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IFMA's FMJ Magazine
Adverse weather has far-flung impacts across the world, including effects on the global economy, public health, infrastructure and life. Yet despite all its risks and consequences, weather is one of the most predictable threats. Maximizing the value of advanced weather data enables organizations to maintain business continuity, minimize financial losses and protect employees and property.
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Travel Weekly
MagicBands have functioned as a room key at Disney World hotels for the past five years, and soon guests will get another digital key option — their smartphone.
To use their digital key, guests must opt in and activate the feature on their check-in day through a brief set-up process in the My Disney Experience app. To enter their room, guests tap the "Unlock Door" button and then simply hold their phone against the door lock.
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Green Lodging News
ASHRAE received a final determination issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Energy Codes Program stating that ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2016, Energy Efficiency Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, would achieve greater energy efficiency in commercial buildings subject to the code. Standard 90.1-2016 was published in October 2016.
The standard achieved this determination through DOE analysis indicating that buildings meeting 90.1-2016 (as compared to the previous 2013 edition) would result in national energy cost savings of approximately 8.2 percent, as regulated by the model code.
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Buildings
Recent legislative activity around the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 has resulted in (once again) extending the commercial energy efficiency tax deduction for another year, through the 2017 tax year. Even if your business has to file an extension, it might be worth it to receive these special tax deductions.
Of course, it would be better if our federal government could decide on whether or not this tax break would be extended in advance of the year for which it is valid, but you can still take advantage of this tax deduction.
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Green Lodging News
Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest city, took a bold step toward reducing climate pollution recently when its City Council adopted an amendment aimed at making steep reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from commercial and residential buildings, including by transitioning from conventional natural gas to electricity generated from pollution-free sources like wind and solar.
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Hotel Management
Pest-control professionals are like Santa Claus: Parents want their kids to believe he's always watching, but they don't like him hanging around all the time. This is no secret to them, which is why many pest-management companies are making use of technology to improve communications between them and hotels so they can stay out of sight until they're needed.
Patricia Hottel, technical director at pest-management company McCloud Services, said her company and many others are deploying remote monitoring equipment to alert either pest-management professionals or the property in question in the event of an infestation.
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Condé Nast Traveler
Many of us now use small doses of AI in everyday life (like Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa, and everything smart home), but hotels are putting this once-sci-fi technology to more widespread use.
From concierge robots to personalized rooms to lively chatbots, your next holiday may include help from some artificially intellectualized friends.
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FacilitiesNet
Thinking about resilience should mean thinking about it in terms of the regular framework of a facilities management operation — both in terms of practice and budget. Resilience shouldn't be thought of as an add-on, or something extra that needs to be done. It should be a standard operating procedure of good FM.
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Hotel Management
Sustainability has been a growing focus for hoteliers in the last 10 years. This is good news for all of us as the hospitality industry has had a significant impact on the environment due to its rate of water consumption as well as hotels' use of consumable goods and energy.
At the same time, hoteliers have realized that natural elements can be incorporated into a property to enhance guest experience and drive overall revenue.
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