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Traditionally seen as the behind-the-scenes operators of hospitals, today’s facilities management (FM) teams are stepping into a new spotlight — becoming key players in enhancing the patient experience. In collaboration with clinical staff, infection control experts, and design professionals, facilities leaders are helping shape healing environments that meet regulatory demands and make patients and families…

Dive Brief: A new building decarbonization road map from Climate Mayors and Veolia North America aims to help public and private stakeholders cut carbon emissions while reducing costs. The road map helps city officials establish baselines, set goals aligned with the Paris Agreement and state climate targets, secure funding and partnerships, create policy incentives and…

  Amazon released its first companywide waste and landfill diversion metrics on Wednesday, part of its ongoing sustainability efforts meant to cut waste in every sector of its business. “We see waste as a defect, and we want to reduce it as much as possible,” said Justine Mahler, director of waste, water and biodiversity at…

  The 940-page domestic policy bill that President Donald Trump signed into law July 4 could make owners less likely to fix up troubled properties or convert them to other uses, say supporters of the Section 179D commercial building energy efficiency deduction. The new law eliminates the 20-year-old tax deduction that supporters say gives owners…

Dive Brief: A Texas bill designed to simplify the conversion of nonresidential sites into mixed-use or multifamily properties was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott on June 20 and is set to take effect on Sept. 1. Under Senate Bill 840, the state will permit apartment construction on qualifying office, commercial or warehouse sites…

  Building renovations can be exciting, but they can also be taxing for the building’s occupants and users. For as long as construction is underway, it’s reasonable to assume there will be disruptions to daily activities, bottlenecks, excess waste, and other inconveniences. Of course, such friction points are worth it in the end, when a…