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10 Tips for Green Building Certification

09/25/2018

Green building certification can be crucial in today’s facility management world. Discover how to get your building a green bill of health.

Zero Waste Tips for Event Venues

09/24/2018

Manage event facilities with these waste-eliminating tips from meeting professionals.

4 Duty of Care Obligations for Building Owners

09/24/2018

It’s your responsibility to keep everyone in your building safe, whether they’re employees in an owner-occupied facility, tenants in a leased building or event attendees renting out part of your space. Know your duty of care toward the people in your building.

How New Tariffs Impact Facilities

09/24/2018

President Trump unveiled new tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods. Here’s how they’ll affect you.

How to Prevent Office Theft

09/21/2018

Don’t let office creepers take advantage of having access to your building. Find ways to prevent office theft.

5 Trending Tenant Amenity Ideas for Your Facility

09/21/2018

Tenants want more – oftentimes a one-stop destination for things like food, fitness and wellness. So when considering amenity upgrades at your building or facility, think about creating an experience.

Are Your Disinfectants Actually Working?

09/20/2018

How does your cleaning staff know they’re killing the germs they need to with their cleaning chemicals and disinfectants? Here are a few things you may not have thought about with the cleaning products being used in your facility.

Sustainable Solutions Can Benefit Your Facility

09/20/2018

The path to a greener building is as unique as the building itself and can bring benefits including improving the environment, increasing property values and providing more comfort to tenants.

5 Things Window Film Can Do For Your Building

09/20/2018

Window film can cut down on glare, solar heat and energy waste at a fraction of the cost of a window replacement. Consider these five benefits of window film.

Tips to Move Your Building Toward Net Zero

09/19/2018

Looking for ways to achieve a net zero building? These experts share solutions that help your new or existing building move toward the net-zero building of the future.

Hurricane Season Problem Prevention

09/18/2018

Hurricane season is upon us, and it’s time to ensure that your facility is prepared to weather the storm.

5 IoT Workplace Trends to Watch

09/18/2018

Technological advancements in Internet of Things (IoT) have provided us with the most revolutionary definition to date: workplace connectivity is the ability of things, not just people, to communicate with one another to benefit the end-user.

Fight for Student Safety on this Campus

09/18/2018

Putting student safety first - after an inspection found that apartment-style dorms for the University of North Carolina Asheville do not meet fire safety standards, the university is paying for off-duty firefighters to reside there.

Why You Should Consider a Health and Wellness Certification

09/18/2018

In the last few years, two health and wellness certification programs, Fitwel and WELL Building Standard, have grown exponentially in their portfolios. That’s because the industry is seeing a widely increased interest – from consumers and building users – in leading a healthy lifestyle.

New Solar Energy Codes Book

09/17/2018

The International Code Council and the National Fire Protection Association have created a single code resource for designing and installing solar energy systems.

5 Key Traits of Modern Fire Protection Systems

09/17/2018

In light of National Campus Fire Safety Month this September, the nationwide effort to raise fire and life safety awareness on campuses, it is timely to look at how some of the newest fire protection technologies and innovations can help campuses grow and modernize while keeping a keen focus on safety.

Skybridge from the Future? (interiors + sources)

09/14/2018

A modern, thought-out design structure, the skybridge includes key design elements like SEFAR Architecture’s VISION fabric – a material that protects the skybridge and its 60,000 square feet of amenities from the heat and glare of the sun while providing unobstructed views of the city.

Prepare Your Building for Winter Now

09/14/2018

Prepare your building for winter now by buying supplies, securing a snow removal company as well as conducting necessary maintenance and inspections.

5 Ways to Fail Your Building’s Disaster Response

09/13/2018

Here are five key things ways managers and building owners fail when handling emergency preparation.

New Solar Tool Enables Better Business Decisions

09/12/2018

The best solar panels are the ones that perform reliably for years, but because it’s hard to predict how they degrade over time, shoppers have had a tough time evaluating solar panel systems. This new tool makes more accurate predictions to empower solar panel system decisions.