Bonus Features
These bonus stories are unusual offerings that take a look at facility management from a different or specialized perspective.
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.
Webinars
The Next Big FM Challenge: Managing Labor Shortages, Recruitment And Retention
Attend this free webinar and learn how to tip the scales to balance recruitment, retention, and labor shortages, while retaining critical institutional knowledge.
Facility Management Year In Review: Lessons & Predictions From Industry Leaders
View this free video webinar and hear from a panel of facility management leaders who will share what they’ve learned from the past, and what they hope 2023 will bring.
Did You Miss Our “Modernize To Digitize” Webinar?
View this free video webinar and learn how to contribute to your facility’s sustainability, resiliency and efficiency, while being customer-centric with speed to resolution.
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