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Green Lodging News
More than any other large properties, hotels and resorts can take advantage of the great benefits offered by LED lighting because these facilities have a fixed operating cost for heating/cooling and lighting in all their common areas. While the facility may not always be operating at full occupancy, all the lighting in their lobbies, hallways and other common areas are operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Lodging
Most prevalent in the winter months, norovirus is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in the United States resulting in as many as 21 million cases each year and 1.9 million hospital visits. To help reduce the spread of flu within businesses this season, Cintas Corporation offers a checklist of commonly overlooked "hot spots" to help facility managers maintain a clean environment for employees and guests.
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Lodging
New-construction hotel projects always come with similar hazards. Schedule delays, rising labor costs, market risk and quality control issues can all have a profound impact on a new-build property. With today's booming lodging marketplace — according to the 2015 STR Pipeline Report, there are 3,808 projects, totaling 457,606 rooms under contract in the United States — hoteliers are facing stiff competition when they open a new hotel, and construction setbacks may give other properties an edge. That is why many in the industry have embraced a new trend that has the potential to reduce these setbacks — modular construction.
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BUILDINGS
With the Zika virus' quick expansion into the Americas making the news, now is the right time to ensure that your building's defenses against mosquitoes (which carry the virus) can keep occupants safe. Since there is no known medical treatment for the disease, keeping the potentially dangerous insects away from areas where people congregate is the best defense against this emerging threat.
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Hotel Management
Many lock manufacturers strongly recommend evaluating and focusing more on security if a hotel is making the move to mobile access locks. As with any new technology, poor implementation can be a risk so hoteliers need to ensure their proper usage. Another prime hurdle is easing users' fears in the age of the hacker.
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BOMI International via FMLink
Good indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is an essential objective for new construction or renovation of any building, especially if the parallel objective is a sustainable building environment. Efforts to create optimal indoor environmental conditions enable owners and managers to anticipate and avoid negative health effects, liability related to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), bad publicity and costly renovations and repairs often associated with IEQ problems.
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Lodging
Dave Sanders, president of American Bath Remodeling, has more 30 years of experience with hospitality bathroom products and design. Throughout his tenure in the industry, he has seen a number of enduring design trends in hotel bathrooms. Here are the top three trends he expects to see through the next few years.
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Proud Green Building
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the average person uses 80-100 gallons per day for everything from cooking, showering and flushing the toilet. In commercial settings, where groups on individuals work and congregate, usage skyrockets.
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Los Angeles Times
Your hotel's newest bellhop may be a robot.
A Santa Clara, California, start-up and its "autonomous robot helpers" received $15 million in new financing last month. Savioke's goal is to put robots in hotels across the country, building on its current stable of 12, including one near Los Angeles International Airport.
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FacilitiesNet
Institutional and commercial facilities nationwide are starting to look more closely at possible uses of commercial drones to support maintenance and engineering activities. As interest in drones grows in many markets, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and local jurisdictions are scrambling to create rules that will ensure safe drone operation.
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