Strategies and examples: Smart lighting upgrades can reduce maintenance demands, simplify access, limit operational disruptions, and help facility teams plan for changing needs.

Healthy buildings: A new designation curates strategies from the 10 WELL Building Standard concepts into a dedicated pathway for healthy interiors.

Why it’s important: Real facilities data is usually messier than what you’ll find in a vendor’s demo—so how can you tell from the demo whether an AI product will work for your team? Planon North America President Kimberly Castle identifies four common pitfalls that lead to failed AI deployments.

Security isn't just an operational concern. It can also affect whether you can secure the insurance coverage your property needs—and how much that coverage costs. This episode of the Buildings Podcast examines factors impacting assault and battery (A&B) coverage.

Daily cleaning reports: How can you keep the handover useful without clogging it with too much information? Terry Sullivan of SiteClara suggests a smarter framework.

Pendant luminaire: This 8W LED light consists of a shade, disc, tube, and braided power cable, all of which can be customized with different finishes. Choose from four color temperatures.

Single-source through-wall solution: MorKlad delivers thermal, structure, air and and vapor, and fire protection by combining metal panels, phenolic insulation, a weather barrier, and fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) girts.

Light commercial and multifamily lighting: This fixture delivers general-purpose wall mount lighting in hallways, stairwells, and common areas. A dusk-to-dawn photocell turns the light on at dusk and off at dawn.

Gearless elevator machines: These units support elevator systems with or without a machine room, maximizing the use of the available space in both new construction and modernization applications.