Facility Safety Is A 360° Task
During 2021, the National Fire Protection Association (NPFA) marked its 125th year of protecting people and property.
Embracing Green Cleaning Products, Processes
With a carefully considered green cleaning program, facility managers can protect the environment while safeguarding occupants and staff.
Growth In Zero Energy Buildings
Report from New Buildings Institute reveals big picture advances across North America.
Delivering Disaster-Resilient Buildings
Building commissioning helps secure standards that help protect facilities physically and financially.
Get Roofs Ready For Winter
Farewell to summer, and hello to cool season commercial roof maintenance.
Microgrids For Facility Power
Look to ESCOs when evaluating feasibility of this distributed energy resource for your site.
Cyber Security For Building Networks
As the threat grows, facility management has an expanded role protecting operational technology.
Essential Security Trends For FMs
From common risks to emerging threats, solutions for facilities teams are evolving and maturing.
Access Control: Touchless, Frictionless, Or Both?
While both touchless and frictionless access control solutions promote similar benefits, there are differences that are important for facilities customers to understand.
Workplace Design: Creating Useful, Outdoor Spaces
Here are ideas to expand beyond the walls of your building.
Workplace Design: What Type Of Place Is The New Office?
Organizational change around the new workplace isn’t one size-fits-all, and facility management has a central role.
Natural Hazards And Buildings
Whether hurricanes, wildfires, or earthquakes, threats from nature call for renewed look at emergency preparedness plans.
Get The Message: Reduce Water Use
In facilities, communicating conservation efforts and results to occupants makes a difference. Plus, water management Q&A.
Sprinkler Systems And Freezing Weather
Proper maintenance and using available equipment can help facility management prevent flooding caused by frozen auxiliary drains.
Sprinkler Systems And Maintenance
Keeping up with regular inspections, testing and maintenance of sprinkler systems in buildings is vital to ensure proper operation.
UV-C Lighting For Healthy Facilities
Already in use to combat pathogens, ultraviolet tools are now deployed against COVID-19.
A Look At Touchless Security Options
Facility executives are looking at where and how to implement solutions for a touch-free security experience, and this includes mobile credentials.
Protecting Building Exteriors
Preventive, ongoing façade maintenance is vital to proper function and desired appearance.
Three Sustainable Groundskeeping Ideas
With these simple sustainable groundskeeping ideas, grounds and facilities departments can show they care about practices that are economically and environmentally viable.
Drones For Façade Inspections
The adoption of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) or drones in building and façade inspections has significant time and cost benefits.