolab released its 2012 Sustainability Report, which highlights how the company helps customers in the food, healthcare, hospitality, energy and industrial markets reduce environmental impacts, operate efficiently and improve safety. The report also details Ecolab’s performance in line with its operating principles, which encompass economic progress, environmental stewardship, safety and social responsibility.“Sustainability is core to Ecolab’s purpose to make the world cleaner, safer and healthier,” said Ecolab chairman and CEO Douglas M. Baker, Jr. “Our true impact is realized by helping customers meet sustainability goals at more than one million locations worldwide. Our team of more than...

TOLEDO, OHIO—Betco Corp. announced that five of its sustainable products are now certified and featured on Transpare. Transpare provides information on key environmental, health and safety attributes of commercial cleaning products. Transpare provides purchasers with a way to easily select cleaning products that are appropriate for their facility occupants and that meet the environmental goals of their organizations. Betco is featuring the following five sustainable products on Transpare: Betco One Step, Clario Green Earth Foaming Skin Cleanser, Clario Clear Foaming Skin Cleanser, Green Earth BioActive Solutions Devour No Rinse Multi-Surface Floor Cleaner, and Green Earth Peroxide.Betco products serve numerous markets...

PHILADELPHIA—National Energy Technologies LLC is releasing a new product line that saves energy by purifying air. Along with the need to remove smoke, odor, allergens and bacteria, mechanical air purification reduces the need to vent massive amounts of conditioned air to the outside. This system utilizes four advanced technologies as well as fan driven filtration for maximum effectiveness.Smoke and odor as well as spring allergies can be difficult or seem impossible to control with conventional air filtration. Bars and restaurants that still allow smoking are eager to attract and protect nonsmoking customers. Fortunately, recent advancement in air purity on...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.—Agaia, Inc. introduces Evolve, a commercially viable, all natural cleaning technology that the company says significantly outperforms chemical cleaning products in consumer, commercial and industrial markets.Evolve’s Active-Capture technology proactively captures and breaks down or emulsifies soils, odor causing bacteria, grease, grime and virtually all other unwanted contaminates at the molecular level in seconds, leaving no dangerous residues behind on the surfaces cleaned or in the environment.“Evolve represents one of the most significant advances in cleaning in the last 100 years,” said Agaia, Inc. CEO Benjamin Shell. “Our consumer, commercial and industrial strength products can be used to...