Sustainability and resilience: As extreme weather intensifies, facility managers must look beyond buildings. Discover how SITES-certified landscapes manage stormwater, boost resilience, and deliver long-term value.

Solve the recruiting gap: Can bringing in third-party facility management providers help improve staffing challenges for in-house FM teams? Quinn Heimann of Aerotek joins the Buildings Podcast to offer tips for making sure in-house staffs and third-party teams can work well together.

How it works: Windows that change states in response to light levels and temperature are an effective way to reduce HVAC load and energy spending. Check out our guide to this technology.

Improve security strategies: Security response is often fragmented and involves multiple responders. This model is hard to sustain, especially for facility managers, who own what happens after the alarm goes off. Here’s how technology is enabling a transition to a more consistent response.

Smart technologies are becoming part of everyday building operations—and they’re also introducing unique vulnerabilities that your IT team may have overlooked. This session at the 2026 BOMA International Conference & Expo will help you develop an actionable plan for operating smart buildings.

AI-optimized HVAC: This supervisory artificial intelligence tool sits on top of the existing BAS or BMS infrastructure in a building and learns from telemetry, weather, and more. It recommends or controls HVAC operating decisions to save energy.

Energy-efficient ventilation: Direct drive plenum fans now come standard on these ERVs, enabling them to deliver more airflow with lower-horsepower motors. Energy recovery ventilators improve indoor air quality with fresh outdoor air.

Invisible HVAC diffuser: This solution is installed before the drywall goes up, moving all hardware behind the ceiling. Only a clean, uninterrupted slot remains visible after the ceiling is finished.

Wood-look tile: This luxury vinyl tile (LVT) collection is engineered for high-end hospitality formats with heavy-duty traffic. Unlike standard plank formats, Lotus Reserve features interlocking curves and a parquet-like appearance.