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I work at a small college as their first-ever Director of Campus Safety and Security. Prior to my arrival, the college employed security for eight hours an evening, and the security supervisor was also the dorm supervisor/men’s soccer coach. When I came on board, I felt our new department should have a mission statement, because…

Looking for “free” money? Here are four ways to improve a building’s energy efficiency and lower an organization’s greenhouse gas emissions for low or no out-of-pocket cost. As budgets crunch, facility managers are constantly on the lookout for strategies that can help ease the pain. Especially for those with stringent energy efficiency targets, but stringy…

From a lingering pandemic and economic turmoil to supply chain issues and political unrest, the past few years have seen an influx of challenges that affect how buyers of AEC services spend their money. For AEC firms to thrive in this transformed marketplace, they need to understand these changes in buyer behavior. What are their…

The concept of the smart building can still seem out of reach for many FMs. Contemplating this ‘bleeding edge’ terminology for the ageing buildings across most estates, and it appears both expensive and complex. We need to reset our view. A building is smart providing it contains appropriate levels of monitoring, control, and visibility of…

It’s been a big year for the clean energy transition. The energy crisis has both made the transition more urgent and complicated, as inflation and supply chain disruptions are changing the economic equation for new projects. Meanwhile, clean energy target dates are sneaking up, as policy is aligning to (hopefully, eventually) make the transition cheaper…

  The substantial business presence at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where governments focused on public finance to address loss and damage, showed how climate has become a mainstream business concern. Key outcomes suggest that an energy transition — from a fossil-based economy to a low-carbon or decarbonized world — is inevitable and that climate justice…