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More than $303 billion in energy financing was deployed in 2023, according to the Sustainable Energy in America 2024 Factbook from The Business Council for Sustainable Energy. The spending followed the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August 2022. That’s an increase from $213 billion, reported in September, with the cumulative sum including…

Society is rapidly accelerating the volume of data we create, which is foundationally important to the way we work, live, and play. If data centers are the bricks holding modern society together, then the power that operates them is the mortar. According to JLL’s new H2 2023 North American Data Center Report, data center demand remained…

  The role of the healthcare facility manager is dynamic, multi-faceted and critical to the safety and well-being of a building and its occupants. The role is marked by constant change — new innovations in smart facilities, the internet of things (IoT), and renewable energy sources have created new efficiencies and emerging hazards within facilities….

If the deferred maintenance crisis plaguing the nation’s facilities is put in terms of the age-old “Fish or cut bait” demand, it seems that more organizations these days are deciding to cut bait. The decision is easy to understand. Budgets for repairing and maintaining aging facilities have never been robust, thanks to resistance to increase…

As the urgency for global decarbonization ramps up, countries are working hard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, largely through widespread electrification of energy use. Renewables such as solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind could help meet this demand while reducing reliance on fossil fuels. However, the intermittent nature of these types of renewables can lead to…

With increasing populations and decreasing resources creating tensions around the world, climate change could have a detrimental impact on national security. In turn, greater insecurity could limit governments and organizations’ abilities to address climate change and the associated security risks. In this interview, Tom Middendorp speaks to Hugues Lavandier, a senior partner in McKinsey’s Aerospace…