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IAQ Trends: Conundrum In The Air
Ensuring healthy indoor environments often challenges energy efficiency measures.
Alternative Energy Trends: Double Vision For Green Power
AT&T has enlisted the insight of its facility managers in its pursuit of increasing alternative energy use. In this article, the executive director of energy describes the company’s roadmap for alternative sources.
Water Conservation and Treatment Trends: Where Blue Meets Green
Some simple facility management decisions can help organizations get a better sense of natural resource usage. Strategic choices in plumbing equipment steadily reduce water costs and consumption.
Green Roof Trends: From LEED® To RoofPoint
There is a new sustainable roof assessment tool for the professional facility manager. This recently launched guideline focuses on roofing and its specific characteristics.
Facility App Trends: Pocket Sized Productivity
From handheld devices to sophisticated field equipment, the latest technologies can help improve operations efficiency. New mobile apps and remote connectivity are reshaping the mindset of today.
Building Automation Trends: Beyond The Building
There are many ways managers can facilitate a smarter physical infrastructure. By collecting and analyzing data, managers can discover opportunities for efficiency within and around their facilities.
Furniture Trends: The Green Scene
Carefully selected furnishings have become an essential aspect of sustainable design efforts.
Green Design Trends: Raising The Bar
The International Green Construction Code (IgCC) will be setting new standards for building energy efficiency.
Security Trends: Security And Access Control
In today’s changing climate, what’s the new normal in terms of security? Constantly evolving challenges of keeping a building secure are the reality for facility managers.
Roofing Trends: Roofing In The Spotlight
Several important initiatives will have an impact on roofing conditions, particularly for the existing building sector.
HVAC Trends: Down The Line
Achieving optimal HVAC performance depends on all stakeholders in a facility's life cycle.
Indoor Air Quality Trends: Take A Deep Breath
There are many benefits to improving facility indoor air quality (IAQ). But how can facility managers get it done?
Water Conservation Trends: Sustainable Water Management
There are opportunities for facilities professionals to take an active approach to conservation matters.
Alternative Energy Trends: Follow The Sun
Is solar power the most promising alternative energy option for commercial buildings?
Green Roofing Trends: Turning Up The Heat On COOL Roofs
Momentum is gathering for the elastomeric roof coatings movement.
Technology Trends: What’s Up With Apps?
Communication between mobile devices used in facility management sometimes faces obstacles, but an emerging web language may help bridge the gap.
Project Management Trends: Enhancing Value
Facility managers optimize the data they gather by integrating the information systems that manage it.
Furniture Trends: Green Certifications Get More Comprehensive
Changes are on the horizon for third-party green product certification initiatives.
Green Design Trends: Facility Managers As Keepers Of The Flame
Institutional memory is an essential component in sustainable system management.
Safety Trends: Mass Notification Decoded
How to decipher new codes and track the latest trends for effective emergency communications.
Roofing Trends: Roofs And Energy
Building codes, R-values and generation, and barriers are some of the key drivers behind the latest roofing trends.
HVAC Trends: Forging The Path
As energy efficiency strategies get "smarter," HVAC systems are one area of opportunity for facility managers.
IAQ Trends: Facility Management & The New Green Construction Code
This green building design and construction code will have an impact on indoor air quality for those who adopt it.
Alternative Energy Trends: The Energy Endgame
Esteemed expert John M. Studebaker ponders the future of alternative and sustainable energy.
Conference Room Trends: Video Conferencing Comes Of Age
IP enabled equipment is finally bringing the conference room into the modern age.
Green Roof Trends: Facility Managers And Green Roofs
Despite the severe economic downturn last year, the green roof industry in North America grew by 16.1%
Project Management Trends: More Than Simply Technology
New building modeling software borrows from gaming technology to produce spectacular presentations.
Furniture Trends: On The Level
The commercial furniture industry, its customers, and relevant stakeholders have taken a proactive position in developing a common, consensus based set of metrics to help define the sustainable aspects of furniture.
Green Design Trends: The New Green Standard
ASHRAE releases Standard 189.1 for high performance green buildings.
Disease Prevention Trends: Disease Prevention In The Workplace
These guidelines should help facility professionals stay one step ahead of flu incidents.
Roofing Trends: Protective Planning
Installing auxiliary roofing functions, such as support for energy producing equipment, requires forethought.
IAQ Trends: Clearing The [Indoor] Air On Improving IAQ
A new guide from some of the top experts can help solve one of the most troublesome facility issues.
Security Trends: Security In Progress
Despite lax efforts in some corners, ASIS International has set an ambitious agenda in security standards and guidelines development.
Power Supply Trends: Powering Up
It may be years away, but smart grid technology should be on the horizon for facility managers now.
Building Automation Trends: Integration Revolution
The next wave of building automation systems may help simplify operations while saving energy.
Furniture Trends: Working The System
As space planning demands evolve, facility managers will find it useful to have a versatile environment.
ADA Trends: ADA Compliance In Difficult Times
Guest Contributor Katherine McGuinness offers this advice for facility professionals who may struggle when it comes to deciding which standard to use.
Roofing Trends: A Shot In The Roof
TFM Editor/Co-Publisher Heidi Schwartz takes a look at how economic stimulus spending may support "shovel-ready" infrastructure improvements that include roofing repairs.
HVAC Trends: Journey From The Underground
Contributor Chad Safran reveals why ground source heat pumps may prove to be the next wave in HVAC systems.
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