In commercial laundries, high temperatures and intensive chemical use account for a significant proportion of energy and chemical costs. In hospital textiles, the required microbiological assurance level makes wash temperatures of 60–90°C unavoidable, accelerating energy consumption and textile wear.
Ozone fundamentally changes this equation: ozonated washing at 20–30°C cold water delivers equivalent microbiological inactivation to a 60°C hot water wash (Ozone Laundry technology reports). Energy consumption can thereby be reduced by 35–60%. Reduced chemical use lowers both procurement costs and wastewater COD load. Extended textile lifespan also reduces annual replacement costs. For hospital, hotel, and industrial textile laundries, cost efficiency and hygiene standards improve simultaneously.