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Insulation Energy Savings: Key Issues and Performance Factors

An overview of the impact of energy performance in commercial construction; a discussion of the key issues in building-envelope design and construction; […]

This is your Brain on Space: Architecture and Neurology

An introduction to human neurology in relation to the built environment. Research raising awareness of how architecture impacts the neurology of the […]

Project Programming: The Basis of Good Design and Best Value for Your Facility Investment

Learn how to define project requirements, practice value engineering, optimize facility design, and ensure customer satisfaction through project programming, a problem identification […]

Linking Corporate Office Design and Organizational Performance: Results from an HQ Renovation

Research findings arranged to compare the benefits of balancing user-centered design and prescriptive interior design to drive organizational change. Linking Corporate Office […]

FM Spotlight-Facilitating Serendipity in Design

Develop the tools to facilitate a workplace environment that promotes serendipitous creativity through collaboration and intradepartmental awareness. Generate the ‘fortunate accident of […]

How to Facilitate Knowledge Work in Universities

Knowledge workers share two basic needs: their productivity requires isolation (internalization of knowledge) and interaction (externalization of knowledge), supported by different spatial […]

Innovating for Impact by Designing for Delight

As facilities managers we must keep putting great products in front of our customers to be seen as a vital business partner […]

How Workplace Design Can Galvanize 21st Century Business Strategies

Can workplace design improve collaboration between multi-generational workers, while also supporting an innovative business model? This study shows how office design helps […]

Observation: Turning What you See Into Smart Information

As a facility manager, we care for our buildings by watching and looking. It is our job to notice the dirt on […]

The Architecture of Learning

Explore the evolution of learning styles and the various built environments and designs that best support them.