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What is Optical LAN? This modern network, built on fiber optics, is becoming the preferred infrastructure for smart buildings. Here’s what you need to know about it.
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Financial institutions are increasingly drawn to less traditional locations, such as educational campuses.
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Jake Helman, SVP of sales and partnerships for Skedda, demonstrates how the platform enables easier space booking.
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Discover how Sidara transformed its HQ into a cutting-edge, people-centric smart building—achieving top certifications, boosting employee well-being, and advancing net-zero goals...
Oct. 1, 2025
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Learn how BlazeMaster CPVC provides dependable protection for students, faculty and staff while saving time and money on installation, reducing maintenance costs, limiting disruption...
Sept. 17, 2025
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In this case study, you will learn how installing BlazeMaster CPVC helped meet the challenge of preserving the look and feel of a historic building while reducing material and...
Sept. 17, 2025
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Tired of juggling vendors? ABM Performance Solutions delivers a unified and self-performed integrated facility services model—streamlining management, cutting costs, and improving...
Aug. 5, 2025

Podcast

Videos

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How Smart Hygiene Strategies and Empowered Teams Set the Stage for Success
Sept. 2, 2025
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In this Buildings Quick Chat, Editor-in-Chief Janelle Penny speaks with Brad Stevens, Vice President of IoT and Platform Sales at Wesco, about the convergence of IT and OT systems...
Aug. 1, 2025

Building Systems/O&M

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Is your current water heating system enough to meet your facility’s needs?
When it’s time to upgrade your water heating system, what fits your facility best—tankless, conventional tank units, or both? Consider these factors to make your decision.
Sept. 15, 2025
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The enclosure of your building protects your entire facility from the elements. How are you maintaining it?
Catching envelope problems before they become major issues reduces costs and helps you avoid disturbing building occupants. Here’s what you need to know about maintaining your...
Sept. 12, 2025
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Many organizations are bringing lawn care in-house instead of hiring a third-party grounds management provider. If your organization is one of them, here’s why you should think...
Sept. 8, 2025
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The cold season is just around the corner. Is your site ready for winter weather? These tips will help you refine your snow removal and de-icing plan.
Sept. 3, 2025

Smart Buildings

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Discover how building owners can leverage diverse financing options like PACE, ESCO, and green loans to fund smart technology upgrades, reduce operational costs, meet sustainability...
Sept. 24, 2025
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Discover how self-healing buildings utilize advanced technologies to proactively detect and resolve issues, optimize asset performance, and support strategic goals like energy...
Sept. 23, 2025
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Attendees at the “AI Strategies for Facility Leaders: Separating Fact from Fiction” panel at the 2025 IFMA World Workplace conference were asked to share a word they associated with artificial intelligence. Answers ranged from “helpful” and “assistant” to “scary” and “jobless.”
Artificial intelligence is here—but optimizing your operations with it requires a solid strategy and the ability to distinguish hype from real impact. Here’s what you need to ...
Sept. 22, 2025
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Smart buildings thrive on actionable insights, not excessive sensor data. Learn how building owners can avoid over-instrumentation, streamline dashboards, and prioritize high-...
Sept. 3, 2025

Resiliency & Sustainability

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Robin Burton, director, global sustainable procurement, for CBRE, presents at the 2025 IFMA World Workplace conference.
Scope 3 emissions—the ones you don’t have direct control over—likely make up a significant portion of your organization’s measurable emissions, but you can still have an impact...
Sept. 22, 2025
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The “Living Lab” workspace located at the Armstrong corporate campus in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was constructed using ceilings panels with PCM to support energy savings during both cold and warm seasons.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act significantly expedited phaseouts of solar and wind energy tax credits, but credits for other technologies that support thermal energy storage remain...
Sept. 17, 2025
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The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing ending an emissions monitoring requirement for large facilities. Here’s why—and how you can comment on the proposal.
Sept. 15, 2025
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How much do you know about the new LEED v5? Take our free quiz and find out!
Sept. 5, 2025

Safety & Security

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Exterior building maintenance tasks can pose a serious safety risk for whoever is performing them—but a well-maintained suspended access fall protection system can help keep workers...
Sept. 10, 2025
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Despite increased investments, cybersecurity breaches are prevalent, and many firms rely on manual reporting; the industry is moving toward smarter, faster decision-making through...
Sept. 9, 2025
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Boosting Efficiency in Facility Management Labor costs and product waste are two of the biggest challenges for facility managers. But cutting staff isn’t the answer. By ...
Sept. 1, 2025
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Fire can threaten any facility. These strategies for building materials, landscaping maintenance, and more can help harden your building against fire threats.
Aug. 29, 2025

Products

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This feature is designed for organizations that manage highly regulated facilities.
Oct. 1, 2025
Optique Lighting
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This surface-mounted vanishing luminaire comes in seven color temperatures.
Oct. 1, 2025
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This cloud-based community dashboard translates data into reassurance.
Oct. 1, 2025
Cozaint
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This self-contained video surveillance recording and storage system stores unlimited video footage and features a cloud-based search platform.
Oct. 1, 2025

Industry News

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Kurt Kuntzmann, senior indirect purchasing and facilities manager for Toll Brothers, Inc., presents at the 2025 IFMA World Workplace conference.
The role of the facilities manager is changing—and that change is an opportunity to lead. Kurt Kuntzmann, Senior Indirect Purchasing & Facilities Manager for Toll Brothers, Inc...
Sept. 22, 2025
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Colette Temmink, EVP, strategy and delivery, for Voxel, addresses attendees at the 2025 IFMA World Workplace conference and expo. Joining her were Marshall MacFarlane, facilities senior project manager for Bell Bank, and Daniel Stonecipher, chief product and technology officer for GeoComm.
Facilities managers play an important role in managing risk for their organizations. This presentation at the 2025 IFMA World Workplace conference tackled the unprecedented challenges...
Sept. 22, 2025
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Matt Tucker, IFMA’s director of research, discusses a new report, “The Rise of the FM Analyst,” at the 2025 IFMA World Workplace conference and expo.
Data fluency is a key driver of success for current and future facilities managers. Dr. Matt Tucker, IFMA’s director of research, shares six key insights from a new report—plus...
Sept. 22, 2025
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Classical architecture is now the “preferred and default” style for new federal structures, according to an executive order released Aug. 28. Learn more.
Sept. 5, 2025