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Teleconferencing Strategy: Take the Travel Out of Long Distance Meetings

Use teleconferencing as a cost-saving strategy and dodge common pitfalls with three basic steps.

Three solutions to cut your escalator bill and embrace green vertical transportation

7 Tips for Vetting an Outside Contractor

Don't be confused by outside contractors. These valuable pointers help facility managers minimize downtime and maintain safety to improve operations.

Varied Facade Treatments: Orientation Optimization

Varied facade treatments make the most of your location – and budget

Three Places to Cut the Cabling

Wireless technology can reduce the inconvenience and cost of installing new cabling.

Green Cleaning: What You Need to Know

The history of “green cleaning” and key success elements for facilities, the procurement and verification process.

Are Consultants Worth the Cost?

What are the benefits of roofing consultants, and are they worth the price you’ll pay?

Procuring Energy at Less Cost in Fluctuating Markets

As our economy rebounds, fuel prices will oscillate as the forces of supply and demand jockey for equilibrium. This creates risks or opportunities for facility managers who buy lots of energy.

Smaller Budgets and Rising Costs Shape the Industry in 2011

FMs adapt to the changing demands of the marketplace.

Is Your Building a Candidate for Economical Wind Power?

Urban winds are wily, given to irregularities as they encounter trees, alleys, and buildings. In Boston, engineers spent more than a year studying wind patterns atop the city's Museum of Science before installing five small-scale wind turbines there.

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