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According to the European Union Climate Change Service, the summer of 2023 was the hottest on record, coinciding with extreme weather events that have increased in severity over the past 30 years. Responsible for an estimated 39 percent of global energy-related carbon emissions, buildings present a significant opportunity for reductions. Specifically, 28 percent of these…

Offices have had to manage their own indoor air quality standards until recently. In the absence of guidelines and uniform benchmarks, providing a definitive answer to “is my indoor air quality good?” has been at best, subjective and at worst, impossible. Pre-COVID, unless it was an industry requirement, few people were likely asking how healthy…

Technology seems to advance at an hourly pace these days, with generative artificial intelligence (AI) seeing a significant uptick in use this year. Free and open tools such as ChatGPT and Google Bard have shown how generative AI can be used for learning, content generation, coding, and other tasks. This has prompted many industries and…

Facility conversions are becoming more commonplace, even for healthcare facilities. JAG-ONE Physical Therapy was recently converted by the firm JZA+D. This existing space was originally used by The Bank of Princeton until they vacated it. However, according to Richard Perry, principal at JZA+D, the bank interior layout was not conducive to physical therapy, prompting interior…

In K-12 schools, deferred maintenance often hampers the ability of teachers to instruct students effectively. In many commercial office buildings, the issue gets in the way of improving facilities to make them more appealing to potential tenants. For the federal government, maintenance backlogs are getting in the way of operating as cost-effectively as possible. The…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is opening enrollment for the Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) Campaign, which will help public building owners pay for today’s building upgrades with tomorrow’s guaranteed energy savings. The ESPC Campaign is a voluntary initiative that engages and supports state and local governments, universities and colleges, school districts, hospitals, and other market stakeholders…