Facility Retrofit: Green Roof Revisit
At Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI, a vegetative roof is thriving after more than a decade in place.
Technology And FM: The Enernet – The Next Frontier?
The creation of smart energy infrastructure may borrow from principles from the architecture of the Internet.
FM Frequency: It’s Not Easy Being Green(er)
Even the best laid sustainability initiatives can be foiled by unaware, unresponsive, or just plain unwilling occupants.
Renewable Energy: The Role Of Demand Response
This type of program has a significant part to play in the increased adoption of solar and wind energy sources.
The HVAC Factor: Hybrid Operating Rooms
As with traditional operating rooms, HVAC systems are crucial to the success of these emerging healthcare spaces.
Professional Development: Finding Future Facility Managers
With a talent shortage on the horizon, the IFMA Foundation has introduced the Global Workplace Workforce Initiative.
Tricks Of The Trade: Lighting ROI Discussions
Facility managers must communicate how much money they will save in order to convince top management that these efforts can fund their lighting maintenance in perpetuity.
Technology And FM: Wireless Control For Older Facilities
A lighter footprint makes this approach an attractive one for controlling building systems in existing structures.
Tricks Of The Trade: Getting Up To Speed
TFM Columnist Kevin Folsom provides advice on how to get started in the field of facilities management.
Facility Retrofit: Biometric Entry
Students need 24/7 access to their facilities, which involves late nights. They lobbied school administrators for a security solution that would keep them safe. They even funded a project that made the installation a reality.
FM Frequency: In-House Sociologist
Among the many hats facility managers wear, the ability to field odd requests and mediate occupant disputes is a necessity.
Tricks Of The Trade: Prepping For Cold And Flu Season
Facility managers are in the position to provide convenient and accessible tools to help break the chain of germ transmission. These tools can include hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, paper towels (drying with towels can reduce the spread of germs up to 77%), soap, and facial tissue.
Professional Development: Equipment Financing
Finding the right strategy benefits more than the budget. A highly competitive marketplace makes this a favorable time for facility managers to finance productive equipment.
Renewable Energy: Pursuing Multi-Site Solar
When seeking to install this type of system at more than one facility, several strategies may help facilitate the process.
Tricks Of The Trade: Shopping For CMMS
A facility management professional asks TFM Columnist Kevin Folsom for advice on a computer based maintenance request system.
The HVAC Factor: Double Duty
HVAC systems may be the key to providing occupants with mobile connectivity in a facility.
Tricks Of The Trade: WiFi Thermostats
There are many WiFi stats that have come on the market in recent years with a varying degree of cost and capabilities. The question comes down to what you are looking to accomplish, and the user interface can be key.
Technology And FM: Communications Central
Facility command centers are becoming more valuable, not only for day to day operations but in emergency situations.
FM Frequency: Historic Sites – Challenges, Opportunities
Whoever said some things only get better with age probably was not a facility manager.
Facility Retrofit: Energy Milestone
The Kroger Co. made changes resulting in its 500th ENERGY STAR certified store.