Author: FM College Admin

There is no shortage of companies touting the climate benefits of smart, operational control systems that fine-tune the energy performance of the built environment. Many of my first articles for GreenBiz a decade ago focused on this topic. (Eep.) The argument is compelling, and you’ve doubtless heard the rationale many, many times: The structures in…

The ultimate vision of mass hyper-connected smart buildings hosting hundreds of interconnected devices will not be possible without addressing a wide range of building specific cybersecurity issues. Each system, device, router, server, and gateway, including their multiple versions and iterations, introduces its own cybersecurity risk to the building. And, without strict segmentation, unauthorized access to…

What is the ideal office temperature in the UK and how does it compare to other less temperate regions of the world? Marina Vassilopoulos reports on behalf of PSG Global, an international provider of office-fit outs and relocation project management services While the UK is known for its mild temperatures, averaging between 0ºc in the…

Corporate sustainability quickly is cresting as a growing wave of investors, regulators, customers, employees, suppliers and other stakeholders demand evidence of action on material social and environmental challenges. While the letters, E, S and G once resided on the fringes of business and investor circles, today ESG is one of the most recognized acronyms in…

  Sustainability is everywhere: 17 percent of products on store shelves in the U.S. make at least one sustainability claim on their packaging. Unfortunately, not all of these claims will turn out to be true: in the past six months alone, regulators in the U.S., Britain, Norway, and the Netherlands have collected millions of dollars…

NFPA has released a new edition of a guide that helps the disabled community prepare for emergency evacuation. As I mentioned briefly in a blog post earlier this year, NFPA had been working with several stakeholders to publish an update to this important resource, which is written by the NFPA Disability Access Review and Advisory…