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NFPA Today – June 03, 2022 Over the past several months, I have noticed a few incidents occurring in mercantile occupancies that have raised some questions related to the allowable delay between sprinkler activation and fire alarm notification in the event of a fire, which is governed by NFPA 72®, National Fire Alarm and Signaling…

  I don’t do well with unresolved conflict. If there’s an elephant in the room, I want to address it. One of our family legends stems from a time we were driving in Sydney, Australia with an unspoken conflict brewing between my daughters in the back seat. I asked them to sort it out but…

When patients visit a healthcare facility, they are not thinking about how many kilowatt-hours of energy the facility is using, or how the facility may be reducing its cubic feet of natural gas consumption annually. When patients visit a healthcare facility, they are thinking about the care they’re going to receive. As healthcare facility managers,…

System change is a large opportunity for the corporate and financial sectors. It soon will be an essential component of the most advanced corporate sustainability and responsible investing strategies. These fields have become mainstream over the past 20 years. The global sustainable/responsible investing (SRI) market is about $40 trillion. Corporate sustainability and SRI have provided…

As codes evolve and change, technology is changing at an even more rapid pace. Here’s what you need to keep your occupants safe and sound. Emergency lighting is an important part of a facility’s overall emergency preparedness plan. Functional and effective emergency lighting can literally save lives in the case of any type of facility…

Amid the increased prominence of sustainability in policymaking and legislation, there is a huge opportunity for chief finance officers to take the lead in corporate accountability. The common perspective that the CFO’s responsibilities should not extend beyond the traditional parameters of corporate finance and risk management is increasingly being challenged by shifts in the business…