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Recycling - The Right Thing to Do: Developing and Implementing a Workplace Plan

Learn why you need a strategic focus on recycling in your work environment and practical steps on how to create a program. […]

If Buildings Are The Problem, What Is The Solution? Case Studies of Facility Managers Driving Climate Impact

You can’t talk about fighting climate change without talking about commercial properties and energy use. Building-related emissions account for about one-third of […]

Should Batteries Be a Part of Your Energy Efficiency Program?

There has been much research in battery storage systems and how they can benefit individual buildings and complexes. While the benefits are […]

Value-Driven Near-Zero Strategies for New and Retrofit Commercial Buildings

Increase the efficiency of new and retrofit commercial projects by using Passive House Standard and strategies. Learn about the principles and cost […]

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

A cutting-edge laundry facility serves as an example for effective implementation of balanced eco-friendly design that maximizes patient safety and infection control […]

Clean Indoor Air Sustainability and Energy Savings: Yes You Can Have It All

An explanation of clean indoor air sustainability as achieved through the principles of impingement, interception and diffusion, with advice on filter efficiency […]

Sustainability How-To Guide: A Comprehensive Guide to Water Conservation

This guide provides instructions to help facility managers benchmark, evaluate and reduce water consumption, defining domestic, processed and outdoor water types and […]

Sustainability How-to Guide: Carbon Footprint

This guide provides process tools for monitoring building-related carbon emissions, presenting the GHG emission inventory process, discussing best practices and benchmarking, and […]

Sustainability How-To Guide: Commissioning Existing Buildings

This guide addresses sustainability implementation within existing structures. The commissioning process is described, including how to select a project, issue a request […]

Sustainable Facility Management

Advice from expert FMs on evaluating the sustainability of existing facilities, development of sustainable strategy for incorporating sustainability into building operations, and […]