A Better Understanding of NFPA 70E: Part I – Comparing Four Decades of Electrical Injuries and Fatalities

A Better Understanding of NFPA 70E: Part I – Comparing Four Decades of Electrical Injuries and Fatalities

  To assist all employers in reducing, if not eliminating, workplace electrical injuries and fatalities, I decided to investigate how far electrical safety has progressed over the last 40 years. Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) database has been used for 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020. This will be a multipart blog…

9 workplace design trends for 2023

9 workplace design trends for 2023

Hybrid, remote, hub-spoke-home, the death of the open plan—there are lots of ideas about the function, purpose and design of the post-pandemic office. But what are corporate decision-makers saying about the workplace in 2023 and how are employees responding? HOK’s Kay Sargent and Tom Polucci recently participated in a LinkedIn Live where they shared insights…

3 challenges for making global sustainability strategies local

3 challenges for making global sustainability strategies local

  Translating global corporate sustainability ambitions into local market strategies is necessary for accelerating progress — although it’s no simple task. Companies of different sizes and cultures face similar challenges and questions around how to meet the needs of local markets while moving globally in a unified direction — and managing a broader strategy rollout…

It’s Time to Tackle Building Efficiency 

It’s Time to Tackle Building Efficiency 

We’ve seen emissions rebound after dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Transport has the highest reliance on fossil fuels, accounting for 37% of CO2 emissions from end-use sectors in 2021, while building operations accounted for 27% of total energy sector emissions (8% direct emissions and 19% indirect emissions from electricity production and heat use)….