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Dive Brief: Fire deaths in multifamily buildings built since 2000 are one-sixth the rate of fire deaths in single-family housing, according to research by Pew Charitable Trusts. The findings suggest ways operators of other building types can make their properties safer. Fire deaths in multifamily buildings have been declining since the 1980s. Widely adopted factors such…

Back to Basics is an article series that highlights important, but possibly overlooked, information facilities management professionals should know. The recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City led to dozens of hospitalizations and multiple fatalities. This incident is part of a concerning trend. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of…

Repurposing underutilised campus spaces into student collaboration areas is now a growing priority for higher education leaders and facilities management professionals who specialise in managing campus buildings, according to the findings of a virtual seminar on The Future of Campus Spaces, hosted by workplace solutions provider HubStar. The online event, which took place last week,…

Compatibility, costs and compliance are some of the main challenges newer security technologies face when being integrated. When the new meets the old, there’s bound to be some conflict. This is true for integrating newer security technologies into healthcare facilities that are older and/or have pre-existing security infrastructure. The concept that this technology can just…

EaaS converts necessary facility upgrades from capital liabilities to strategic investments by financing them through guaranteed utility savings. The risk was not on the radar — until the operating room went dark. A legacy power system, flagged years earlier during a routine audit, finally failed. Patients were safe, but surgeries had to be rescheduled, and…

The opinions expressed here by Trellis expert contributors are their own, not those of Trellis.​ Corporate sustainability reports, in their current form, started to appear in the late 1980s and early 1990s. A variety of factors led to this: high-profile environmental disasters (the Bhopal gas disaster and the Exxon Valdez oil spill, for example); the…