AI Gains Traction In Commercial Buildings
Facility management increasingly sees the benefits of artificial intelligence implementation throughout building operations. - Read: AI Gains Traction In Commercial Buildings at FacilityExecutive.com.
View ArticleVicinity Secures 20-Year Steam Contract
Vicinity Energy has secured a 20-year steam contract with Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre, a key element of its $39 million theater expansion. - Read: Vicinity Secures 20-Year Steam Contract at...
View ArticleLightView Achieves Boston’s First Private Student Housing LEED Platinum...
LightView, a sustainable student housing community at Boston's Northeastern University, has been awarded USGBC's highest level of green building certification: LEED Platinum. - Read: LightView Achieves...
View ArticleDaVinci AE1932 Scissor Lift From JLG
The new 19-foot scissor lift is purpose-built for applications where stringent environmental regulations must be met. - Read: DaVinci AE1932 Scissor Lift From JLG at FacilityExecutive.com.
View ArticleDecision Makers Increasing Investments In Healthy Building Initiatives
Facility executives are prioritizing three mission critical focus areas of a healthy building — people, places, and planet — finds Johnson Controls survey. - Read: Decision Makers Increasing...
View ArticleTop 10 Sustainability Topics For Real Estate in 2021
The real estate industry will take an increasingly focused view of environmental, social, and governance strategies this year, according to a new Urban Land Institute report. - Read: Top 10...
View ArticleBuilding Transparency Offers Tools To Address Climate Change
Led by tech and building leaders, the nonprofit provides open access data and tools that aim to reduce CO2 emitted in producing materials for the building industry. - Read: Building Transparency Offers...
View ArticleSurvey Shows Bipartisan Support For Stronger Energy-Saving Standards
As President Biden unveils new efforts to tackle the climate crisis, ACEEE’s Wendy Koch reviews a survey that shows broad bipartisan support for energy efficiency measures. - Read: Survey Shows...
View ArticleBuilding Electrification Technology Roadmap: The Path To Zero Carbon
A first-of-its-kind study from the New Buildings Institute provides a comprehensive analysis of electric technologies that can displace fossil fuels in buildings. - Read: Building Electrification...
View ArticleHealthcare, Schools, Offices Make Up Most Green Building Certifications
Massachusetts is top state for LEED followed by Washington, Illinois; California ranks #1 for LEED green building professionals, according to USGBC. - Read: Healthcare, Schools, Offices Make Up Most...
View ArticleHow Hospitality Partners Adapt, Save Energy During Pandemic
Hotels were among the first businesses hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but travelers still need a safe place to stay. The Better Buildings team checks in. - Read: How Hospitality Partners Adapt, Save...
View ArticleLuminescent Windows Generate Energy From Inside And Out
Rice engineers have developed polymer cores that redirect light from any source to solar cells. - Read: Luminescent Windows Generate Energy From Inside And Out at FacilityExecutive.com.
View Article20 Companies Around The World Join The Climate Pledge
A total of 53 companies, representing almost every sector of the economy, have now signed The Climate Pledge, committing to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. - Read: 20 Companies Around The World Join...
View ArticleThree Sustainable Groundskeeping Ideas
With these simple sustainable groundskeeping ideas, grounds and facilities departments can show they care about practices that are economically and environmentally viable. - Read: Three Sustainable...
View ArticleStreamline Cleaning Chemicals: How Dilution Control Systems Can Help
Coastwide Professional dilution control systems take the guesswork out of proper chemical dilution ratios, are more cost effective, safer, and more efficient to use. - Read: Streamline Cleaning...
View ArticleUSGBC Expands LEED Earth to Homes, Communities, Cities
LEED Earth is designed to bring LEED to countries where green building is still emerging and offers certification at no cost to the first project to certify. - Read: USGBC Expands LEED Earth to Homes,...
View ArticleClimate And Human Health-focused Office Building Moves Ahead
State-of-the-art ventilation, touchless features, rooftop green space highlight The Net, an Urban Visions development in downtown Seattle. - Read: Climate And Human Health-focused Office Building Moves...
View ArticleHealthy Buildings: Disease-Fighting, Productivity-Boosting Super Structures
Healthy buildings are inherently sustainable, but their green benefits go beyond the power grid to offer wellness to those who live and work within their walls. - Read: Healthy Buildings:...
View ArticleEPA Announces 2020 ENERGY STAR Certified Manufacturing Plants
These 95 ENERGY STAR certified plants saved nearly $400 million on energy bills — equal to the payroll value of over 8,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs. - Read: EPA Announces 2020 ENERGY STAR Certified...
View ArticleWater Conservation Tips for World Water Day
SSC Services for Education (SCC) is sharing water conservation tips and strategies for communities for World Water Day on March 22, 2021. - Read: Water Conservation Tips for World Water Day at...
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