Guardian Service Industries, Inc.

Work Somewhere You Love Wherever and however Guardian fits into your career path, our belief stays the same: don’t just work somewhere, work somewhere you love. Explore our career areas A to Z to learn more, and you can even meet a few of the passionate people who make up our team! Let’s Get Together When people say, they love their building, residential community, school, etc. they’re usually talking about how clean it is and how secure they feel. So depending on the building their talking about Guardian. Why? We keep their spaces green cleaned, pest free, secure and operating seamlessly. That experience is one of the things that sets our brand apart. And it’s made possible by the people who work for Guardian who create amazing experiences for our clients every day. If you love brightening someone’s day, join us! Technology We’re committed to innovation, especially when it comes to digital. We’re continuing that momentum by investing big to improve our digital innovation an...

“We’ve been a success in our business since 1918, serving commercial buildings, government buildings, residential communities, commercial facilities, schools, industrial facilities, transportation hubs, and retail outlets. Today we have over 1,000 clients and maintain over 110 million square feet throughout the Northeast. But no one has known about it! It was time to get us greater exposure.” The speaker: Sandy Herzfeld, Chief Executive Officer and Principal of Guardian Service Industries, and a member of the third generation to manage the company. The solution, he comments: “We are in the midst of rebranding ourselves, using today’s media to raise our profile.” “Not everyone is aware that we offer a full line of services,” says Alan Bressler, Chief Operating Officer and Principal. “We started off with window cleaning and janitorial services -- and many of our customers have known us for only that. But we have expanded through the years, and today we offer a complete facility so...

New York City claimed the No. 10 spot for the first time in this year’s Green Building Adoption Index study conducted by CBRE and Maastricht University. Atlanta, Houston and Minneapolis again claimed spots in the top five and San Francisco slipped to No. 2. Chicago claimed the top spot with 66% of its buildings qualifying as green certified.  The Big Apple was part of a group of cities leading the charge in LEED and Energy Star certifications.  The study also looked at the impact benchmarking ordinances have on a city’s willingness to adapt sustainability standards. Among the top 10, nine cities have enacted policies that increase the transparency of  a commercial property's green standing. Markets with these ordinances have seen 9% more Energy Star and LEED certified buildings and 21% higher Energy Star and LEED certified square footage.  “While it is still too early to make a definitive correlation between benchmarking ordinances and the rate o...

While the economy has improved in many sectors, building owners and facility managers continue to look for ways to lower costs and stay on budget. This belt tightening can mean a bigger workload for Facility Managers with fewer resources to do it. In an effort to get vital services covered while reducing cost, many facilities have turned to outsourcing janitorial services as a workable cost cutting solution. In addition to an immediate drop in costs, outsourcing cleaning services can help stabilize costs, improve services, protect your building’s assets and manage and reduce your workload. The decision to outsource your janitorial services is a significant one. No matter what services you outsource, from office cleaning to preventative maintenance, the competency and professionalism of the building services contractor you choose will decide the outcome.  1 - Janitorial outsourcing is cost-effective. Outsourcing cleaning services  can have a significant impa...

Tips for in-house facility managers tasked with making tough choices By  Kylie Ora Lobell It’s that time of year again—the time when you’re tasked with creating a budget that will take your facility through the next several months, or even the next year. There are many factors to juggle when setting up the budget, including allocating costs for hiring, supplies, equipment, special projects, and emergencies, in addition to demands for higher quality work. To meet and exceed the standards set by your client (if you’re an outside contractor servicing a building) or your supervisor (if you’re an in-house facility manager), you may have to collaborate with outside contractors, make tough decisions regarding your employees, and work with shrinking operational costs. When you decide upon your budget, you must ensure that the quality of work doesn’t suffer, and that you have everything you need to do the best job possible. According to those in the cleaning industry, the ...

Investor and tenant demands are pushing real estate managers to make their properties more sustainable. Commercial real estate contributes 30% of global annual greenhouse gas emissions, a recent report noted, despite early and continuing efforts by real estate managers to make their properties more environmentally friendly. Many investment managers now are accelerating those efforts, notwithstanding the Trump administration's moves to loosen environmental regulations and drop out of the Paris climate accord. But the sustainability movement in real estate is driven more by market forces than regulation or politics, said Jacques Gordon, global head of research and strategy at real estate money management firm  LaSalle Investment Management , Chicago. "The overwhelming majority (of real estate managers and property owners) desires to have green buildings or sustainable buildings … It's true of big companies. It's true of small companies … it's true of Jones Lan...

Patricia Kirk  |  Jul 07, 2017 The healthy workplace movement got a boost a few years ago when the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) partnered with the International Well Building Institute (IWBI) to streamline certification processes and minimize paperwork to achieve both Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and the WELL certifications simultaneously. Launched in October 2014, WELL has registered or certified  450 projects , encompassing nearly 100 million sq. ft. of space in 27 countries, including 361 office projects. “The rapid expansion of WELL worldwide underscores the fact that building and business developers, owners, and operators are taking notice of the need to harness the built environment as a tool to promote human health and wellness,” says IWBI President Kamyar Vaghar. He notes that IWBI is seeing increasing interest from core and shell building developers looking to achieve WELL certification, as well from tenants looking fo...