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Once I was introduced to a systems-based lens of seeing the world, I could not unsee it. This point of view is truly one of the most pivotal frameworks for understanding society’s problems. Today, I see myself, my work, buildings, climate change and everything in between as one vastly complex interconnected system. Systems thinking offers…

Indoor air quality data can help prevent hospital-acquired infections. Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, the topic of indoor air quality (IAQ) has become much more prominent. IAQ has become especially important to healthcare facilities given that there are airborne illnesses. Without proper IAQ measures, illnesses can spread quickly throughout the facility and infect its inhabitants….

Higher education in the United States is facing a perfect storm. Fewer students are attending college than in the past. First-time student enrollment has fallen by 8 percent in private four-year institutions and 10 percent in public four-year institutions since its peak in 2010. Community colleges experienced a similar contraction in first-time, full-time student enrollment,…

Alberta’s regulated electricity rate has been flagged for possible elimination. A newly released list of priority tasks for the recently sworn-in Minister of Affordability and Utilities, Nathan Neudorf, instructs him to explore that option and to promote offset technologies that would allow for continued fossil-fuel-fired power generation. In outlining Neudorf’s mandate, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith…

Office attendance rates continue to lag employers’ expectations, a new survey of large corporate real estate managers reveals. More than 55 per cent of respondents to CoreNet Global’s queries earlier this month report that corporate personnel are not fully complying with directives to return to the office. Theoretically, about 97 of the 175 large global…

Security consultants should work with facilities management on the design and implementation of security methods and technologies in order to have the best facility security possible. Facilities Management Advisor’s FM Now: Secure Buildings online summit was held on June 20 and included an opening keynote session called “Design Development Considerations for Security Systems.” The session…