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FMs forced into planning for next winter
Today's Facility Manager
Winter 2013-14 has brought cost increases across the board. The harsh and prolonged weather necessitated more labor and overtime work; the subzero temperatures slowed work progress; and the volume of snowfall required heavier and more costly equipment and fuel. This has led to never before seen cost implications for facility managers, who must now strive to significantly reduce the massive impact on their budgets.
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Innovators tap the value of wastewater
GreenBiz
The prolonged California drought is forcing businesses and farms across the state to rethink the risks associated with existing water-sourcing strategies, including how to make better use of wastewater. Recently more than 140 companies from Apple to Levi Strauss backed a new Climate Declaration urging for state and federal legislators to consider the economic consequences of climate change and to address the phenomenon more actively.
Caution: New risks arise from LED technology
Facility Management Journal
Over the past several years, deployment of LED lighting fixtures has increased in commercial settings due to improvements in LED light quality, high levels of efficiency, low maintenance requirements and rapid payback versus other lighting sources. However, unlike other fixtures, LEDs do no burn out when they've reached the end of their optimal service life.
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The HVAC factor: Standard maintenance
Today's Facility Manager
In 2013, a revised ACR — the Standard for Assessment, Cleaning, and Restoration of HVAC Systems from NADCA — was released to the industry. It is based on reliable principles, review of applicable industry literature and information and practical experience.
How to advance your facilities career
By Denny Hydrick
 You're already "God's gift to the facilities engineering world" or to the maintenance management world or to any world (take your pick). You never make mistakes. You're flexible, always on time, rarely take breaks, well-liked, communicative and so on. To sum this up with fewer adjectives: You are a perfect employee. Of course I typed that tongue-in-cheek, but let's suppose for a moment that you possess some of those attributes. You are a good employee and you are good at your job, how then do you advance your career?
10 mobile features that travelers most want from hotels
Skift
The mobile feature that hotel guests want most is the ability to quickly find basic information like Wi-Fi prices and what time the breakfast buffets ends, says a new survey. Digital agency MCD asked 1,000 business, leisure and family travelers to rank how likely they'd be to use their mobile phones for specific purposes during a hotel stay.
Inspect grounds equipment, irrigation systems for signs of winter damage
FacilitiesNet
Irrigation systems are a likely source of significant spring problems following an extended period of inactivity and harsh conditions from a long winter. Cracked valves and pipe leaks are among the most common problems managers might face. Another potential problem is snowplowing that results in broken irrigation heads.
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Beyond the data: How to succeed in building efficiency analytics
Greentech Media
In the past, energy was seen simply as an input that was hard to measure in detail and always ended in a high cost. That perception has changed, and energy is now an entity that is deeply understood and can be managed in a methodical way.
The Palms in Las Vegas lets guests sleep in
USA Today
Travelers will now be able to hit the snooze button a few more times after a night out in Las Vegas when they stay at the Palms Casino Resort. The 1,200-room hotel is rolling out a 24-hour checkout for all guests at no extra cost.
7 hotels that will spoil kids for good
MiniTime via Fox News
Plenty of hotels give kids a token welcome gift—a goodie bag, coloring book, or maybe a small teddy bear. But others take the kids' amenity to a fabulously over-the-top extreme: a ride in a Rolls-Royce to go shopping, lessons in mini-mogul networking, or a walk on the red carpet before your very own movie premiere.
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