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The guiding principle is to remove germs rather than kill them and when necessary, use the smallest amount of the mildest disinfectant. It is possible to remove microbes from hard, nonporous surfaces in hospitals and other healthcare facilities with general purpose cleaning products and a micro denier microfiber cloth, but the process will not necessarily…

Canadian winters are unkind to residential and commercial properties. Over several months, harsh temperatures, severe storms, freezing rain, and accumulating ice and snow can push a building’s resiliency to its limits. Therefore, as the temperature begins to dip, there is value in reviewing the potential winter-related disasters that may take shape and how to either…

When people think of facilities management, they often picture a person working inside a building, fixing some piece of equipment with a wrench. However, facilities management is so much more than that. In fact, FM doesn’t even have to be inside at all. Landscaping, snow removal, and other forms of grounds management play a pivotal…

Microsoft and Procter & Gamble executives in early November offered detailed updates on how they will attempt to replenish fragile watersheds impacted by their water consumption. The pair are among a small but growing group of companies that have committed to restoring some or all of the water consumed in their manufacturing, agricultural, heating, cooling…

  A crucial piece of the puzzle in the Government’s ambitious goal of Net Zero by 2050 lies in retrofitting the UK’s non-domestic building stock. However, our research report, ‘The Role of Retrofitting our Non-Domestic Buildings in the Race to Net Zero’, reveals that many organisations are falling short in making their premises environmentally sustainable….

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) will invest £1.5 million into developing skills, research, training and consultancy to support the UK construction sector reach net zero. The University will launch the Centre for Sustainable Construction and Retrofit to develop solutions, skills and support locally and nationally to enable the transition to net zero within the built environment…