How to Rethink Facility Layout Design in Order to Improve Safety Conditions

How to Rethink Facility Layout Design in Order to Improve Safety Conditions

It’s a logical assumption that having an intelligent layout for your facility can only be beneficial for the employees’ safety. The design and thinking behind a layout contribute much to how safe a workplace will be. WorkSafe Victoria in Australia states, “One of the best ways to prevent injuries and fatalities in the workplace is…

Beyond Efficiency: Understanding the Occupant-Focused Benefits of Daylighting

Beyond Efficiency: Understanding the Occupant-Focused Benefits of Daylighting

  Research shows that access to sunlight during the day has myriad benefits for the health and wellness of building occupants. While daylighting has the power to reduce a building’s energy cost, its role in the conservation of energy has been diminished. When compared to incandescent lamps, energy efficient LED lamps use less electricity and…

3 Strategies for Water-Efficient Restrooms

3 Strategies for Water-Efficient Restrooms

As climate change churns on beyond even worst-case-scenario predictions, drought continues to be pervasive in the U.S. By late July, more than 51 percent of the lower 48 states is classified to be in drought conditions, according to the National Integrated Drought Information System. That means more than 116 million people in the lower 48…

U.S. Manufacturing Partners Save $10.6B in Energy Costs Under ‘Better Plants’ Program

U.S. Manufacturing Partners Save $10.6B in Energy Costs Under ‘Better Plants’ Program

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the 2022 Better Plants Progress Update, a report highlighting more than 270 manufacturers and water utilities who partner with DOE to increase energy and water efficiency. Collectively, these partners have saved $10.6 billion in energy costs, 2.2 quadrillion British thermal units (Btus) of energy, and more than 130 million…

Specificity is key when considering strategic options

Specificity is key when considering strategic options

  Judging by the number of inquiries we receive on a weekly basis, one of the hottest topics these days in the boardrooms of employee- and ESOP-owned firms is the examination of the “Strategic Options” available to create and/or maximize shareholder value. More often than not, this is a serious exercise for these teams to…