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At a time when sustainability careers are more visible — and more structured and challenging — than ever before, it’s easy to assume the path forward for young professionals is clearer than it was for those of us who stumbled into the field decades ago. In a recent episode of Two Steps Forward, my co-host…

Unplanned downtime is one of the most expensive problems a facility can face. According to ABB’s Value of Reliability report, two-thirds of companies deal with unplanned downtime at least once a month, at a median cost of $125,000 per hour. Electrical system failures are a leading contributor to that figure, yet the vast majority are…

Facilities managers, especially women facilities managers need to be at the design table from day one. When you manage and operate over 100,000 square-feet across three locations, you inherit enough “beautifully designed” spaces to know when facilities managers aren’t consulted early enough and then eventually someone has to retrofit functionality into form. I wonder who…

Tips and tricks one director has learned in three decades of managing a large, high-volume laundry operation. In-house laundry services are among the top high-volume operations in healthcare facilities, so managing them is no small feat. From maintaining expensive machinery to coordinating large teams, day-to-day operations can quickly get complicated. As a crucial aspect of…

A new Mental Health and Addictions Center uses design and architecture to challenge the stigma and create a more open model of care. Mental health facilities have long been associated with places of isolation, shame and control with the patients inside being hidden away from their communities and families as they undergo treatment. The newly…

Food and beverage company Danone doubled the number of its production sites that have decreased their freshwater withdrawals through reduction, recycling, reuse and reclamation from 2020 and 2025: Almost 100 percent of them now manage those metrics on a monthly basis. The company is also on track to meet its other major water goal: the…