Design For Daylighting
Brighten the outlook of building occupants and reduce lighting costs by bringing natural light inside.
3 Ways To Improve Property Inspections
Routine property inspections can provide valuable information to help facility management make more informed decisions when maintenance planning.
Upgrading Exterior Lighting To LED?
Don’t overlook opportunity for monetary and operational savings through a lighting control system.
3M Products Help To Promote Facility-wide Sustainability
From cleaning products to window film and architectural finishes, the options are numerous for sustainable facilities.
The (Tech) Elephant In The Room
Smart building technology has the potential to deliver many operational benefits, but success ultimately depends on human understanding.
ADA Compliance For Facilities
Keep current with Americans with Disabilities Act developments to make better facilities decisions.
Enhancing School Security: What You Should Consider
Budget, lighting, environments and other challenges to school security—and potential solutions for each.
Three Green Solutions To Maximize Facility Usage, Profit
Facilities that implement creative green solutions enjoy stronger constructions, lower costs, and more sustainable futures.
Smart Building Retrofits… What’s Holding You Back?
As building owners and facilities teams consider upgrading to smart building infrastructure, here are three broad scenarios that may hold them back.
Here Comes The Sun: Motorized Window Treatments
Motorized window treatments make more effective use of sunlight for commercial buildings.
Aligning Facility Investment With Organizational Mission
Facilities are often one of the most valuable assets for an organization, but developing a long-term facilities investment strategy the organization can rally around is a difficult task. This eBook discusses five steps for aligning facility investments with organizational mission.
Developing A Maintenance Plan For Commercial Flooring
Facility managers know that renovations are expensive, and proper commercial flooring maintenance pays dividends when compared to ripping and replacing every five years.
Innovative Workspaces: Seven Office Trends For 2019
Keeping up to date on office trends is smart business as companies work to attract talent and increase employee satisfaction.
To Protect Property, Design Solutions for Campus Resiliency
Mitigate damage from flooding and other weather related threats by incorporating preventive measures in buildings and around sites.
From Construction To Retrofits, PACE Financing Saves Serious Energy
ACEEE explores how the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing tool for energy and water conservation projects has grown quickly in recent years across the United States.
Summer Construction: Effectively Plan And Execute Your Campus Projects
From small city colleges to large research universities, schools across the U.S. rush to complete renovations and construction projects during the summer months, when traffic on campus is minimal. This eBook explains how schools can start projects faster by changing their project delivery.
Scope Today, Success Tomorrow: Operations Benefits Of Your Scope Of Work
The operational benefits of clear, comprehensive Scopes of Work extend beyond the budget estimate and ripple throughout the life of the project.
TxDOT Assesses ADA and Arc Flash Issues In Its Facilities
Following a statewide facility condition assessment, TxDOT worked again with the firm Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam to focus on two important safety issues.
Four Crucial Battery Maintenance Tips
Get ahead of battery failure with proper selection and maintenance, and optimize performance and efficiency.
Quick-Line’s “Link it-Latch it-Cap it” Receives U.S. Patent Protection
Amerlux’s Quick-Line is a LED architectural-grade pendant fixture that delivers on the promise of speed, low cost, and high quality.
Five Construction Project Planning Tips For The Public Sector
Summer feels far away, but government officials need to think months ahead. Here are some actions to take now to ensure your summer projects succeed.
Friday Funny: Can A Robot Hold Down A Desk Job?
Sure, it can do a backflip – but can a robot fold a piece of paper, pick up a paper clip, or laugh at your boss's jokes?
Moving Buildings Toward Clean Energy
There are many tools available to facility management teams that can be used to propel buildings to zero-emission energy goals.
Propane Power For Energy Efficient Buildings
HVAC, clothes dryers, and vehicle fleets are among the facility equipment that can be powered by propane, an alternative to other energy sources.
Making The Move, From Paper To Digital
Converting building information assets to a digital document management system pays dividends.
Impact Occupant Behavior To Increase Recycling Rates
Facilities teams are a key to encouraging and easing this waste management effort.
Intelligent Lighting That Drives Automotive Plant Operations
The efficiencies made possible with a digital LED infrastructure help to deliver a more productive and safer manufacturing environment.
Recladding From The Past
With certain energy efficient building envelope improvements, facilities go back to the future.
The Invisible Failure Of Facility Security Programs
The tactical elements of physical security programs often get the most attention, at the expense of strategic factors.
Practicing Sound Design For Student Housing
Understanding sound isolation, mechanical noise and vibration control, and room acoustics is essential, and KWK Architects of St. Louis, MO provides insight on designing facilities that deliver.
The Effects Of Regenerative Elevators On Generators
Although recent advancements in technology have made elevators more energy efficient than ever, regenerative type of drives in elevators can prevent a building’s generator from performing its essential job.
Fortifying Against Water, Energy Waste
A leaky building at Owens Community College in Perrysburg, OH has a new lease on life with the installation of an exterior cladding product.
Scope Your Way To Better Budgets
An accurate budget estimate begins with a clear, detailed Scope of Work. So what does a scope need to contain? Here’s the guide on everything you need to know.
Drones And Facility Management
These unmanned aerial vehicles are used increasingly for building and site inspections, and expanded capabilities are on the horizon.
