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Ceilings are significant for both visual and acoustic comfort.

The communal layout is a staple in many facility planners’ playbooks, but is it right for all scenarios?

Energy codes are being examined in various parts of the country, and energy reporting is being considered as a benchmarking target. Read more about these topics in the latest issue of Facility Executive magazine.

At North Park University in Chicago, a 20 year master plan is capped with an efficient and essential facility.

Achieving an ideal lighting scenario with LEDs calls for consideration of myriad characteristics.

At Sinclair Community College in Dayton, OH, leveraging technology clarified priorities for informed decisions.

Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is a metric for tracking systems efficiency. But, there’s more to measure in the data center.

What can be done to prevent or mitigate the destruction of culturally significant facilities from fire events?

Is the heightened focus on collaboration and interaction in the workplace causing occupants to lose their focus?

A long-term effort toward sustainable practices at the University of California, Davis delivers results.

Legislation requiring facility owners to report consumption is increasing. Is this obligation an opportunity or burden?

Recent research from NIST examines what to say, and how to say it.

This issue reflects the diversity of tasks handled by members of the facility management profession and it includes a profile of the Facility Executive of the Year winner for 2015.

Variable speed drives make chiller equipment more efficient. Enhancing internal controls increases this further.

In an effort to streamline the purchasing path, nearly 20 large companies have signed onto the Corporate Renewable Energy Buyers’ Principles.

With facility systems increasingly interacting with other enterprise systems (and stakeholders), preventing security breaches is more challenging than ever.

Projects at existing facilities require specific considerations to meet IECC 2012 requirements.

At The Merchandise Mart in Chicago, a restroom retrofit zeroed in on efficiency and occupant satisfaction.

Recycling the volume and variety of materials used in facilities requires planning and communication.

For this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards, the survey included more than 40 categories, and facility management professionals were asked to indicate what companies they rated highest based on product aesthetics, product reliability, value, and customer service.