Electrifying the parking lots of the future

Electrifying the parking lots of the future

The problem: Among the sea of various EV charging business models, ensuring a great customer experience is a challenge. A solution: Flash is hedging its bets on offering a reservable EV charging experience, leveraging its years of backend software expertise in parking operations to ensure a reliable and easy-to-use consumer charging session. My take: At…

Climate change has (finally) arrived at business school

Climate change has (finally) arrived at business school

There has been a fundamental shift in the way business schools talk about climate change. Where once the topic used to come up only among small groups of passionate MBA students, this year has brought a groundswell of support from high places — including the public commitment to climate research and education by the deans…

Designing lighting control for the life sciences sector

Designing lighting control for the life sciences sector

Lighting control insights Demand for life sciences space is booming, in large part because of the ongoing need for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. According to the real estate services and investment firm CBRE, lab vacancy in top markets is 5.2% or less in the first quarter of 2022 and a record 31.3 million square feet…

Back to Basics: Most Common Fire Safety Code Violations

Back to Basics: Most Common Fire Safety Code Violations

To both minimize fire risks and avoid civil and criminal penalties for noncompliance, facilities managers must ensure their workplaces meet applicable fire safety codes. A National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) official recently spoke with Facilities Management Advisor about the importance of following the law and what facilities managers should look out for. “Facility managers have…

The Hazard of Mixing Chemicals

The Hazard of Mixing Chemicals

We have all heard there are chemicals that we cannot mix together. Even at home, mixing chemicals like bleach and vinegar can create chlorine gas. Have you ever thought about this on a larger scale though? What happens when incompatible mixtures combine at manufacturing or storage facilities?  In a small Kentucky town last month, three…

We’re at a post-Covid inflection point. Now what?

We’re at a post-Covid inflection point. Now what?

  The business headlines around the world seem to be flashing in neon and blasting out one panicky notion after another. Return to the Office. Don’t Return to the Office. Quiet Quitting. Nobody Wants to Go to the Office. Go to the Office or You’re Fired…. It’s exhausting. What are organizations, individual leaders, and team…