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Employees at Wekiva Springs Hospital endured regular and often intense incidents of workplace violence.   July 11, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a problem in many facilities that had long gone underreported in many organizations – workplace violence. For employees of one Florida healthcare facility, the problem has allegedly reached crisis proportions. An investigation by the…

In this large laboratory building, a heat recovery chiller is being incorporated to transfer heat from the chilled water being returned from chilled beams into the heating hot water system. The benefit of applying the heat recovery chiller directly to the chilled beam water return — as opposed to applying it to the mixed return…

The governors of Wyoming and Colorado are partnering on direct air capture technology. Announced last week during the Western Governors’ Association meeting in Boulder, Colo., the memorandum of understanding, signed by Govs. Mark Gordon (R-Wyo.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.), sets the stage for interstate collaboration on the further development of direct air capture technology (DAC),…

A new study commissioned by climate tech firm, Mobilityways, of facilities managers working for large UK companies employing more than 500 staff, found that 74 per cent of their firms had already started reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions linked to employees commutes to and from their workplaces. Delving deeper, 71 per cent of FMs were…

  The International Living Future Institute is helping pave the way to wide-scale net-zero energy buildings with certification systems and other resources. It may seem pie-in-the-sky now, but in the not-too-distant future, net-zero energy buildings will be the standard, rather than the exception. Verified net-zero buildings currently represent less than 1 percent of all commercial…

Dispelling myths can lead to facility design and operations that help prevent bird collisions. Healthcare facilities managers face a range of issues and challenges daily in their efforts to create safe and healthy environments for patients and staff. But increasingly, they are attending to the role that their buildings play in the lives of other…