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Eco-Business
In land-scarce Singapore, there is nowhere else to build, but up. Buildings — both residential and commercial — are transforming our skylines amidst rapid urbanization. With increased urbanization and rising population densities, higher energy consumption and damage to the environment is expected. This in turn leads to the pressing need for sustainable building technologies and solutions.
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IFMA's FMJ magazine
In addition to managing facilities, organizations have a primary job to do: running their business. Outsourcing has long been a solution that allows organizations to focus on their core business issues while leaving the facility services to an expert. The ultimate solution is integrated facility services, a rather new concept but one that is working well in several facility types for many different industries on local, national and global scales.
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FM Link
With 12 confirmed dead and more than 120 cases of infection due to Legionellosis by Aug. 13, the New York City Council adopted legislation that requires adherence to part of ASHRAE's newly published Legionella standard, which global building technology society ASHRAE hopes will be adopted in full by many locations across the country.
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Facility Dude
Perhaps one of the most difficult parts of facility management is staying on top of the flow of financial resources. In other words, it's key that a facility manager ensures that the money coming in through the budget remains higher than the money going out into things like repairs, upgrades and regular building maintenance.
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TravelPulse
A recent study by Accenture highlights the disparity between the importance of free Wi-Fi and overall guest satisfaction with the offering.
The study, which surveyed more than 8,000 adults with at least one hotel stay within the last 12 months, shows that free in-room Wi-Fi is the second-most important factor to guests when evaluating a hotel stay.
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By Kevin Smith
As portfolios continue to expand and the year-round needs of a company's landscaping are addressed, best practices for landscaping requests for proposal become even more important for your business. Sourcing and selecting one or more partners to deliver your landscaping services is a critical initiative, and one that needs to be mapped out. Here we will examine some of the steps to ensure a successful sourcing initiative.
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Facility Executive Magazine
You've heard it before: personal protective equipment is the last line of defense. When you're standing face-to-face with an electrical fire, or a vaporizing arc flash that can happen in the blink of an eye, your gear is a lifeline. It can make the difference between getting home safe, and being sent home in a wooden box. Every three years, the National Fire Protection Association releases a new edition of NFPA 70E, the standard which helps reduce workers' exposure to major electrical hazards.
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Facility Executive
One of the most important assets any facility can have is the one that keeps it covered—the roof. As one of the largest building components, cool or emissive roof systems can impact energy efficiency and provide significant cost savings through solar reflectivity and thermal capacity. These types of roofs are designed to stay cool in the sun by minimizing solar absorption and lessening the transfer of heat from the roof into a building.
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FacilitiesNet
In today's commercial buildings, all-air variable air volume systems conserve energy, control humidity, and can be installed at a reasonable first cost to meet a facility's HVAC needs. But a number of alternative HVAC strategies — dedicated outdoor air systems, displacement ventilation, underfloor air distribution, and radiant heating/cooling — are thought to offer greater efficiencies and better performance.
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FacilitiesNet
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration has launched a new Web page highlighting enforcement cases, organized by state, that have initial penalties above $40,000 based on citations issued to employers since Jan. 1, 2015.
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