Tag: healthy buildings

New Construction

UL Solutions Adds UL Verified Healthy Building Mark For New Construction

New program advances indoor environmental quality in new building construction projects. 
Fitwell Certification

Nine New Companies Commit To Fitwel Certification

Leading insurance, real estate, financial services, and sustainability companies have committed to health at scale as Fitwel Champions, Providers, and Partners.
Jersey City WELL rating

Jersey City Municipal Buildings First In NJ To Achieve WELL Rating

Following in Miami's footsteps, Jersey City is just the second U.S. city to achieve the WELL Health-Safety Rating across a large part of its municipal building portfolio.
mold

Mold: A Hidden Threat

At least 45 million buildings in the U.S. have unhealthy levels of mold, including offices, schools, hospitals, and homes.
Indoor Air Quality

GBAC, Allergy Standards Limited Partners To Create New Program

The program offers tools to help building management professionals improve indoor air quality for tenants and guests.
WELL Building

ABM Joins International WELL Building Institute As Cornerstone Member

Provider of integrated facility services and solutions, ABM has joined the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), administrator of the WELL Building Standard.

Best in Building Health Leadership Awards From Fitwel Announced

Created in partnership with the U.S. CDC and operated by the Center for Active Design (CfAD), Fitwel healthy building certification system focuses on evidence-based strategies to promote health and wellness through the built environment.
office space

Demand For Sustainable, Healthy Buildings Is Redefining Office Space

JLL research shows 84% of premium office buildings are sustainability certified, and space in core central business districts has remained resilient.
lighting controls

Smart Lighting Offers Facilities A Data Network To Support Health, Energy Savings

New research explores how sensor-based luminaire level lighting controls (LLLC) provide facility managers insight beyond energy management goals.
WELL EP

Ernst & Young Among First With WELL Enterprise Provider Designation

As a WELL EP, EY helps companies enhance building performance and optimize workplace experience, well-being, comfort, and sustainability.
air quality

Edwards, a Carrier Brand, and Airthings Unite On Air Quality Monitors

The agreement commercializes Airthings' air quality solutions through more than 500 Edwards channel partners in the fire and security segment.
Education Facility Managers

Security, Safety Top List Of Education Facility Managers’ Priorities

A survey of education facility managers reveals campus access control, site security, and occupant safety are key focus areas.

Healthy Buildings Is The Focus Of NIBS’ 2020 Moving Forward Report

The National Institute of Building Sciences Consultative Council recommends three components of healthy buildings to President Biden and policymakers.
Healthy Buildings

Iconic LA Building First To Earn UL Healthy Building Indoor Air, Water Verification

FourFortyFour South Flower is the first building in the world to earn the UL Verified Healthy Buildings Mark for Indoor Air and Water.
healthy building

Decision Makers Increasing Investments In Healthy Building Initiatives

Facility executives are prioritizing three mission critical focus areas of a healthy building — people, places, and planet — finds Johnson Controls survey.
no-touch visitor management

Greetly No-Touch Visitor Management

Greetly will offer all existing and future clients the ability to leverage no-touch technology for safer visitor check ins within all types of buildings.
spread of germs

Hygiene360 Tackles Spread of Germs

Hygiene360 is a suite of full-service solutions that tackle the spread of germs on surfaces, person-to-person, and in the air.

Center For Active Design Launches Fitwel Viral Response Module For Building Certification

Five leading real estate companies commit to prototyping the module, informed by a Fitwel Academic Advisory Group comprised of health experts from world-renowned institutions.
healthy buildings

Center for Active Design Announces Fitwel v2.1

The new version of this healthy building certification highlights new construction, and retail and community projects.
green cleaning

Cleaning To Safeguard Health

Protect the well-being of facility staff and building occupants with green cleaning principles.
Webinar, Facility Capital Improvements

Join Our Webinar! Maximizing Value For Facility Master Planning

A panel of Facility Management leaders will discuss long-term planning challenges and answer questions about maximizing the value of conducting a Facility Condition Assessments (FCA).
Fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) webinar

Did You Miss Our “Building Analytics, Skilled Labor Shortages & Decarbonization” Webinar?

View this free video webinar to learn how fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) has become a critical part of the resilient facility team’s tech stack.

[VIDEO] Collect Asset Data at the Speed of Walking a Building

AI powered data collection with AkitaBox Capture. Take a picture of the asset nameplate, touch the floor plan to locate the asset and move to the next asset. Save up to 90% of your time in the field with AkitaBox Capture AI.