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With effective planning, owners can ensure green roof systems deliver a range of important benefits for occupants and organizations. Sustainability remains a top priority for most institutional and commercial facilities, and green roofs continue to attract attention from facility executives as an important element in enhancing the environmental friendliness of facilities. Green roofs can help…

The construction project will be completed in three phases, over a 24- to 34-month time period. With ceremonial shovel scoops of dirt, what was once a wind-swept Southeast Kansas soybean field will quickly transform into Freeman Health System’s newest full-service hospital. Wearing her pink hard hat while gripping a gold-colored shovel, Freeman president and chief…

  Organizations are starting to make organizational changes designed to generate future value from gen AI, and large companies are leading the way. The latest McKinsey Global Survey on AI finds that organizations are beginning to take steps that drive bottom-line impact—for example, redesigning workflows as they deploy gen AI and putting senior leaders in critical…

Lessons Learned From Outside Innovators Simone Ferriani and Gino Cattani Key Insight: When creative thinkers bring fresh ideas to an organization, it can spark innovation — if they can find supportive allies. Top Takeaways: People from outside an organization can offer a unique perspective that challenges established norms and catalyzes innovation. But that won’t happen…

Energy demands in the U.S. are near historic highs, and prices are slated to soar in many regions. Data centers that power artificial technology (AI) technology are a large contributor to the demand for energy, adding to a complicated web of factors behind this surging trend for power across the country. While facilities managers don’t…

All-in-one sink and hand drying stations create cleaner, safer restrooms. The all-in-one sink handwashing and drying station is changing the way high-traffic restrooms function by creating cleaner, safer and more efficient spaces in institutional and commercial facilities. These systems, which incorporate a sink, faucet, soap dispenser and hand dryer all in one fixture, keep water…