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Latest: Improving Building Projects - Three ways for facility project managers to control construction costs — and obtain quality results.
Improving Building Projects
Three ways for facility project managers to control construction costs — and obtain quality results.
Serve Up Sound Quality In Senior Living
Acoustical design in dining rooms is an important concern in senior living facilities.
Managing Healthcare Facilities Amid Uncertainty
Basic real estate and facilities management principles can provide healthcare facilities a point of certainty in uncertain times.
A Deeper Shade Of Green
Heightened occupant engagement is significant to maximizing energy efficiency initiatives.
Data Center Optimization
A mandate to federal data centers in the U.S. poses requirements useful to facility operators in all sectors.
Restrooms Fixtures And Water Savings
Evaluate these items periodically to ensure conservation features are operating as expected.
Beyond The Task Of Illumination
There are strategies for facilities to implement office lighting for circadian health and well-being.
Task Tuning In Commercial Buildings: A Field Study
This lighting controls strategy is used to reduce energy use while maintaining occupant comfort.
Choose Flooring Wisely
Specific facility conditions dictate proper commercial flooring selection.
Beyond Energy Savings: Disruptive Technologies In Lighting
Disruptive lighting control technologies including LEDs, evolving software, and wireless protocols offer additional advantages beyond energy savings.
Simplify With Networked Lighting Controls
While this lighting technology seems to add complexity, its features help to streamline facility operations.
Investigating Moisture Intrusion In Roofs
Systematic, preventive roofing maintenance helps to identify and address any chinks in the building envelope armor.
Integrated Ceiling Systems
Streamline an interiors project by exploring this option that merges multiple building systems.
Space Heating In High Bay Facilities
The U.S. Department of Energy recently tested HTHV technology—High Temperature Heating & Ventilation—compared to traditional unit heaters.
Retailer Tackles Energy Retrofit With PACE Financing Tool
Florida-based BrandSmart USA carried out a $2 million+ energy retrofit by employing the Property Assessed Clean Energy finance tool. Facility management service firm ABM managed the project for the retailer.
Green Building Programs: Toward High Performance Facilities
In assessing sustainability goals for 2017, an overview of five green building programs provides recent updates.
Can Security Technology Replace Guard Force?
Facility executives can work toward an effective balance for site security using these six steps.
Roofing Maintenance, Dollars And Sense
A well-defined proactive roofing maintenance plan delivers value by maximizing roof performance and service life.
Lighting Maintenance: LED Lighting Retrofits
While the benefits are increasingly clear, facilities should note these four tips to avoid LED lighting failure.
FM Issue Bonus: Powering The Evolving Facility
Delivering an infrastructure to meet operational needs calls for a holistic approach and attention to technology trends.
Cyber Security For Buildings
Building automation systems are one avenue for a cyber attack. A recent survey examines perceived roles.
Equipment Leasing And FASB Changes
In early 2016, a long anticipated lease accounting standard revision was approved.
Healthcare Waiting Room Design
Whether in a hospital, medical office building, or urgent care center, healthcare waiting rooms aim to provide comfort and convenience.
Key Survey Findings: Campus Facility Management
Results indicate high customer satisfaction and proper staffing levels are high on the list of campus facility management priorities.
Water Systems Strategies
Over the last two decades, extreme drought events in the U.S. have vividly illustrated the imperative for technologies that increase water usage efficiency as well as strategies and methods to reduce demand.
Physical Security Planning
The planning, implementation, operation, and maintenance of physical security—whether for one facility or many—will benefit from facility executives taking the stance of a common sense approach to the task.
2016 Facility Executive Readers’ Choice Awards: Selected By Facility Management Professionals
This year’s Readers’ Choice Awards features companies in more than 40 categories, whose products and services were rated highest by facility management professionals based on aesthetics, reliability, value, and customer service.
Facility Executive of the Year 2016: Keeping Costs In Check
In Hamilton County, OH, Ralph W. Linne, director of county facilities, tames management tasks with technology and shapes a long-term energy plan.
Efficiency Award For Colorado Brewery
Energy engineer at the MillerCoors facility recognized for successful initiatives shares five keys to improve energy efficiency.
Teamwork Towards Energy Reductions
With the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Fellows Program, facility leaders execute operational improvements as part of Retrofit Chicago.
Resilient Facilities: Strong And Sustainable
Facility management executives can create resilient facilities by employing green strategies to combat extreme weather.
Streamlining The Facility Management Function
At Broward College in South Florida, dispersed capabilities were brought into a centralized system.
Trends Bonus Article: Effective Exterior Surveillance
When it comes to exterior surveillance, the interaction of lighting and security cameras plays an important role in facility protection.
Renting HVAC And Power Equipment
Whether a resident backup system or on-call emergency plan, these temporary tools should be deployed quickly.
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