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4 ways power digitalization gets your building closer to net-zero

The earth’s hottest summer in recorded history and our oceans’ highest documented surface temperatures are stark reminders of global warming’s devastating effects […]

How Occupancy Data Transforms the Way We Operate Buildings

This report is meant to help building owners and operators understand how to best use occupancy data and what it can do […]

Building Performance Standards: A Technical Resource Guide

Building Performance Standards: A Technical Resource Guide is guide is intended to provide technical basis and resources to policymakers, building owners, facility […]

Construction to Maintenance: Leveraging FM Data through the Building Life Cycle

In today’s real estate environment, organizations are tasked with providing premier workplace environments for a variety of reasons. Attraction of new employees, […]

Ep. 3: Technology Tools for the Built Environment with Joseph Aamidor

Joseph Aamidor is a subject matter expert in the built environment (buildings, IoT, energy and sustainability) with years of experience in consulting […]

Build, Renovate or Demolish: What do Healthcare Facilities do with Aging Assets?

Aging assets goes beyond aging infrastructure. This presentation will illustrate a comprehensive approach to asset value and utilization. It will guide you […]

Ep. 65: Next Generation Facility Management

Caroline Horton, FMP is a Facilities Associate at a financial services company in New York City where she focuses on project management, […]

Research Methodology for Building Automation Performance Index

This study describes a research methodology for quantifying a typical building’s level of automation-performance for developing an automation performance index (API), including […]

Classification and Climate Zone Greenhouse Gas Inventory Benchmarking in Higher Education

Through analysis of archival data, this study establishes useful benchmarks by examining the measurable characteristics of climate zone, size and residential character […]

Defining High Performance Buildings for Operations and Maintenance

This research synthesizes literature about high performance buildings with a focus on O&M, concluding that systems-thinking (for both building systems and organizational […]