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The government of Yukon released its Our Clean Future report this past December, outlining greenhouse gas emissions data for 2021. Emissions, not including mining emissions, were four per cent above 2020 levels. The territory is aiming to reduce emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. The government recently added…

While sports fans know that the University of Connecticut (UConn) is known as the Basketball Capital of the World, the university has recently been recognized on the national level for its ongoing commitment to sustainability by being ranked as one of the top 25 schools on The Princeton Review’s Top 50 Green Colleges list for…

Calamities can happen at any time. They put everything at risk—people, buildings, you name it. Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are changing things for the better though. Take the 2015 Nepal earthquake, for instance. The UAVs were used for search and rescue, mapping, and strategizing relief efforts. Fast-forward to 2023, the University of Maryland…

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is calling on the Government to help accelerate growth in the number of whole building retrofit projects carried out during 2024. The Association believes only “a holistic approach to building performance” will unlock the full potential of the building services industry to cut carbon emissions, improve energy security, and…

  Switching to robots can help departments address staffing shortages and streamline tasks. Autonomous machines are becoming more widely used in healthcare, and one application they can be used for is floor care and maintenance. These devices can essentially work on their own after being properly set up. “Basically, once you get the autonomous floor…

  It’s the facility executive’s lament: There’s never enough funding to do everything that needs to be done, including managing events that could negatively impact the facilities. Some risk has to be accepted, but decisions are still needed about how much risk the organization can accept. While it is impossible to completely eliminate risk, a…