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  Our collective experience of the pandemic enabled us to conduct endless experiments with work. Initially, the experiments were about where work took place (the home becoming a viable option), and soon they became about when work took place (the rigors of nine-to-five morphing into more flexible arrangements). Even now, leaders are watching with some…

Mike Singleton, founder and longtime executive director of Sustainable Buildings Canada (SBC), has announced he will retire at the end of this year. Under his leadership, the 20-year-old not-for-profit organization has forged a widely recognized forum for collaborative industry learning, and has built a network of advisory expertise covering all aspects of green and high-performance…

  As labour shortages and high employee turnover persist, it can be a challenge to grow your commercial cleaning business. Competition is fierce, so managers need to plan ahead, invest wisely, assess potential, and create opportunities to find success. Business management Managing the day-to-day responsibilities of a cleaning company can be overwhelming, but when you…

There are many choices for roofs, but a green roof is becoming increasingly more popular. A green roof is an increasingly popular choice in sustainable facilities. By adding a vegetative layer to the roof, businesses can reduce energy costs, increase biodiversity, and have an aesthetically pleasing exterior. Green roofs, covered in vegetation such as grass…

The transaction is expected to be complete in late 2029. Roper St. Francis Healthcare has announced its plans to sell the 11.5-acre property where Roper Hospital is in Charleston, South Carolina to the Medical University Hospital Authority (MUSC Health). The transaction will not be finalized until Roper St. Francis Healthcare relocates hospital operations, anticipated for…

By transforming clinical spaces with organic elements, facility design considerations can contribute patient healing. As research continues to reveal the benefits of exposure to nature on the healing process and overall human well-being, architects and designers of healthcare facilities are prioritizing strategies that incorporate more gardens, outdoor restorative areas, skylights and natural material palettes into…