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Build Your Energy Program

Saving energy and reducing utility costs using today’s technologies and best practices has never been more achievable. However, many Facility Managers have […]

Improving Organizational Productivity with Building Automation Systems: Research Report

Learn how to demonstrate that smart, integrated technologies produce organizational productivity gains in addition to energy and environmental savings.

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; […]

Planning for the Next Generation of EPA ENERGY STAR Certification

Learn about ENERGY STAR energy performance scores, and the process of developing scores and data needs, and updating ENERGY STAR scores.

Let There Be Light! Retrofitting Office Lighting Offers Triple Bottom Line Benefits

The Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics (CBPD) at Carnegie Mellon University statistically links six lighting and daylighting retrofit options with lighting […]

In-sourcing High Performance Operations Engineering Tool Kits and Training

Learn how to in-source energy audits to bring the tools and training necessary for improved sustainability performance to building engineers driving institutionalized […]

Energy Efficiency Indicator: IFMA Summary Report (2012)

Results of the 2012 Energy Efficiency Indicator (EEI) survey of global energy management decision makers providing trend insight on energy management, energy […]

Buildings in the Cloud: FM Online in 3D

Proposed solutions for silo-oriented facilities and departments that manage urban transition to green energy and asset management, including development of a singular […]

Smart Glass: Sustainability and Security for High-Performance Buildings

Examine how a wide range of sustainability and visual security benefits, dynamic controllability options, and functional applications establish smart glass as an […]

Meeting Statutory and Executive Order Requirements for Sustainability

An introduction to executive orders and statutes for sustainability, specifically strategic sustainability planning related to the Energy Independence and Security Act 2007 […]