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Zero energy buildings use a combination of energy efficiency and renewable energy to produce as much energy as they use over the course of a year. By creating their own renewable energy, zero energy buildings lower operating and maintenance costs, help the environment, and increase resiliency during power outages. In addition, many completed projects have…

2022 will go down in history as one of the years when the world was turned upside down. With COVID-19 still lurking in the background, fundamental agreements and values were violated and sent the world into a downward spiral of inflation, increasing food and energy prices, while the climate clearly demonstrated what happens when global…

At the forefront of all facilities managers’ minds is the importance of reaching energy efficiency goals in the near term. All levels of government in the public sector, along with large companies of all sizes in the private sector, have set goals and expectations across the board to reduce carbon emissions, with the ultimate goal…

  Despite growing concern about energy costs, thousands of commercial and residential building owners are missing out on straightforward, low-cost ways to improve energy efficiency, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). The Association says that turning down thermostats and heating flow temperatures, having boilers and other plant serviced, improving insulation, and replacing inefficient lightbulbs…

  The value chain refers to the full range of activities a company engages to design, produce, market, deliver and support its product or service. Value chains have always been critical to operational success but previously operated mainly behind the scenes. However, value chains are under more scrutiny than ever before, particularly from consumers and…

  Modern smart instrumentation solutions provide diagnostic information that empowers informed decision making and proactive maintenance. For decades, control-system instrument data was constrained to single analog process variables communicated through individual 4-to-20-mA current loops. Modern instrumentation advances, particularly digital communications, now provide a wealth of additional diagnostic and other information, enabling operational insights unachievable with…