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Research shows that the built environment is responsible for up to 40 per cent of all carbon emissions, mainly through ventilating, heating, lighting and cooking. Yet, because of their high energy consumption, buildings also offer the greatest potential for saving energy – and this applies to both permanent and temporary structures. Chris Coxon, Head of…

  With limited space available for new buildings, healthcare professionals are now looking at old buildings. Since the COVID-19 pandemic first began in March 2020, there has been an increased demand for hospital space as beds continue to fill at a rapid rate. Despite this, there is limited availability for these types of spaces. To…

Employees at Wekiva Springs Hospital endured regular and often intense incidents of workplace violence.   July 11, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a problem in many facilities that had long gone underreported in many organizations – workplace violence. For employees of one Florida healthcare facility, the problem has allegedly reached crisis proportions. An investigation by the…

In this large laboratory building, a heat recovery chiller is being incorporated to transfer heat from the chilled water being returned from chilled beams into the heating hot water system. The benefit of applying the heat recovery chiller directly to the chilled beam water return — as opposed to applying it to the mixed return…

The governors of Wyoming and Colorado are partnering on direct air capture technology. Announced last week during the Western Governors’ Association meeting in Boulder, Colo., the memorandum of understanding, signed by Govs. Mark Gordon (R-Wyo.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.), sets the stage for interstate collaboration on the further development of direct air capture technology (DAC),…

A new study commissioned by climate tech firm, Mobilityways, of facilities managers working for large UK companies employing more than 500 staff, found that 74 per cent of their firms had already started reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions linked to employees commutes to and from their workplaces. Delving deeper, 71 per cent of FMs were…