Buildings Buzz - Mar 12th, 2024


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Los Angeles’ Grover Cleveland High School renovated and expanded its campus with seven new buildings and the modernization of current facilities. A strategic daylighting design coupled with other sustainability measures helped the retrofit achieve Coalition for High Performance Schools verification.

Retrofitting America: Overcoming Challenges in Pursuit of Net Zero Buildings

Recent study findings underscore both progress toward net zero emissions and the pressing need for more action. The U.S. in particular faces a daunting challenge. Learn more.

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Spaces at Novanta, including this breakroom, now feature luminaire level lighting controls.

Luminaire Level Lighting Controls: The Right Move for the Bottom Line?

Flexible solutions like luminaire level lighting controls (LLLC) can make reaching your green goals both cost-effective and energy efficient. Here’s how one facility manager made the case to an executive team to install it.

How to Get Better Results with Vendors

Are you getting your needs met with the vendors you partner with? Check out these tips for better vendor relationships.

Data center power protection is a heightened priority for building owners and operators who manage these facilities.

How 2023’s Biggest Blackouts Can Point the Way Forward for Data Centers

The demand for data centers is soaring, and so is the importance of power protection. These strategies will help data center facility managers bolster disaster avoidance and mitigate downtime issues.

Designing buildings that perform beautifully benefits both the people who use your facilities and your bottom line.

People: The Secret to Creating Healthy, Sustainable Workplaces in Existing Buildings

We can’t change the world with resilient, inviting, cost-effective and healthy buildings by knocking down existing facilities and starting again—but here’s what we can do.

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