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  Stuart Purton, UK Lead for Training and Onboarding at Chubb Fire & Security on why the new Fire Safety Act 2021 which came into force in May, offers clearer directions on meeting compliance. The Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017 and the subsequent inquiry highlighted the need for changes to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety)…

For many, mobile phones are the center of their world. They have endless capabilities and functions, which has led to their use in many industries. Security is one of the many industries that has utilized the abilities of mobile technologies to their advantage. Many modern security technologies now come with mobile phone enablements. Mobile phones…

Throughout my two-decade long self-guided sustainability and social responsibility career, the two most often questions I get asked from young professionals are: What are the key learnings in the sustainability career and what are the key leadership skills needed for this career? Here are my three learnings that have brightened the career landscape for me…

Remote inspections and automated testing were trends that were gaining momentum in codes and standards and field application for several years. Then in the first half of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic was in its early stages and strict lockdowns were being enforced, it pushed this trend to progress even faster as many more realized…

  Somebody help me out here. Everyone’s clamoring for electric vehicles, electric stoves, all-electric buildings. Fine. But where is all this electricity going to come from? How will it be generated? How will all this electrical power be delivered? How reliable will that system be? And do we have any idea how to overcome the…

Supported by a landmark commitment from Johns Hopkins University, a brand-new solar facility is now up and running, providing the university with two-thirds of its annual electricity use from clean power. With this agreement—one of the most substantial clean energy pledges by any higher education institution in the U.S.—Johns Hopkins achieved its goal to cut greenhouse gas…

  Air exists in oil exists in one of four states and can have a significant impact on lubricants and machines. With good reason, much has been made of the impact that contaminants such as particles and moisture have on lubrication and asset reliability. In most machines, particle and moisture contamination accounts for as much…

  Change your perspective to move maintenance away from a pure expense and enhance overall safety.  Organizations acknowledge that a safety-first approach to plant operations is invariably underpinned by a robust inspection and maintenance plan. But could they take their investment in the associated technology a step further and understand the return it is yielding…

  The variety of extreme weather that North American facilities can be exposed to comes with a wide range of risks and threats, particularly as the planet continues to see the ongoing effects of climate change. Extreme heat and wildfires are big summer risks but so, too, are floods and flash floods, which can be…

  During lockdown, one thing that many people observed was how noticeably quieter the world was. We’d become used to the background hum of traffic noises, voices, ringing phones, business and industry, and only when it was gone did we realise how quiet, quiet could be.  The World Health Organisation has labelled noise as the…