A green energy firm has teamed up with a cleaning company to boost business for both.

Now Power Savers, headed by businessman Mohamed Hamza, will work with Atlantic Cleaning Services, run by brothers Ellison and Allen Ferreira, to make sure businesses and homes are both clean and green.

Mr Hamza said: “We will be offering interior cleaning and we’ll also be doing interior air quality and mould abatement.”

He added: “If a company is in the home or workplace, they might do a thorough clean of the home, but they don’t know what’s going on in the air conditioners.”

The joint venture will also offer energy audits for both homes and businesses, including the installation of low power use LED lighting and energy audits to cut power costs.

Mr Hamza said: “Working together means it generates more sales for a local company, which otherwise they would miss, and I’m getting more sales as well.

“It’s a collaborative effort — we are competing against bigger companies individually, but together we are getting more of a market share.

“It’s something other companies should consider more, especially in the recessionary period we’re in.”

Ellison Ferreira added: “This means we get to bring the client the total package. What we do is clean offices, homes, boats, floors and carpets — everything. By teaming up, we can provide our clients with something different.

“Mohamed has his own unique product and we can give our clients something new. By joining with his expertise, we can go further.”

Allen Ferreira explained that Mr Hamza had done a demonstration clean of an air conditioning unit at a home he was working on — and added that he was stunned at the accumulated dirt inside.

He said: “He can clean out the whole AC. The place not only looked perfect, the air felt clean as well. We can finally clean everything — clients won’t only have a clean place, they’ll have clean air as well.

“People don’t think about the dirt that accumulates inside air conditioning. Once we take it apart and Mohamed does his magic, it’s a big difference.”

Power Savers can also install hi-tech devices that cut the cost of electricity by evening out spikes in current supply.

And a full survey of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and cooling can also be carried out.

Mr Hamza said: “Even something as simple as changing old-style lights to new power-efficient LEDs can save 20-35 per cent in large buildings with high usage.

“We also open the dialogue to get homes and businesses more energy efficient.

“We can pre-screen them for solar power as well and help them negotiate a contract with a local supplier company we’re in partnership with.”

Power Savers can also use add-ons to existing solar systems so power from solar panels can be converted and go direct to air conditioning compressors — the most expensive part of an air conditioning system in power charges.

Mr Hamza added that Power Savers had also launched a new venture with Exclusive Automation and its Urban Cultivator branch to help people set up their own hydroponic systems to grow fruit and vegetables.

He explained that hydroponics used water, light and a nutrient flow into the water for efficient growth.

Mr Hamza said: “If people have the space, they can provide themselves with their own vegetables and fruit at a cheaper price and also have control of the quality themselves.

“Our hydroponic systems are all low-energy systems as well. We can supply, install and consult throughout the entire process.”

Exclusive Automation’s Torrie Stuart said: “We have similar interests and we crossed paths, so we’re putting something together that can be beneficial to both of us.

“Bermuda has a national security problem in not being able to grow it’s own produce and support itself. I’ve come up with an innovative solution to the Island’s produce problems. Mohamed is into sustainability — he’s more into solar and cutting the cost of electricity. We can partner, save energy and provide Bermuda with foods that are needed.”