EPA Announces Label Program for Greener Construction Materials
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced it’s implementing a new label program to boost clean American manufacturing by helping federal purchasers and other buyers find and buy cleaner, more climate-friendly construction materials and...
UK’s first 5.5 star rated NABERS UK building completes
11 Belgrave Road in London Victoria, the UK’s first building to achieve a NABERS UK Design for Performance 5.5-star rating for building efficiency has completed. The 150,000 sq. ft net zero carbon workplace, developed by global real estate development,...
How Facility Management Impacts Occupant Experience
Effective facility management enhances customer experience and productivity, influencing business success and competitive advantage. Facility management and related services arguably have a greater impact on customer experience and occupant productivity than...
The Role of Lighting in Patient Well-Being and Recovery
Lighting can have myriad effects on a patient, including their well-being and recovery. Given this, having lights that can mimic daylighting or have adjustable color temperatures can make a difference for patients. Daylighting and mimicry of it allows for a...
Revitalizing organizational health in the care delivery sector
Research conducted over two decades has continually affirmed that organizational health (how you run the place) is a valuable, competitive differentiator across industries. Organizational health has been linked to value creation, profitability, resilience, and safety...
New skills training centre coming to Vaughan
The Ontario government is investing more than $26 million to build a new training centre at LiUNA 183’s skilled trades training campus in Vaughan, Ontario. The union will be able to train nearly 50,000 additional workers, doubling their current training capacity to...
Canada’s first tsunami evacuation tower built in B.C.
A new school in Masset, B.C. includes Canada’s first-ever tsunami evacuation tower. The Government of British Columbia provided more than $16 million for seismic upgrades and a tsunami evacuation tower at Daaxiigan Sk’adáa Née Secondary school. The Haida Gwaii Board...
Fire safety experts warn of B.C. building code change
The Fire Chiefs Association of B.C. and the B.C. Professional Fire Fighters Association have released a joint statement warning of a dangerous amendment the province of British Columbia recently made to its building code that allows for a single exit stairway (SES) in...
How space supports programming changes at university libraries
The way students learn has changed. As a result, academic libraries are grappling with an identity crisis. No longer seen as merely archives for print materials or a place for silent, solitary work, leading academic libraries are alive with activity and support...
Palomar Health Breaks Ground on Behavioral Health Institute
The two-story facility will have 120 beds and provide 84,700 square feet of indoor and outdoor recovery space. Palomar Health is breaking ground on Palomar Health Behavioral Health Institute, a new, state-of-the-art behavioral health facility being developed through a...