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Facilities are an integral part of any organization’s efforts to satisfy its social responsibilities and maintain compliance with laws/regulations.

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Integrating Smart Building Control Systems to Enable Grid-Interactive Buildings (GIB)

Buildings are a major contributor to global energy-related CO2 emissions. Efforts to achieve net zero emissions for buildings involve, in part, reducing …

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Technology Brief: How EaaS Microgrids Optimized with VPP Software Accelerates The Energy Transition

Energy-as-a-service (EaaS) solutions offer customers the unique opportunity to dramatically increase their energy resiliency while incurring no upfront capital costs and make …

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Illuminating Facts About Facility Lighting

Lighting is an important component of facility safety and facility management. While there are many options for what types of lighting work …

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The Dynamic Workplace Technology Assessment

This interactive e-book lets the reader to an assessment for someone to see how their company is adjusting to a changing workplace. …

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Understanding the Sequence and Strategy of Decarbonization

The concept of net-zero is simple: An organization must absorb as much carbon as it emits. Many organizations—and most countries—have committed to …

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Operational Emissions Accounting for Commercial Buildings

This report reviews existing operational GHG emission accounting approaches, frameworks, and data sources. The report and factsheet provide information to support decisions …

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FM Best Practices for Heroic Work Order Management

Successful facilities managers (FMs) have to be expert multitaskers, often managing multiple work orders while tracking project timelines, completion dates, costs, downtimes, …

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Zero Waste Success Requires Occupant Buy-in

ESFM presents proven strategies from multiple client case studies to educate and engage building occupants on the path to zero waste. Speaker …

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How to Perform a Facility Recycling Audit

A look at how recycling can benefit organizations and why FMs should perform a recycling audit to identify efficiencies and reduce contamination.

Sustainability Worst Practices

This guide covers common mistakes facilities make, the consequences that can follow, and corresponding solutions that can lead facility operations’ green programs …

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