Physical Environment

For its new Manhattan location, VSP Global tasked its architecture firm to create a workplace that will inspire its team of creative entrepreneurs.

Intentional design of outdoor spaces provides multiple benefits that can effectively support the organization and the people it employs and serves.

This provider of "people-centric" IWMS software enables facility management and other stakeholders to view real estate portfolios in a map view.

Structure Tone’s new office in Manhattan achieves WELL Certification at the Silver Level; marks first WELL Certified Project in New York.

Amazon will install solar systems on 50 fulfillment facility rooftops worldwide by 2020; 15 solar installations planned for completion by the end of 2017 will generate up to 41 MW.

Each day, about 2,000 U.S. workers sustain a job-related eye injury that requires medical treatment, but 90 percent of these accidents could be avoided by wearing eye protection.

The robot, nicknamed “Violet” by hospital employees, enhances patient safety by destroying superbugs that can cause infections.

More comfortable, ergonomic flooring material can improve productivity and patient quality of care, reduce absenteeism and workman comp claims, and lead to an overall improvement in quality of life for dedicated healthcare providers.

Smartphones and mobile apps are enabling facilities to reduce and, in some cases, eliminate the use of physical access cards for building security.

Choosing the ideal roofing insulation material for a facility project depends on several factors.

Paya Lebar Quarter is the city’s first project to register for the new global building standard focused on occupant well-being and productivity.

Massachusetts moves from the third to first; New York rejoins ranking in USGBC’s annual ranking of the Top 10 States for LEED Green Building.

Updated lighting control systems help to support facility management goals — meeting building codes and providing effective illumination for building occupants.

The two firms will collaborate to discover, evaluate, and improve upon the effects of the built environment on occupant health and well-being.

Beijing-based MAD Architects introduced open floor plans and multipurpose layouts to encourage collaboration through a recent project, the Xinhee Design Center.

New veneer collection of office suite essentials makes a statement with a range of desk configurations and storage solutions.

Six ways to improve office facility management operations — and the employee/tenant experience in the meantime.

LED lighting technology delivers better light quality and energy savings to Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina’s new warehouse and office space.

The real estate investment trust won the 2016 IREM® REME Award for an energy efficiency retrofit implemented at its global headquarters, resulting in energy reduction of 15%.

International WELL Building Institute™ and BRE to pursue alignments between the WELL Building Standard™ and BREEAM that will make it easier for projects pursuing both standards.