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Three Green Solutions To Maximize Facility Usage, Profit
Facilities that implement creative green solutions enjoy stronger constructions, lower costs, and more sustainable futures.
Choosing Traffic Bollards To Protect Facilities
Facility management helps ensure parking lot safety by selecting the appropriate type of traffic bollards for a property's needs.
Cree Extends OSQ Series Of LED Luminaires
The new luminaire more than doubles the top lumen output of the original OSQ Series with up to 65,000 lumens and can replace multiple metal halide 1000W fixtures.
Salt Use Standards For Winter Weather Cleanup Revisited
The Snow & Ice Management Association has expanded its Sustainable Salt Initiative (SSI) that addresses environmental concerns associated with salt use at properties throughout North America.
Hack To The Future: Amping Up The Traditional Office
Your office doesn’t have to be boring, but it probably is. While not every facilities team can implement these five office hacks to jazz up their spaces, take them as inspiration.
Five Signs Your Parking Structure Needs Maintenance
Catching problems early, making repairs is key to proper parking structure maintenance. Here are five signs a parking garage is suffering from the constant onslaught of environmental stressors and wear-and-tear.
Flexible Delineators From ParkingZone
With replacement issues for facility management in mind, these traffic delineators are developed to withstand vehicle impacts better than standard static delineators.
Greener Living, One Parking Lot At A Time
A parking lot at Pratt Institute's Brooklyn campus in New York City is the site of a green infrastructure project that will reduce flooding, eliminate sewer outfalls to open waters, and keep nearby plants lush and green.
2015 Seven “Best Places to Park” Announced
International Parking Institute Awards of Excellence winners reflect friendlier, more sustainable approaches to parking; winners hail from Las Vegas; Lexington, Ky.; Oklahoma City; Philadelphia; Sacramento, Ca.; Toronto; and Washington, D.C.
BOMA Joins Lighting Energy Efficiency In Parking Campaign
Projects with notable energy savings will receive awards from the LEEP campaign and will be profiled on the site. The deadline for submitting project information is November 30, 2013. Results and awards will be announced on February 2014.
NEW PRODUCT FLASH: LED Area Lights by MaxLite
These DLC approved products can replace metal halide and high pressure sodium outdoor lighting fixtures.
NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: EV Charging by Car Charging Group
Facilities that want to cater to electric vehicle drivers can install this turnkey solution.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Tiger Teeth and Winter Weather
Can Tiger Teeth parking lot security devices be compromised by winter conditions?
FM Issue: Cutting Perimeter Security Corners
The decision to scale back protective measures may come at a significant cost to facilities.
NEW PRODUCT FLASH: GE Evolve LED Contemporary Domed Area Light
This exterior lighting fixture from GE Lighting Solutions is designed to provide a long, energy efficient lifespan.
NEW PRODUCT FLASH: Solar Powered Charging Stations By Duo-Gard
This new line of solar stations includes standard and custom models to charge cars, bikes, scooters, carts, and motorcycles.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Concrete Crack Up!
Is there a product or process that we can use to keep the smaller cracks from opening up farther and breaking up the concrete beyond repair?
