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UV-C Lighting For Healthy Facilities
Already in use to combat pathogens, ultraviolet tools are now deployed against COVID-19.
Protecting Building Exteriors
Preventive, ongoing façade maintenance is vital to proper function and desired appearance.
Drones For Façade Inspections
The adoption of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) or drones in building and façade inspections has significant time and cost benefits.
Safety During Building Rehabilitation
At secure facilities, building envelope rehabilitation projects don’t have to mean temporary relocation of building users, equipment, or collections.
Indoor Air Quality And The Pandemic
Here is a look at risk, energy use, and carbon impacts for commercial HVAC systems.
Indoor Air Quality: Mitigate Risk Of Aerosol Spread
In 2020, indoor air quality became front and center for buildings as CDC and ASHRAE stated that COVID-19 viral particles are likely spread not only through droplets but also via aerosols.
High-Performance Buildings, Human Impact
To achieve optimal performance, buildings need to respond to how people perform inside them.
Assessing Slip And Fall Risks In Facilities
Take the time to walk through your facility and find out where the potential for slips and falls may have increased as a result of COVID-19.
COVID-19 And Accessibility
Here are five practical areas for consideration to ensure that people with disabilities in your facility are respected, included in the planning process, and provided the required and appropriate safeguards.
Social Distancing In High-Traffic Facilities
Plan, quantify, reinforce—a strategy for keeping people moving in densely occupied spaces.
Listen Up: The Sound Of Security
Network audio solutions can be a critical element of facility security and safety systems.
Tech Tools To Keep Offices Safer
In looking at your Safely Back to Work strategy, it may help to break the challenges into three stages: Now, next, then.
Returning To Work: The New Office
There is a plethora of resources that facility executives can access to prepare their buildings for occupancy during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
10 Data Center Trends To Watch In 2020
Uptime Institute has identified factors impacting data centers for this year and beyond.
Simulating Natural Light With LEDs
To enhance visual comfort for building occupants, evaluate color rendering of LED lighting choices.
Networked Lighting Controls: Realize The Savings
Beyond energy savings, connected lighting is a pathway to intelligent use of space and better building diagnostics.
Plazas And Terraces: Construction Considerations
Building or improving these outdoor spaces requires attention to safety and performance.
Addressing Moisture Intrusion In Buildings
Examine facilities inside and out when investigating building envelope intrusions.
Hybrid HVAC Cooling
These types of systems help facilities balance water and energy usage goals and demands.
Tackling HVAC Deferred Maintenance
Work toward optimizing HVAC systems by implementing these practical solutions.
The Cycle Of A Circular Economy
Facility professionals have the power to further the circular economy, and options are growing to discover new choices for office furniture and more.
Greening The Building Envelope
The road to a more sustainable future for building materials and products is multi-faceted.
The WELL Building Standard And Green Cleaning
Focused on human health and wellness in the built environment, WELL concepts support sustainable cleaning programs.
Pursuing Zero Net Energy Buildings
Whether for new construction or renovation, early recognition of five key aspects is important.
Security Trends And Facility Management
Here is a look at common issues facing facility executives when it comes to building security.
An Eye On Workplace Violence
Here are seven best practices to reduce your organization’s workplace violence risk and be better prepared if incidents do occur.
Duality Of Workplace Design Strategy
When it comes to workplace design strategy, consider the evolution in emerging big data design versus the traditional approach.
Factoring In Ergonomic Furniture
Benefits should exceed costs when office ergonomics is done right.
Designing For Innovation In The Workplace
A facility focused on research spurred steel manufacturer AK Steel to craft spaces conducive to collaboration and inspiration.
Safer Schools: Intelligent Lighting
Connecting lighting systems in educational facilities can help to light the way to safety.
Design For Daylighting
Brighten the outlook of building occupants and reduce lighting costs by bringing natural light inside.
Upgrading Exterior Lighting To LED?
Don’t overlook opportunity for monetary and operational savings through a lighting control system.
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.
Resilience In HVAC Design
Whether internal or from outside the organization, changing conditions are demanding system flexibility.
Mapping Energy Management
Confounded by energy efficiency options? Rely on a process to move toward goals.
Lighting Controls Have Room To Grow
A new report from the DesignLights Consortium sheds valuable light on retrofit opportunities.
Utility Vehicles Are Multi-Faceted Tools
With new options, UTVs serve many practical purposes in a facility landscape management fleet.
Sustainable Winter Management Guidelines
For snow and ice management, environmental concerns join the long-held focus on cost, efficiency, and safety.
Keeping Facility Grounds In Top Shape
At commercial facilities, well-kept outside spaces are important to employees and visitors alike.
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