New Waste Handling Facility At UC Santa Cruz Light On The Land
Designed by The Miller Hull Partnership, the new Environmental Health & Safety Facility on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus manages hazardous waste generated by teaching, research,...
View ArticleIndustrial Heat Pumps Offer A Path To Energy Security
By Ed Rightor As gas prices soar, a familiar but little-used technology—industrial heat pumps (IHP)—offers a compelling path to greater electrification and energy security, according to a new report...
View ArticleEpix Chair By Keilhaue Wins Red Dot Award
The Epix chair by Toronto, Ontario-based Keilhauer been recognized by the Red Dot Awards in the 2022 Product Design category. The jury, comprised of 48 judges from 23 countries, awarded the 100%...
View Article15 Local Governments Join LEED For Cities Leadership Program
Fifteen new cities and counties have been selected to participate in the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) 2022 LEED for Cities Local Government Leadership program. The program brings together...
View ArticleHow To Make Your Building Management System Future-Ready
By Manish Kumar Building owners and operators face many challenges today, from cybersecurity threats impacting older building management systems (BMS), to the effects of the energy waste and CO2...
View ArticleFacility Executive: April 2022 Issue
Facility Executive April 2022 Issue (Volume 35, Number 2) Editor’s Letter: Do You See Opportunities All Around? Facilities professionals are able to juggle multiple tasks—across seemingly disparate...
View ArticleGridPoint’s Growth Demonstrates Demand for Sustainable Practices
GridPoint, a provider of building energy management and optimization technology that decarbonizes commercial buildings and drives grid modernization, announced new metrics that demonstrate the overall...
View ArticleFive Ways To Conserve Water For Landscapes
By David Silva, CWM, CLIA, QWEL From the April 2022 Issue Smart management of landscape water pays big dividends. Here in drought-prone California, consistent periods of drought have meant improving...
View ArticleJohnson Controls’ 15th Annual Energy Efficiency Indicator Survey
Johnson Controls, a global provider of solutions for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, announced findings from the 15th annual Energy Efficiency Indicator Survey, which revealed that 62% of...
View ArticleUptime Institute Report Series Looks At Digital Infrastructure Sustainability
Uptime Institute, the global digital infrastructure authority, has announced a new Executive Advisory report series titled “Digital infrastructure sustainability – a manager’s guide” and released the...
View ArticleThree Data Center Predictions For 2022
By Rhonda Ascierto From the April 2022 Issue While the widespread impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic persist, the data center industry headed into 2022 with a tailwind of substantial new investment and...
View ArticleFlexible Focus Shapes New School
By Thomas Renner From the April 2022 Issue The Upper Arlington School District in central Ohio outlined several primary objectives in the construction of its new $115 million high school....
View ArticleLibrary Features RHEINZINK-prePATINA Exterior Wall Cladding
Kentucky’s LEED Gold-certified, award-winning Louisville Free Public Library (LFPL) Northeast Regional Branch features naturally sustainable RHEINZINK-prePATINA® graphite-grey zinc exterior wall...
View ArticleHow To Scale Energy-Saving Commercial Building Retrofits
By Rohini Srivastava Comprehensive retrofits of commercial buildings can reduce their energy use by up to 40% but are not happening anywhere near the scale needed to meet climate goals, according to a...
View ArticlePrioritizing Renewable Energy In Real Estate Development
Renewable energy assets should be a focus in real estate development plans, according to a new report from the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Renewable Energy Strategies for Real Estate is the latest...
View ArticleStudent Competition Offers Sustainability Solutions For 2022
Five student teams will advance as finalists for Wege Prize 2022, an international student design competition to create solutions for “wicked problems” such as hunger, waste, pollution, and climate...
View ArticleUL Partnership Aims to Advance Building Intelligence
UL is teaming up with InSite, which offers building intelligence solutions that enable organizations to optimize performance of real estate assets, achieve sustainability goals and fulfill...
View ArticleCommercial Real Estate 2022: Four Pressing Sustainability Initiatives
Cortex Sustainability Intelligence has released its official report detailing four pressing initiatives for sustainability in commercial real estate (CRE) in 2022. The guide, developed by the...
View ArticleIFMA Foundation Opens 2022 Scholarship Applications
The IFMA Foundation is accepting applications for the Eric Teicholz Sustainability Facility Professional (SFP) Scholarship until July 15, 2022. The scholarship is open to young professionals with a...
View ArticleBetter Buildings Participants Realize More Than $15B In Energy Savings
Organizations participating in the Better Buildings Initiative have achieved $15.3 billion in energy savings since President Obama announced the program in 2011, according to the program’s latest...
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