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IFMA's FMJ Magazine
Water is the new energy when it comes to sustainability. With the cost of water steadily on the rise and a growing global awareness about the need to protect and preserve water resources, many businesses and individuals are expanding sustainability efforts to more consciously incorporate water.
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Green Lodging News
To determine what's important to travelers when selecting a vacation or business trip location, a recent survey of 1,000 men and women in the United States was conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS) for Imprint Plus, a leading manufacturer of customized, eco-friendly, name badge and signage systems.
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ACHR News
One common source of declining system performance lies in a unit’s coils. The NEWS recently talked with several industry leaders who shared their experiences, coil troubleshooting tips, and best practices to help identify and fix foiled coils. According to Dan Jacobs, vice president of sales, Capital Coil & Air, coils fail for a number of reasons, including coil plugging, vibration, corrosive environments, freeze ups and poor system design.
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Facilitiesnet
Moisture in substrates causes upwards of a billion dollars in flooring failures yearly, and it isn’t going away anytime soon. As a matter of fact, the situation is actually getting worse and will continue to do so. As a result many manufacturers have designed, engineered and built flooring materials that can be installed without adhesive — “floating” flooring installation systems. These systems eliminate the need for a separate adhesive and take the failure or compromise of adhesive by moisture and alkalinity out of the equation.
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Energy Manager Today
Nearly a fifth of energy consumed in the U.S. is used by commercial buildings — but building owners and managers have a number of options when it comes to reducing that energy consumption and increasing their margins, from simple behavioral changes to easy updates to deep energy retrofits. Basic changes that can cut the amount of energy wasted by a commercial building might include keeping HVAC systems up-to-date and well-maintained, using programmable thermostats, using power-savings mode on office equipment and replacing old light bulbs with compact fluorescent lightbulbs or LEDs.
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GreenBiz
Green initiatives have taken root in the corporate world. Rising numbers of companies have promised to cut emissions, protect forests and watersheds, reduce food waste and take other steps to ensure a sustainable future for all. While President Donald Trump recently decided to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, over 900 American companies announced that they are still in. Behind this momentum are passionate CEOs, conscientious consumers and an increasingly purpose-driven workforce.
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Security Info Watch
The evolution of available building monitoring and control within the last 40 years has gone from the physical controls in the 1970s to the unified controls of today. The evolution has gone from physical controls (security guard), to integrated controls (devices reporting to a control panel) to computer controls (computers controlling devices), to software and network control (software driven system using the network to disseminate information and control), to unified control using a graphical user interface (GUI) to command and control the system.
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Hotel News Now
When it's time to renovate, remember to "expect the unexpected." To minimize surprises, smart planning and preparation is the key to a successful renovation. These surprises have the potential to throw you wildly over budget and off schedule.
Here are some tips to make sure your next project is a success.
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Sourceable
From marble-clad dressing rooms to luxe lounges with digital screens, end-of-trip facilities are much more than a few showers and bike racks in the basement.
Today's end-of-trip facilities are a future-proofing strategy for owners to retain tenants and secure new ones, and a way for tenants themselves to encourage their people to embrace healthy living and sustainable habits.
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BUILDINGS
The buildings industry landscape has shifted mightily in the last decade. The Internet of Things, for example, has fundamentally transformed the way we think about what is possible within the operations of our buildings. But how has it changed the bottom line?
A new report from Navigant Research examines the global market for energy efficient building products and services, providing an analysis of market issues and global forecasts for revenue, segmented by product type, service type, region and construction type, through 2026.
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