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Using Color in Your Wayfinding

11/06/2018

Making sure visitors can easily navigate a building is the most important aspect of wayfinding. But if you’re thinking of a new wayfinding plan, there are a couple of things you should know first.

Do These 5 Things When Master Planning

11/05/2018

A master plan can be a roadmap to guide next steps. It can also provide the framework that allows your organization to remain agile and responsive to change.

Acoustic Nozzles to Mitigate Risk in Data Centers

11/02/2018

When using inert gas fire suppression in data centers, it’s critical to measure and understand the level of acoustic noise to determine its impact on HDDs.

Greenbuild’s Sustainability Pledges - What’s Yours?

11/01/2018

Greenbuild, the world’s largest green building conference and expo, asks attendees to take a sustainability pledge as part of registering for the event. Suggesting concrete action items encourages attendees to make a personal investment in the show’s sustainability goals.

A Guide to Managing Your Parking Facility

11/01/2018

There are 10 things you need to keep in check - from revenue control to internal audits - to make sure your parking facilities run smoothly and efficiently.

Preventing the Next Millennium Tower

11/01/2018

CEO of HappyCo, Jindou Lee, explains how mobile inspections can avert future problems and mitigate risk.

ENERGY STAR Certification Process Suspended Temporarily

11/01/2018

1-100 ENERGY STAR scores are updating to reflect Environmental Protection Agency performance metrics based on the most recent data available.

Future-proofing Healthcare Environments (interiors+sources)

11/01/2018

We can’t fully know how health will be delivered in the future, but healthcare environments that are flexible will enable providers and systems to be more agile.

Area-based or Fixture-based Lighting Controls?

10/31/2018

Once you have your lighting design mapped out, it is time to decide how to control each fixture. Even if you have an existing building and are retrofitting with network controls it can take time and careful thought to determine if you should use fixture or area-based controls. This decision is important for room function, design and also efficiency.

What a LEED Gold School of the Future Looks Like

10/30/2018

New Jersey’s newest vocational magnet school is ready to train tomorrow’s leaders. Here’s how the project team created the gold standard for high school design.

Report: Workers Want a Building Committed to Sustainability and Wellness

10/29/2018

A survey from the U.S. Green Building Council found that 84 percent of respondents prefer to work for a company that has a strong, concrete mission and positive values.

Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia Runs into Permit Troubles

10/26/2018

The city of Barcelona claims the cathedral has not had a permit in 136 years.

Acoustics and the Impact of Sound on Health

10/26/2018

As the nights get longer, spooky sounds can seem like they’re at an all-time high—and that can be detrimental to your health. Hanson Hsu unmasks the acoustics involved with all of those creaks and groans.

6 Haunted Hotels - Have Any... Reservations?

10/25/2018

Just in time for Halloween, a list of the spookiest stays, featuring hotels and bed and breakfasts with eerily haunted pasts.

Wildlife Refuge: America’s Best Restroom

10/25/2018

Restroom design and cleanliness is integral to the performance of your facility. Find out how the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge earned the title of 2018 America’s Best Restroom from Cintas Corporation.

What Determines a Good ROI for Your Lighting Upgrade?

10/24/2018

LED technology is very energy efficient, but what determines a good return on investment (ROI) with a lighting upgrade? Let’s look at some of the variables that affect the payback period and how these factor into calculating the ROI.

Trim Your Escalator’s Energy Bill

10/24/2018

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

Route 91 Harvest Festival: Security One Year Later

10/24/2018

The mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival on Oct. 1, 2017 from the window of the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas tragically underscored the challenges of securing major venues, including outdoor areas and buildings such as hotels, convention centers and arenas. In Las Vegas, safe monitoring is a formidable task, with metrics to match.