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With the growing adoption of renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and bioenergy, many industrial and commercial facilities managers are looking to add renewables to offset fossil fuel use, reduce energy costs, and meet sustainability goals. However, choosing the right renewable energy system requires careful evaluation of a facility’s unique energy needs, siting, costs, and…

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey completed the installation of energy-efficient LED lights throughout One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the United States. The project began in April 2022. Such lighting projects directly support BuildSmart 2025, a statewide energy efficiency program administered by NYPA…

High-performance facility management involves understanding current facility management practices and identifying opportunities to boost outcomes. In the shift toward integrating value-based payment models within public healthcare programs, facility management can play a key role in influencing the quality metrics that are tied to reimbursements. When revenues are on the line, basing facility management operations on…

The news about deferred maintenance in the nation’s K-12 public schools in the last 20 years has been unanimously bad. An ever-increasing number of districts have been overwhelmed by a growing backlog of work orders for failed HVAC systems, roofs and plumbing components combined with shrinking budgets resulting from taxpayers refusing to increase public funding…

Between disrupted services and down time, affected healthcare facilities can be left reeling from cyber incidents. With healthcare facilities caught in the crosshairs of many cyberattacks, the effects of these events are becoming more understood as they disrupt healthcare services. An Oceanside, California hospital experienced troublesome effects after falling victim to a cyberattack. According to…

Biotech firm creates welcoming and collaborative space at new headquarter facility. Protein sequencing company Quantum-Si in Branford, Connecticut needed a new headquarters for its scientists, researchers, engineers, and other diverse staff members. The new research laboratory and modern workplace will consolidate two prior facilities into a single, technologically advanced research base. The biotech company relied…