Conference Room Trends: Video Conferencing Comes Of Age
IP enabled equipment is finally bringing the conference room into the modern age.
FM Issue: Transforming Technologies
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is one of the latest tools to be optimized for maintenance and operations applications.
Services & Maintenance: Web Based Energy Information Systems
Systems designed to monitor consumption are available with an array of features.
Keeping Data Centers Up And Running
Emerson Network Power offers a list of "Best Practices to Avoid Data Center Failure by Human Error."
NEW PRODUCT FLASH: Dinion and FlexiDome IP Cameras from Bosch
Support for the Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) standard ensures the 40 new fixed body models integrate with compliant video products from other vendors.
OSHA Cites SeaWorld for Killer Whale Accident
OSHA has cited SeaWorld of Florida LLC for three safety violations, including one classified as willful, following the death of an animal trainer in February.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: The Role Of Submetering In LEED v3
This Web exclusive comes from E-Mon, LLC, manufacturer of submetering and automatic meter reading hardware and software systems and services.
NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Waste Management, Recycling, and Diversion from IEA
The International Environmental Alliance (IEA) provides full service waste management, recycling, and diversion services for facilities of all types and sizes.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Extending Motor Life
This Web Exclusive article is contributed by Electro Static Technology, maker of AEGIS shaft grounding products. Increasing Sustainability Of Motors In Manhattan's Time & Life...
Finalists In Smartest Building Challenge
A panel of five industry experts are determining which facilities will win the Siemens Smartest Building in America Challenge.
NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Broadened Security Options Through AlliedBarton
This provider of trained security personnel has launched a Strategic Partnership Program to offer clients access to related products and services.
Untapped Resource: “Cash For Clunkers” Lighting Program
By qualifying for the Commercial Building Tax Deduction (CBTD), commercial lighting system owners can derive a tax benefit to help offset the cost of a new lighting system or lighting system improvement, up to 60¢ per square foot.
Solutia Awarded ARRA Funds For Window Film Research
The company's Peformance Films segment has been awarded funds for continued R&D and commercialization of high performance retrofit window film technology.
Development In Organic LED Lighting
Scientists from GE Global Research and Konica Minolta have demonstrated illumination quality white OLEDs essential for producing products at lower costs.
NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Photo Index Of Maintenance & Renovations
ConstructionPhotoDocs.com has introduced a photo indexing service geared to facility management work.
Technology Trends: The Mechanics Behind The Magic
All the way from Snow White
Can IT Outsourcing Come Back to the U.S.?
Many IT services providers are reconsidering U.S. locations as potential sourcing destinations, including lower cost, mid-sized metropolitan areas and rural communities.
NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: RoofGenuity From Firestone
Facility managers can use the RoofGenuity modeling tool to discover the optimal roofing configuration for their buildings.
LA Airport Authority Receives Award
The LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce presented the authority with its Sustainability Award.
BICSI Releases Design Standard For Data Centers
Written to complement existing standards, BICSI 002 includes requirements, recommendations, and additional information—such as site selection, layout, thermal systems, and security—that should be considered when planning and building a data center.