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College Energy Upgrades St. John’s College Santa Fe and cleantech integrator Ameresco have partnered on a comprehensive, multi-phase solar and energy efficiency project designed to reduce the college’s carbon footprint and save it over $100,000 annually. The project was catalyzed thanks to the college’s Class of 2019 senior gift, which provided funding for an energy…

Back in January, the European Union enacted its much anticipated corporate sustainability reporting directive, or CSRD. A part of the European Green Deal, the framework is set to bring sustainability reporting in line with financial reporting, building on the foundations laid out by its predecessor, the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). Unlike the NFRD, though, the…

The coronation of Charles III inevitably brought renewed claims that monarchies are unwelcome relics of a bygone age. In at least one respect, though, the U.K.’s new king deserves to be recognized as ahead of the curve. As Prince of Wales, Charles was avowedly green long before sustainability was fashionable. He gave his first major…

  Staff members of Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion reportedly suffered concussions, lacerations and sprains from patients. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a Columbus, Ohio hospital for failing to protect its employees from patients whose bites, kicks, punches and other assaults caused serious injuries. Following a complaint of unsafe working conditions,…

As instances of violence rise, OSHA and the Joint Commission take steps to make healthcare facilities safer. Workplace violence has become high-profile, sadly. It is no longer uncommon or even surprising to hear a news report of a shooting inside a hospital or other healthcare facility, and too many healthcare workers have their own personal…

  Facility managers well know that the real cost of a building is its long-term maintenance. There are all kinds of rules of thumb regarding how much money to budget for maintenance, but most agree that somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 percent of the building’s value per year is a good number for maintenance….