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Hotel News Now
The hotel industry has reached the halfway point in 2016 as the current cycle continues to unwind. Here's a look at five things to know about June's hotel performance data from STR, Hotel News Now's parent company.
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4Hoteliers
As Americans continue to "rediscover" urban areas, they not only seek-out these areas as places to live but also as places to stay when they travel. These walkable neighborhoods offer residents and visitors ready access to civic, economic and social nodes, to which local hotels can provide access for guests. This results in demand from more segments of hotel guests than if the hotel were located near a single-demand driver.
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FacilitiesNet
Last summer, FacilitiesNet published a three-part piece on resilience in existing buildings — what it is, how it complements sustainability and some specific measures to take for making existing buildings more resilient. One of our goals for that piece is to get facility managers to think of resilience within the regular framework of their FM 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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Buildings.com
Window replacement isn't cheap, but neither are existing windows that are out of date and inefficient. The opportunity to upgrade comes around infrequently — possibly as part of a broader energy conservation plan funded by one financial package — so owners must maximize their return. The investment is substantial, but the benefits of energy-efficient windows outweigh the costs.
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Sourceable
The commercial building environment is focusing increasingly on the Internet of Things and the ways in which systems that control functions such as heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, refrigeration, lighting and security will interact with central servers. Using data, the systems will produce automated responses such as light or temperature adjustments as well as allow for greater data insights into building performance.
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Environmental Leader
Manufacturing facilities are increasing seeking LEED green building certification, according to a U.S. Green Building Council report. "LEED in Motion: Industrial Facilities" highlights the manufacturing sector's efforts to design and implement LEED and prioritize environmental stewardship for industrial facilities.
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Commercial Property Executive
The value of a hotel for purposes of tax assessment is not the same number as its value as a going concern. Understanding the difference between the two will save the hotel owner from an excessive property tax bill. For assessors, the challenge is to correctly distinguish taxable assets from the nontaxable, and therein lies both a problem and an opportunity. By fully separating the assets, the property owner may reduce its taxes. But failing to properly prove the allocation results in the owner paying real estate taxes on nonreal estate — and likely nontaxable property.
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Engineering.com
High-performance computing (HPC) has become increasingly more popular and important in the world of engineering. But defining what HPC is and figuring out how it can be deployed to aid designers can be tricky. This article presents a clear definition of what HPC is, how it can be effectively used in engineering and what kind of HPC solutions are on the market today. By the end of this article, you should have clear view of how HPC can help your engineering practice and what HPC options will best suit your needs.
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Construction Dive
When industry professionals reference construction technology, the first topics that might come up are likely drones, building information modeling (BIM), 3-D laser scanning technology, virtual reality, 3-D printing and advancements in high-performance versions of long-time material staples like concrete. However, how often do construction experts associate progress in technology to the worker in the field? Typically, these developments benefit the gatekeepers of budgets and overall project performance, but there are plenty of innovations out there making the tasks of foremen, tradesmen and other site workers easier so they can be as productive as possible.
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Engineering News-Record
Samuel C. Florman, a civil engineer, general contractor and author, writes: "In 'The Existential Pleasures of Engineering,' a book I wrote in 1976, I suggested that the years between 1850 and 1950 might well be called the Golden Age of Engineering. Before 1850 there had been many important inventions and technological achievements but few schools and societies that are key elements today of engineering professionalism.
"In 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers was founded, just one indication of the spectacular advances to be made in the century ahead in machinery, transport, electricity, chemistry and communications — a golden age indeed. But after 1950, I feared that engineering was entering into a dark age of public criticism and self-doubt."
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