How Facilities Should Prepare for the Rapid Growth of Electric Vehicles

How Facilities Should Prepare for the Rapid Growth of Electric Vehicles

Following these four tips to be ready for the exploding demand for electric vehicle charging at your facilities. Electric vehicles are the future of transportation in America. Their use is growing rapidly, and it’s about to accelerate. Rising gas prices will only increase that acceleration. Facility managers should plan for the accompanying need for charging…

ENERGY STAR Awards Honor Sustainability Efforts of Over 200 Organizations

ENERGY STAR Awards Honor Sustainability Efforts of Over 200 Organizations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) have announced the winners of the 2022 ENERGY STAR Awards. These 210 organizations, which represent the top ENERGY STAR partners, are making important contributions in support of America’s clean energy transition. They come from 37 states and span nearly every sector of the economy, including Fortune 500…

Responding to incidents involving oxidizers takes awareness and planning

Responding to incidents involving oxidizers takes awareness and planning

Responders are called to an ever-increasing number of diverse types of incidents these days, which makes it difficult to stay prepared and practiced for all the possibilities we may encounter. That especially applies to responding to hazardous materials incidents. So, if you are not on a hazardous materials response team how often do you review and…

5 Commissioning Questions for Return-to-Office Energy Efficiency

5 Commissioning Questions for Return-to-Office Energy Efficiency

Tuning up a building to optimize operations and save energy is always a good idea, but especially now as workers are return to the office and the way the building is used may be changing. As more and more organizations welcome employees back to the workplace, this could be an opportune time for facility managers…

Clean Agent System Basics

Clean Agent System Basics

Often times sprinkler systems are the required, go-to solution for protecting people and property against fire hazards. While they do an excellent job at this, sometime there is a need to quickly suppress a fire and protect high value sensitive items and this is where clean agents come into play, they have the ability to…

Onboarding on hybrid teams

Onboarding on hybrid teams

  Bringing people onto a hybrid team presents all the challenges associated with an office-based team, as well as many of the challenges that come with a fully remote team. There are also nuances because the new team structure will be neither of those things, but something new and often unprecedented. Specifically, our clients tell…