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  I don’t do well with unresolved conflict. If there’s an elephant in the room, I want to address it. One of our family legends stems from a time we were driving in Sydney, Australia with an unspoken conflict brewing between my daughters in the back seat. I asked them to sort it out but…

When patients visit a healthcare facility, they are not thinking about how many kilowatt-hours of energy the facility is using, or how the facility may be reducing its cubic feet of natural gas consumption annually. When patients visit a healthcare facility, they are thinking about the care they’re going to receive. As healthcare facility managers,…

System change is a large opportunity for the corporate and financial sectors. It soon will be an essential component of the most advanced corporate sustainability and responsible investing strategies. These fields have become mainstream over the past 20 years. The global sustainable/responsible investing (SRI) market is about $40 trillion. Corporate sustainability and SRI have provided…

As codes evolve and change, technology is changing at an even more rapid pace. Here’s what you need to keep your occupants safe and sound. Emergency lighting is an important part of a facility’s overall emergency preparedness plan. Functional and effective emergency lighting can literally save lives in the case of any type of facility…

Amid the increased prominence of sustainability in policymaking and legislation, there is a huge opportunity for chief finance officers to take the lead in corporate accountability. The common perspective that the CFO’s responsibilities should not extend beyond the traditional parameters of corporate finance and risk management is increasingly being challenged by shifts in the business…

Automation will grow exponentially in most sectors within the next few years. For example, robotic process automation (RPA), which uses bots to mimic routine cognitive human tasks, is set to explode. According to research cited by Oracle, the RPA market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40.6% between 2020…

  The transition out of a state of pandemic has been particularly complex for facility managers. As building occupants rejoin their colleagues at their places of work, many landlords have been charged with optimizing the operational performance of their buildings to give peace of mind to their tenants. Simultaneously, organizations across the country are struggling…

A sewer system maintenance program works against the age-old mantra “out of sight, out of mind” by requiring watchful eyes on piping and drainage systems. These vital systems stay hidden from plain sight, as you maneuver through daily tasks. More often than not, a malfunction occurs due to a lack of awareness of underlying issues,…

America’s electric power system is undergoing radical change as it transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy. While the first decade of the 2000s saw huge growth in natural gas generation, and the 2010s were the decade of wind and solar, early signs suggest the innovation of the 2020s may be a boom in “hybrid”…

Most facility condition assessments don’t include an energy efficient component. They should! Here’s how to use commissioning and testing and balancing to improve FCAs. The challenges of facility management and ownership are just beginning when a facility is built and turned over for operations. Throughout the life of the facility, it is not unusual for…