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Every year, Atrius shares its State of Corporate Sustainability report, which gathers responses from facilities, energy, and sustainability professionals to understand the trends and challenges these teams and their organizations currently face. With sustainability becoming a bigger priority year by year, how are facilities teams contributing to progress—and what do they need to make a…

Today more than ever, facility managers are challenged to figure out how to best deploy mobile access within a building, so that employees and tenants can use a smartphone or smart watch as a new type of “key” to unlock places, spaces, and things within a facility. It’s a timely topic that cannot be avoided,…

Effective management of indoor temperatures while minimizing energy consumption is a constant priority for facility managers across various industries. Temperature stratification – where warm air accumulates near the ceiling while cooler air remains at lower levels – presents a significant challenge for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Destratification fans offer a practical solution, facilitating…

Two months after opening, the W.E.B Du Bois library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst began spalling, a phenomenon where a building sheds brick chips. There are various urban legends about why this happened but the most realistic is that the architect involved did not account for the weight of the books in his design….

Electric lighting for buildings, roadways and parking lots can create problems for migrating birds As winter turns into spring, there is one universal harbinger of the new season, regardless of regional climates – the return of abundant daylight. More natural light lifts human spirits, but humans are not the only ones responding to the change….

The new medical office building is slated to open in late 2025. Remedy Medical Properties and its partner Kayne Anderson Real Estate have broken ground on the Centra Langhorne Medical Center, a new 130,000-square-foot medical office building (MOB) near Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. Slated to open in late 2025, the new five-story MOB will be…

Technology is not going anywhere and facility managers need to be aware of how operations will change. It is no secret that new and emerging technologies are revolutionizing industries, and healthcare is no different. Enhancing design efficiency and decision-making in creating futuristic healthcare environments can leave many facility departments feeling overwhelmed. However, it doesn’t have…

Today there’s a whole industry dedicated to reducing cybersecurity risk, including standards, guidelines, frameworks, tools, and subject-matter experts. Ultimately the organization owns the risk and is best placed to manage it. ISA/IEC62443, the only consensus-based international standard for industrial-automation and control-systems cybersecurity, is a comprehensive roadmap for organizations to effectively manage their industrial cybersecurity risk,…

Many companies are striving to achieve climate neutrality, which involves bringing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions down to net zero on an annual basis. But most cannot immediately reduce their emissions to that level and will need several years to invest in the required technology as well as change their energy use practices. In the meantime, a…

In the world of multifamily access control, the balance between security and convenience has often been a delicate one. Traditionally, physical credentials have been the cornerstone of access systems. However, the advent of secure physical and mobile credentials is changing the industry, proving that enhanced security can go together with user convenience. The Pitfalls of…