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The August 2018 issue features facility security, including biometrics, school security, and stopping hackers. Plus, HVAC, roofing, restroom maintenance, lighting, and more.


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The August 2018 issue features facility security, including biometrics, school security, and stopping hackers. Plus, HVAC, roofing, restroom maintenance, lighting, and more.
08/20/2018

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    Latest: Facility Executive | August 2018 Issue - The August 2018 issue features facility security, including biometrics, school security, and stopping hackers. Plus, HVAC, roofing, restroom maintenance, lighting, and more.

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    Improved Space, Reduced Footprint

    With an eye on employee engagement and real estate efficiency, C3i Solutions in Horsham, PA made a move that consolidated three locations.
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    Restroom Dryers Dispatched

    At Grand Central Terminal in New York City, new high efficiency hand dryers in the restrooms simplified operations for facility management.
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    Facility Retrofit: Toward Energy Goals

    In Nashville, TN, the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel has undergone a series of energy improvements to reach reduction goals.
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    Multi-Site Exterior Lighting

    Kimco Realty launched a lighting retrofit program for its retail properties in 2015. Illumi-Nation, as the initiative is known, continues its momentum.
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    School District Tracks Space Use

    Cloud-based tool provides third largest school district in Oregon improved insight and control into its facility and room scheduling operation.
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    Facility Retrofit: Visibility Into Energy Consumption

    To improve insight into energy use, California tech firm Nimble Storage installed an energy management analytics platform.
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    Sealing Leaky HVAC Ducts

    The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) explored a way to help minimize construction disruption during facility renovations.
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    Facility Retrofit: Keeping Cool With Lower Energy Costs

    In central Florida, a county library facility employs thermal energy storage via ice for space cooling during peak demand hours.
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    Facility Retrofit: Visibility In Multi-Site Maintenance

    With 150+ locations in 19 states and District of Columbia, Denver-based CorePower Yoga needed to centralize its work order process.
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    Facility Retrofit: Zero Waste Manufacturing

    In September 2014, Diamond announced that it had achieved zero manufacturing waste to landfill status, becoming the first American-owned folding carton manufacturer to do so.
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    Facility Retrofit: Software Spurs Efficiency

    With new computerized maintenance management software (CMMS), Rawhide Boys Ranch in New London, WI streamlines work orders, weighs equipment “repair or replace”, and tracks energy use.
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    Facility Retrofit: Light It Up!

    Several facilities in UCLA’s athletics department were part of beta testing for a new wireless lighting controls system.
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    Facility Retrofit: Eradicating Bird Mess

    Managers at a restored lighthouse in MIchigan found success using sonics to prevent seagulls from landing on its decks.
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    Facility Retrofit: Heat And Glare Control

    Located atop the Chicago Sun-Times building and prominent along the Chicago River, this hospitality venue needed to reduce the solar heat impacting inside temperatures, while keeping visual appeal a top priority.
    Native grasses planted in a retention basin serve as a filter for rainwater before it enters the UC Davis campus stormwater system.
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    Facility Retrofit: Campus Groundskeeping

    A long-term effort toward sustainable practices at the University of California, Davis delivers results.
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    Facility Retrofit: Convenient Consolidation

    At The Merchandise Mart in Chicago, a restroom retrofit zeroed in on efficiency and occupant satisfaction.
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    Facility Retrofit: Green Roof Revisit

    At Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI, a vegetative roof is thriving after more than a decade in place.
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    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.
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    Facility Retrofit: Energy Milestone

    The Kroger Co. made changes resulting in its 500th ENERGY STAR certified store.
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