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In the dynamic landscape of skilled trades, digital transformation has become more than a trend— it’s a necessity. The surge in the use of digitally enabled tools and training programs within the fire, electrical, and life safety sectors underscores a fundamental shift in how professionals approach their work. Recent results from a National Fire Protection…

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has launched its Competence Framework, a free library of information, which defines activities specific to passive fire protection (PFP) across the building lifecycle, providing a benchmark for competence for all PFP activities. The Competence Framework forms the first step on the ASFP’s Competency Pathway, which aims to support…

With the growing adoption of renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and bioenergy, many industrial and commercial facilities managers are looking to add renewables to offset fossil fuel use, reduce energy costs, and meet sustainability goals. However, choosing the right renewable energy system requires careful evaluation of a facility’s unique energy needs, siting, costs, and…

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey completed the installation of energy-efficient LED lights throughout One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the United States. The project began in April 2022. Such lighting projects directly support BuildSmart 2025, a statewide energy efficiency program administered by NYPA…

High-performance facility management involves understanding current facility management practices and identifying opportunities to boost outcomes. In the shift toward integrating value-based payment models within public healthcare programs, facility management can play a key role in influencing the quality metrics that are tied to reimbursements. When revenues are on the line, basing facility management operations on…

The news about deferred maintenance in the nation’s K-12 public schools in the last 20 years has been unanimously bad. An ever-increasing number of districts have been overwhelmed by a growing backlog of work orders for failed HVAC systems, roofs and plumbing components combined with shrinking budgets resulting from taxpayers refusing to increase public funding…