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Green Lodging News
Legionellosis is a respiratory disease caused by Legionella bacteria. Sometimes the bacteria cause a serious type of pneumonia (lung infection) called Legionnaires' disease. The bacteria can also cause a less serious infection called Pontiac fever that has symptoms similar to a mild case of the flu. Unfortunately, Legionella bacteria make frequent appearances in hotels. Legionella was discovered after an outbreak in 1976 among people who went to a Philadelphia convention of the American Legion. The convention took place at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel and 34 people died.
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Environmental Leader
In an effort to reduce emissions from the building sector, the World Green Building Council is launching net-zero building certification and training.
Net-zero buildings generate clean energy and produce no net emissions. Constructed objects account for 25 to 40 percent of the world's carbon emissions.
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FMLink
The U.S. Department of Energy announced it is investing $19 million to improve the efficiency of the nation’s homes, offices, schools, hospitals, restaurants and stores. These projects will develop advanced building technologies expected to help American consumers and businesses save money on their utility bills, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create jobs.
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RICS
The last five years have seen unprecedented change in the FM profession, and we've now reached a critical inflection point. As outlined in the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) "Raising the Bar" research and roundtables, FM has become a strategic function within an organization. As an industry, FM is on the frontlines of the macro trends shaping the new world of work, including mobile working, smart buildings, the sharing economy and more. Two major advances concerning RICS will accelerate the continued transformation of the FM role: the IFMA-RICS collaboration agreement and the new International Property Measurement Standards.
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Hotel News Now
Today's travelers have increasingly high expectations of their hotel accommodations due to a number of factors, including the need for enhanced technology, changing requirements for what they're seeking in a guest experience and an increased desire for improved food-and-beverage options.
For hotel owners, this means adapting to the changing needs and wants of travelers while balancing the return on investment on potential property renovations and expansions. Such projects should help owners increase profitability, enhance guest satisfaction, drive revenue and gain market share, especially in highly competitive and vibrant markets like Boston, New York, Chicago, Miami and others.
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REMI
Performance management systems in facility management can take many forms, from simple operations and maintenance plans and spreadsheets to complex integrated technology systems. These systems form the framework for implementing the facility management strategy. The gathering and processing of FM data and turning that data into useful performance information is one of the most important aspects of facility management that brings value to the parent organization.
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Facility Executive
An out-of-date building automation system (BAS) can cost you significant opportunities to save energy, extend equipment life and improve occupant comfort. Today's BAS include features and benefits unheard of just a decade ago — helping building operators do more with less, protect building systems, and quantify return on investment.
An older BAS can cause inefficiencies for both operators and equipment, increasing costs over time. It may be incompatible with new technologies, making integration with new components difficult or costly.
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Data Center Knowledge
Unless your data center cooling system was incorrectly specified, there is probably more than enough raw cooling capacity to meet the projected heat load. Yet very often there are hotspots and other airflow-related cooling issues. These usually plague smaller data centers, especially those in mixed-use buildings, as well as older data centers that predate or did not properly implement hot aisle – cold aisle layouts.
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FacilitiesNet
Gun violence has dominated the American news cycle recently, as stories of multiple shootings with multiple casualties seem like a nearly daily occurrence on our streets and inside the institutional and commercial facilities in the country.
With new legislation and policies taking effect in the U.S. it is important that facilities and maintenance personnel understand how the laws can impact buildings, inside and out.
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Consulting-Specifying Engineer
A large portion of the U.S. West Coast has been experiencing a drought for a number of years now. California, in particular, is experiencing a "D4 Exceptional Drought" (the highest drought-intensity rating on the United States Drought Monitor) and the worst in the state's history, which has led to mandatory water restrictions.
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