• Facility Managers Become the Energy Maestros of Future Eco-Districts

    Feb. 23, 2011
    29 min read
    February 2011 Vol. 9 Issue 2

    Facility Managers Become the Energy Maestros of Future Eco-Districts

    New strategies for energy management emerge constantly as engineers, designers, and facility managers respond to limited resources, rising energy costs, and environmental impacts. While the need to do better with less on a building-by-building basis is a step in the right direction, the future of energy management and a sustainable lifestyle lies in tackling the issues on a much larger scale – a leap toward the eco-district.

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