Finding the right maintenance strategy for your building

  As building managers know, finding the right maintenance strategy for your building is the key to increased efficiency, cost savings, and improved performance. Whether your approach is proactive, reactive, short-term, or “big picture,” managers need a plan to address equipment failure and maintenance issues on an ongoing basis. Here’s a look at four different…

2023’s top HVAC trends

2023’s top HVAC trends

What are this year’s top HVAC trends? It’s likely no surprise that 2023 will see a continued rise in the use of technology to help facility managers improve efficiency, performance, and asset management. As technology takes over so many facets of building management, heating and cooling is no exception, benefitting from technology tools to continue…

Outsourcing FM Can Be a Mistake

Outsourcing FM Can Be a Mistake

  One way of ensuring cost-effectiveness in an establishment is outsourcing facility management. Recruiting the necessary expertise for in-house facility management can leave a huge dent in the budget – hence the growing need to outsource facility management. According to PR NewsWire, the global facility management services market will hit $809.98 billion by 2024. The…

Protecting VFDs from Overheating

Protecting VFDs from Overheating

  Variable frequency drives are a hot topic. Advancements in VFD technology and reductions in price are driving rapid market adoption. Dramatic energy savings can deliver a payback period measured in months, and VFDs enable precise motor control in many industrial process applications. But VFDs are also hot in the literal sense: the advanced electronics…

Leadership in Evaporative Cooling Towers

Leadership in Evaporative Cooling Towers

  Evaporative cooling towers play an important role in green buildings by significantly reducing energy consumption when they supplement or replace traditional air conditioning systems, thereby reducing carbon footprint and operating costs. Although evaporative cooling is great at saving energy, it does consume some water but the benefits on energy savings outweigh the water usage,…

Practical Considerations for EV Charging Station Installation

Practical Considerations for EV Charging Station Installation

Cost, location, and ongoing maintenance all must be thought through when building owners are installing Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment. A recent FacilitiesNet piece titled “How to Prepare Buildings for the Electric Vehicle Boom”  made the case for adding electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) — commonly called charging stations or charging docks — to your properties….