Donald Andrew Aslett (born 1935) is an American entrepreneur and writer specializing in cleaning and cleaning products, services, and engineering. He founded Varsity House Cleaning Company, a home cleaning service, in 1957. After being a Varsity Contractor for many years, Varsity Facility Services, a building services contractor, in 2011. It does business in the United States and Canada.
He is considered a cleaning expert, and has written books on how to reduce the time spent cleaning by reducing chaos, selecting and managing efficient cleaning tools, and creating what he calls a self-cleaning home.
In 2011, he opened the Museum of Clean in Pocatello, Idaho, a six-story building with a theater, art gallery, and a collection of 6,000 artifacts. Both the museum and his home in Hawaii are designed for low maintenance and eco-friendly, resulting in an award from the state of Idaho for Aslett's efforts with the museum. Cleaning products sold by Varsity are also "green", or environmentally friendly.
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Personal life
Aslett was born in 1935. His father raised wheat, beans, and potatoes. Aslett comes from Twin Falls, Idaho, but grows about 34 miles (55 km) northeast of Dietrich, Idaho. He serves a church mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Hawaiian Islands as a youth.
She married Barbara around 1957, when she started a cleaning business. They have six children and, when they grow up, he is a scout leader. Asletts has a farm in McCammon, Idaho, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Pocatello, and a house in Hawaii, designed for low energy conservation and maintenance. The house was photographed by US troops to learn how to make housing and barracks easy to maintain.
Aslett is a devout Mormon, and is a bishop at Marsh Creek Ward in McCammon Idaho County. He's on the board of the Idaho State University Museum.
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Careers
Varsity Facility Services
While studying at Idaho State College (now Idaho State University), Aslett formed the Varsity House Cleaning Company, a cleaning service in Pocatello, Idaho, with and Arlo Luke in 1957 to help pay for his tuition. Aslett describes his role as a "crazy entrepreneur" and Luke as "a powerful facilitator". What started as a part-time business grew by employing 30 to 50 people. One of their first business clients was Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph, now CenturyLink. Before they graduate, the two men had a house and four children. The organization's name becomes Varsity Contractor at some point.
Aslett received a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education from Idaho State in 1963. He continued to operate the business, which employs 500 people, including students. At that time, it operated in three states and was a cleaning service, facility, and construction company. The company also offers landscaping services.
The company has 2,500 employees and operates in 14 states in 1990. It is a complete cleaning service contractor with a total revenue of $ 190 million in 2006. Arlo Luke, who has been president and CEO for 28 years, resigned in 2011. Aslett also not involved in the organization's daily management in 2013.
In 2011, the company changed its name to Varsity Facility Services. Arlo's son, Eric became president and CEO of the company. Now, it operates in the United States and Canada as "a major building service contractor specializing in regional and national facility portfolios", according to Lisa Ridgely of CleanLink. By 2013, it has offices in Canada and all 50 states and stores that sell their green products in 6 states. They employed 4,000 people at that time. Varsity is now headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Aslett was inducted into Idaho Hall of Fame in 2010. Three years later, both Luke and Aslett received awards from the International Sanitary Supply Association.
Author
Aslett, considered a janitor, has written 40 books on the subject, which have been published in 10 languages. Michael Boyer states that he is one of the most prolific writers cleaning up the book, covering a wide range of topics such as eliminating disorder, taking care of certain materials, removing spots, and establishing processes for cleaning. There are books for cleaning households and professionals.
Aslett says that the amount of time spent cleaning up can be reduced by 75% if the homeowner reduces the chaos, gets the right cleaning tools, and makes them accessible. One approach is to develop self-cleaning homes, through the use of household and floor wares that are easy to maintain, and remove most of the dirt that enters home by removing one's shoes at the door. Another way to manage cleanliness is to get everyone responsible to clean up their own mess. He said that "even if President Bush lives in my house, he will know where the vacancy is."
He has earned the nickname of Sultan Shine, Don Juan of John, and Dean of the Net.
Museum of Clean
In November 2011, Aslett opened the Clean Museum in a six-story building in Pocatello, Idaho, in a warehouse built in 1915. It has an art gallery, an 88-seat theater, and a gift shop. The museum features 6,000 historic artifacts related to cleanliness. Some unique items include horse-drawn vacuum cleaners (1902), early washing machines (1945), and 1,600-year-old bronze toothpicks. Interactive exhibits teach children how to recycle, clean their rooms, make beds, and sweep. In addition to teaching recycling, the museum also has information on how to reduce waste. It costs $ 6 million to build a museum and six years to collect his collection. It was featured in the CBS News story in the series "On the Road" in 2012.
During the interview, Aslett stated that "This is not a museum cleaning, it's a clean museum." He believes that unclean causes depression, while eliminating the chaos of a person's life means releasing waste and excessive lifestyles. He said, "nothing will change your life faster than when you throw away your garbage.You have more time, you have more space, you feel better, you are healthier."
In preparation for the opening, the building was renovated to be environmentally friendly. During renovation, 80% of the removed material is recycled. Landscape is designed to require less water. The museum has non-reflective windows and exterior LED lights, which are energy efficient. The electricity bill is about 25% of what should be without modification. The rainwater collection system supplies water for landscaping and toilets and some building energy is supplied from the passive solar system. In 2013, he received the Pollution Prevention Pollution Award from the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality for eco-friendly buildings.
Due to a grant from Monsanto, and in partnership with Pocatello High School, a hydroponic greenhouse will be installed on the roof of the museum in 2017. It will teach students about green energy and how plants grow. Wind turbines and solar panels will generate electricity, such as providing electricity for the lights at night.
More
In the mid-1990s, Aslett appeared on numerous television shows, such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, and made 5,000 appearances to talk about cleaning. To make his conversation interesting, he tried to entertain and cover topics such as "Make Your House Do Domestic Work" and "Clean Up in Minutes". He also serves as a motivational speaker.
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References
Further reading
- Aslett, Don (November 1, 2010). "Use the standard, not the schedule. (House cleaning)". Practical Homeschooling - via HighBeam Research. (Subscription required ( help )) .
External links
- Museum of Clean
- Don Aslett Cleanup Center
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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