Author: FM College Admin

Contracted security services are arguably your most important detailed outsourcing agreement. At many facilities, especially those in central business districts, or in areas that may come with a variety of threats, a crucial component of any access control strategy is hiring and training expert security guards. Facility managers have a lot of considerations when thinking…

In two previous articles (here and here), we described the emergence of what the Brookings Institute calls, “a new geography of innovation.” Once sequestered in suburban research parks, in the last decade the most innovative companies and entrepreneurs are finding their way into more dense urban areas. They’re re-locating in innovation districts, where they work in close…

Zero energy buildings use a combination of energy efficiency and renewable energy to produce as much energy as they use over the course of a year. By creating their own renewable energy, zero energy buildings lower operating and maintenance costs, help the environment, and increase resiliency during power outages. In addition, many completed projects have…

2022 will go down in history as one of the years when the world was turned upside down. With COVID-19 still lurking in the background, fundamental agreements and values were violated and sent the world into a downward spiral of inflation, increasing food and energy prices, while the climate clearly demonstrated what happens when global…

At the forefront of all facilities managers’ minds is the importance of reaching energy efficiency goals in the near term. All levels of government in the public sector, along with large companies of all sizes in the private sector, have set goals and expectations across the board to reduce carbon emissions, with the ultimate goal…

  Despite growing concern about energy costs, thousands of commercial and residential building owners are missing out on straightforward, low-cost ways to improve energy efficiency, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). The Association says that turning down thermostats and heating flow temperatures, having boilers and other plant serviced, improving insulation, and replacing inefficient lightbulbs…