B.I.G. Enterprises Construction Check List

Brought to you by: B.I.G. Enterprises

B.I.G. Booths construction check list reviews a checklist of factors that one should take into account when designing and planning a new guard booth.

Measurement and Verification: Monitoring Lighting Systems for Optimal Performance

Brought to you by: Schneider Electric

Measurement and Verification is an increasingly common term being used
within the energy efficiency and environmental communities. Simply stated,
Measurement and Verification (sometimes referred to as M&V) is the process used to track the performance of a piece of equipment, a system, or an entire facility.
The M&V plan compares the performance of a particular piece of equipment,
system or building to:
a) the performance of the same equipment, system or building at an earlier time,
b) the performance predicted by a simulation,
c) or the performance of another piece of equipment, building or system.

The Amazing Shrinking Cubicle, Storage in the Collaborative Workspace

Brought to you by: Aurora

The Los Angeles Times recently reported that, along with worker expectations, office cubicles were shrinking in size compared to just a decade ago.

How do corporations and employees cope with storage needs in such limited space?
How does the new collaborative work environment impact space planning for storage?
Read on...

Integrated workplace management - build a business case for IWMS software

Brought to you by: Trirega - IBM

While a business case is all about the numbers, knowing how and when to push the proposal through the approval process requires an understanding of the psychology behind how proposals are selected and funded. Learn the tools and strategies to develop a business case and gain approval.

Building Sustainability through Building Automation

Brought to you by: KMC Controls

Are you seeking sustainable facilities? Whatever is driving you toward this goal, building automation and controls systems can play a significant role in its achievement. Discover the benefits of building control systems and the related strategies that can be employed to achieve higher energy efficiency, lower operating and maintenance costs, better indoor air quality, and greater occupant comfort and productivity.

Corporate Universal Waste Recycling: Ensuring Compliance, Generating Savings

Brought to you by: Air Cycle

A critical green practice for large organizations to implement is universal waste (UW) recycling. Recycling universal wastes ensures compliance with waste disposal regulations and reduces harmful environmental impacts. But implementing UW recycling across the complex, multi-facility structure of a large corporation can pose challenges including minimizing recycling costs, ensuring organization-wide participation and measuring recycling progress. A corporate UW recycling program can solve these challenges and generate additional benefits, like green marketing opportunities and reduced liability for improper disposal.

Hardening the Perimeter: The Role of the Guard Booth, Security Solutions and Best Practices.

Brought to you by: B.I.G. Enterprises

Guard booths, stations and shelters are defense strategy linchpins, becoming increasingly integral to perimeter defense planning. Before evaluating the efficacy of different guard booth configurations, and before selecting a stock, or custom-built prefabricated design to protect a given asset, it is helpful to bear in mind several important ideas contained in this paper.

Safely Recycle Fluorescent Lamps by Crushing with Air Cycle’s Bulb Eater®

Brought to you by: Air Cycle Corporation

Mercury is an element that can be very harmful to the environment and to humans and animals; and when disposed of as waste, mercury is considered to be “hazardous”. However, mercury is also an essential element in the millions of fluorescent lamps that are in use throughout the United States and millions throughout the world.

Protecting the health and safety of employees and reducing the liability of your facility are important considerations when selecting a lamp recycling solution. This paper will cover the essential elements for safely recycling fluorescent lamps, with particular emphasis on using the Bulb Eater lamp crushing system as an initial step in the lamp recycling process.

Facilities professionals report that service contracts extend equipment lifecycles and reduce energy costs

Brought to you by: Siemens

The continual rise in energy costs and the focus on energy efficiency are ever greater concerns for facilities professionals. This research surveys facilities professionals’ attitudes and expectations for in-house staff and outside service-contract providers, and offers cost-saving insights into operations and maintenance.

How to Prevent IT Equipment from Overheating—in Winter

Brought to you by: MovinCool

Today, many businesses face a new challenge that may take them by surprise: how to keep the IT equipment in their server room or telecom closet cool when the building is heated. Until recently this problem was solved by using precision-cooling or mini-split systems, but both of these have significant drawbacks. The introduction of a relatively new class of self-contained, ceiling-mount air conditioners provides a more cost-effective and efficient alternative.

Using IBM Maximo Asset Management to manage all asset classes in hospitals and healthcare organizations

Brought to you by: IBM

IBM Maximo Asset Management helps healthcare providers track, monitor and manage the increasing variety of assets on which clinical outcomes and patient care depend. It provides a fully integrated software technology platform, allowing a clear view of information on all assets.