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  Long-term planning is essential to keeping campus facilities contemporary. Here are five signs that you’re overdue to complete a new master plan. Facility managers often spend a lot of their days putting out fires and don’t always have the luxury or the freedom to shift from being reactive to proactive. Universities are made up…

  Although summer is only just winding down, it won’t be long until winter has arrived, covering your parking lot in snow and ice. Don’t miss parking lot maintenance as part of your fall maintenance plan. By tackling this part of your outdoor maintenance in the fall, you will avoid the inconvenience and dangers of…

  Over the last few years, the pandemic has affected how we clean to stay safe. The increased use of disinfectants and cleaners has also increased the amount of airborne chemicals. Although facilities have improved their cleaning processes, how we clean buildings directly affects the air quality inside them. Air purification is an emerging form…

Energy Insights Actively monitoring energy usage and maintaining a facility’s system efficiency is essential when seeking energy savings and overall improvement in efficiency. Using a ROC to unite systems management can benefit a facility’s efforts from a remote location and dramatically increase energy efficiency results. ROC’s holistic approach is capable of providing solutions for large…

  Most Kenyans hop on the back of a motorbike taxi, known locally as a boda-boda, to get around town. With 22 million rides per day, it’s a sector that provides an estimated 1 million direct jobs for drivers. A cheaper, faster mode of transportation that can dodge traffic and access hard-to-reach areas, motorbike ridership…

A number of factors can contribute to windows either helping or harming a facility’s energy efficiency efforts Windows are a crucial, though sometimes underrated, part of a facility’s energy efficiency strategy. Windows also dramatically affect occupant health, wellness, and safety. Because windows are often a big investment, and aren’t changed frequently, it’s very important that…