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While this year brought plenty of setbacks for sustainability, new research shows what developments nearly 400 global sustainability experts thought had the most positive impact on the sustainability agenda in 2025. According to a survey from Trellis data partner GlobeScan and ERM, legislation remains the most significant driver of progress, cited by 18 percent of…

New York City’s Local Law 97 (LL97) is often looked at as a hurdle for facilities managers and not as a strategic opportunity to improve for the future. As buildings over 25,000 square feet face strict greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limits—with penalties starting in 2025 and tightening in 2030—compliance is no longer optional. For forward-looking…

The steady shift from pens and pencils to keyboards has led many schools to play down writing by hand and other fine motor activities. But a major new review of research suggests that may be a mistake. The study, published in Educational Research Review, brings together evidence from 118 previous studies involving almost 80,000 children…

When stepping into a new facilities management role, managers are inheriting buildings they didn’t design, systems they didn’t choose, teams they’ve never met, vendors with longstanding relationships and a workload already in motion. Brandon McCullough, the facilities manager for Charter Township of Northville, Michigan, and a Livonia, Michigan, city council member, believes that the foundation…

  A federal judge on Dec. 11 denied George Harms Construction Co.’s request to stop bidding on the Hudson River tunnel project’s New Jersey surface alignment package, finding no irreparable harm from the Gateway Development Commission’s project labor agreement while the lawsuit continues. In the 11-page opinion reviewed by ENR, the U.S. District Court in…

By Tea Rajic Across buildings large and small, digital tools are becoming powerful assistants to facility managers, from tracking equipment performance to indicating when parts of a building are in use or idle. As AI sweeps through facility management, it’s clear that these systems still need a guiding human hand. AI can interpret patterns faster…