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Green Lodging News
Seems like everywhere I turned this past week I saw something about the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. First, I posted an article about Concord Hospitality's commitment to LEED. Fourteen of its hotels are LEED certified and there are 15 more in the pipeline that will also obtain LEED certification.
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Hotel News Now
The hotel landscape is far different than it was eight years ago. Properties weathered the turbulent financial climate of 2008-09 by saving dollars retaining their "as-is" conditions and have now moved ahead with long-delayed renovation plans.
But there are any number of reasons to renovate.
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IFMA's FMJ magazine
The workplace is more than just a set of desks and collaborative spaces. It's an ever-changing environment, and its history plays as much of a role in its present and future as with any company or nation. So, before exploring its future, it is imperative to remind ourselves of the past.
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Green Lodging News
Hotel venues of all types contain many plug-in refrigeration and freezer units ("coolers"). Examples include plug-in refrigerators and freezers in kitchen/foodservice areas, vending machines, ice machines, beverage merchandisers, and the like. These appliances contain a condenser coil unit that is responsible for rejecting to the atmosphere the heat that is extracted from the enclosure being cooled.
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Green Lodging News
Temperatures may be cooling across the country, but new ceiling fan energy efficiency standards announced recently mean that consumers will stay comfortable in years to come while paying less on their energy bills. With an estimated 80 million U.S. households owning at least one ceiling fan, the energy and dollar savings will really add up under this update required by federal law to cut energy waste.
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FMLink
Heaviland Landscape Management would like to remind property owners and managers of important steps to take to maintain landscape investment during heavy rains, particularly in places like California, where rainfall this winter has helped the state dig out of a years-long drought.
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Facility Executive
Outsourcing of services has been a major initiative in the drive for cost reductions among large facilities organizations and evidently is not abating. Concurrent is the rapid adoption of workplace technologies to streamline, standardize, and gain control of facility management operations. These two trends are logical allies when executed within a well thought out approach, but too often the benefits are not realized due to several factors.
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Facility Executive
Consider the following: The commercial applications market for unmanned aerial systems and vehicles is projected to grow from $2B in 2016 to over $127B by 2020. The potential benefits of unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, have received a lot of attention as more and more uses have been identified. Quick access, low cost and the ability to document asset conditions in an automated fashion are all benefits of using drones.
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Energy Manager Today
Energy managers understand that there are "low-hanging fruit" steps and more fundamental — and more extensive — deep energy retrofits which, of course, cost more and have correspondingly greater upside potential.
Since the spring of 2015, Efficiency Vermont has run The Deep Retrofit pilot program at five organizations.
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Hotel Management
The McBride Company has designed hospitality spaces under the Margaritaville, Four Seasons and Hard Rock banners. Jessica Lotner, a senior interior designer at the company, shared some insights into what hotel design elements will be hot this year — and beyond.
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