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As climate impacts multiply, mitigation is becoming increasingly urgent. Businesses’ biggest stakeholders — investors, customers and employees — are ramping-up demands for organizations to invest and operate more sustainably. This pressure has prompted many corporate and industrial energy buyers to take a deeper look at their decarbonization strategies and procurement functions to identify areas of…

  A critical yet often overlooked imperative is emerging — the need for buildings that are fortified for health. As global real estate works overtime to do its part to support rapid decarbonization, such as ramping up energy efficiency solutions and other carbon-reduction strategies, another major crisis is looming. Because of an already changing climate…

  Aspirus Wausau Hospital (AWH) is set to begin construction on an expansion of its emergency department. The 29,500 square foot expansion will help address present and future constraints on emergency care in Wausau and the surrounding communities by nearly doubling the current space. Some of the significant enhancements in the project include: Additional and…

  By embracing a customer-focused approach, healthcare systems can foster trust, improve patient satisfaction and enhance the overall quality of care. Visitors entering healthcare facilities all too often encounter a maze of corridors, glaring lights and windowless, enclosed spaces. Compare that experience to a day of shopping at clothing and furniture stores, and it is…

The dangerous nature of maintenance and engineering activities often gets overlooked by the general public and even some managers and front-line technicians. Unfortunately, the risks ever-present in the work – whether it’s electrical or HVAC maintenance or roofing and construction work – regularly surface in deadly ways that offer harsh reminders of just how dangerous…

  As the weather continues to heat up through the summer, there are many maintenance workers who need to spend their days in the hot sun to do their jobs. When does the heat become a concern? According to Environment Canada, the optimal temperature range for comfort should be 23 to 26°C with 50 per…