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Lodging
Because they're found in almost every hotel room, maintaining HVAC systems should be a priority for hoteliers, housekeeping, and maintenance staff. According to Don Fort, a national quality and training manager for LG, an HVAC system can last up to 12 years with the proper care, four times the lifespan of a neglected unit. Fort spoke with LODGING and shared three maintenance tips that keep hotel HVAC systems in top working order.
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FMLink
Technology is ubiquitous. Cloud-based functionalities have led to increased transmission of data and information instantaneously, anytime and anywhere. This trend is depicting a growing shift to meet the mobile needs of facilities management. Workers are on the move and in order to access systems and information online, facility managers are increasingly using mobile apps resulting in easy accessibility to networks and seamless functioning of all business operations across facilities.
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Hotel Management
Lighting used to consume the lion's share of energy costs in hotels, but that has since shifted to other areas, such as the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Michael Serour, director of sales for Verdant Environmental Technologies, a developer of energy sensors, said that high HVAC costs are nothing new, but lowered lighting costs have turned all eyes on environmental systems.
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Green Lodging News
One of the big factors for success in any industry is customer care and satisfaction. In the hospitality industry it takes precedence over everything else. Customer experience in hospitality is what drives the popularity and hence, the revenue. So the more the customers are comfortable in the environment the better experience they will have.
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FacilitiesNet
Everyone wants to cut their energy bills, but for facility managers it often takes money to save money. Facility managers who propose energy upgrades need to be able to make the case for an efficient investment, and often those investments will look more alluring if the utility company is offering a rebate or incentive to make the improvement.
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Hotel Management
Energy is still the second-largest cost hotels have to contend with, right behind the cost of labor. Hotels are combating climbing utilities costs with ever-more-advanced energy controls, all of them chasing savings.
According to Jon Moeller, CEO of energy-management software developer Mach Energy, a poll distributed to hotel operators found that while 60 percent of operators said they had sustainability programs in place, nearly 20 percent didn't know the results of these programs or their savings.
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IFMA's FMJ magazine
Part risk assessment, part risk reduction and part risk management, successful flood mitigation strategies share a common thread in that the building's properties and siting are key factors in decisions making. Effective risk mitigation planning, which is rarely about procuring absolutes, offers building- and problem-specific solutions that allow FMs to tackle a spectrum of requirements.
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Facilities Net
Facility managers should consider these tips on how to cut risk in getting utility rebates. That's because, if a reward is going to be the deciding factor in whether to do an improvement, that should be seen as a risk. Audin says that during the 2008-'10 recession, some states cancelled contracts. "There's always some risk with a rebate," he says.
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FacilitiesNet
The 2015 Cub Cadet Challenger CX500 and Challenger CX700 four-wheel drive off-road utility vehicles have been recalled by the manufacturer because the parking break cable can fail, posing a crash hazard.
The manufacturer has received 22 reports of the brake cable failing, but no reports of injuries or property damage, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall number 16-739. About 1,300 units sold between April 2015 through October 2015 are affected by the recall.
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