Tag: Environment

Buildings consume a significant amount of our natural resources and have a wide range of environmental impacts. These environmental concerns are a key driver behind the sustainable design movement.

ASSA ABLOY

ASSA ABLOY Achieves More Than 150 GreenCircle Certifications

ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions has achieved a new milestone with over 150 GreenCircle certifications for products and/or manufacturing sites.
Urban Land Institute ULI

Urban Land Institute Leaders Donate $17M To ULI Chair’s Fund

Donors envision fund becoming the equivalent of the unrestricted endowments that major universities rely upon to innovate and expand their programs.

LED Lighting, Low-Energy Buildings, Solar Dominate Energy Agendas

For the first time, U.S. Conference Of Mayors' report identified all-electric vehicles as most promising technology for reducing cities' energy use and carbon emissions.

Did You Miss Our Bridging The Gap Between Construction Close-Outs And Facilities Webinar?

View this free video webinar and learn how technology solutions can help manage construction plans to avoid closeout challenges.
COP26

ASHRAE Addresses Climate Change Solutions At UN’s COP26

A COP26 side event hosted by Architecture 2030 and ASHRAE highlighted growing building stock, consensus-based standards, and building industry involvement
Environmental Stewardship

Environmental Stewardship Is Vital To Workplaces

As our need to understand environmental footprinting has come into sharper focus, the role of workplace designers, engineers, contractors, facilities, and operations teams has begun to shift to one of environmental stewardship.
Air Quality

Partnership To Improve Air Quality

Rockwell Automation and the Pyure Company announced a strategic agreement that will allow the companies to work together to provide solutions to improve indoor air quality and fight the spread of COVID-19.
net-zero-energy

ASHRAE Global HQ Reaches “Fully” Net-Zero-Energy Milestone

With the installation of a large photovoltaic system, ASHRAE’s new $20 million global headquarters building will operate at net-zero-energy performance.
green cleaning program

Embracing Green Cleaning Products, Processes

With a carefully considered green cleaning program, facility managers can protect the environment while safeguarding occupants and staff.
furniture reuse

Rerouting Furniture From Landfill

As part of its facilities projects, General Motors donated a plethora of its office furniture to local schools.
corporate sustainability

Sustaining Efforts In Sustainability

Corporate sustainability encompasses a broad range of strategies designed to create value for stakeholders, consumers, and employees.
natural disasters

Delivering Disaster-Resilient Buildings

Building commissioning helps secure standards that help protect facilities physically and financially.
Net Zero Carbon

8 New Real Estate Leaders Align With ULI Net Zero Goal

Together, these real estate companies represent over 2,400 buildings, more than 849 million square feet, and over $397 billion in assets under management.
manufacturing

DOE’s Better Plants Industry Partners Save $9B In Energy Costs

Over 250 manufacturing partners' energy efficiency and decarbonization measures kept 116 million metric tons of CO2 out of the air.

EcoWorx Achieves Cradle To Cradle Certified Silver

Shaw Industries’ EcoWorx® Carpet Tile among first in the world to be Cradle to Cradle Certified® under the version 4.0 standard.
sustainable built environment

Virtual Exhibition Features Sustainable Projects From Around The World

Build Better Now, a virtual reality online exhibition, showcases urgent role buildings and cities can play as a solution to climate crisis.
C-Crete

C-Crete Awarded $1.55M To Create Prototype Carbon-Based Building

The DOE funding will help C-Crete Technologies convert carbon ore to eco-friendly construction products, then design, assemble, and validate a prototype building.
EPA Safer Choice

EPA Announces 2021 Safer Choice Partners Of The Year

The Safer Choice program helps purchasers for facilities, such as schools and office buildings, find products that perform and are safer for human health and the environment.
Green Seal paint

Green Seal Launches LEED-Compliant Paint Certification

Green Seal's paint certification meets LEED v4/4.1 criteria and qualifies paints and coatings for Amazon's Climate Pledge Friendly badge.
natural disasters

Take Action Against Natural Disasters During National Preparedness Month

The EPA is encouraging individuals, businesses, and communities to follow health and safety tips to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters.
Webinar, Facility Capital Improvements

Join Our Webinar! Maximizing Value For Facility Master Planning

A panel of Facility Management leaders will discuss long-term planning challenges and answer questions about maximizing the value of conducting a Facility Condition Assessments (FCA).
Fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) webinar

Did You Miss Our “Building Analytics, Skilled Labor Shortages & Decarbonization” Webinar?

View this free video webinar to learn how fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) has become a critical part of the resilient facility team’s tech stack.

[VIDEO] Collect Asset Data at the Speed of Walking a Building

AI powered data collection with AkitaBox Capture. Take a picture of the asset nameplate, touch the floor plan to locate the asset and move to the next asset. Save up to 90% of your time in the field with AkitaBox Capture AI.