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Translate Internet of Things (IoT) technology is a game changer for facility managers facing the unique challenges of maintaining the complex array of residential halls, labs, libraries, classroom buildings, and dining halls that comprise a campus. IoT-empowered sensor technology can assist facilities managers monitor buildings for vulnerabilities to water damage and changes in humidity and temperature, […]
It’s a Brave New World: How to Leverage Contact Tracing to Navigate the New Normal in the Facilities Industry
Recent Reopenings Have Brought New Risks As cities across the country continue to reopen we have seen an acceleration of the spread of COVID-19. Like the mandate for masks, we need to have a mandate for contract tracing to reduce the spread. For employers and facility managers tasked with the responsibility of enabling employees to […]
Six Ways Facilities Managers Provide Leadership during COVID-19
The call for amplified health and safety measures across schools and workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic has revolutionized the role of the facility manager. Prior to the pandemic, facilities management functioned as an invisible operation—one that was often viewed as a reactive cost center rather than a proactive leadership arm of an organization. But the […]
Technology Offers Facilities Managers O&M Transparency
“Seeing is believing,” as the old saying goes—but these days, it’s much more than that. In the realm of facilities management, new visual documentation technologies are giving managers important new tools to ensure proper maintenance of expensive systems. It’s difficult to understand how useful a visual intelligence tool can be until facilities managers see it […]
The Case for the Circular Economy in Campus Facilities and Procurement
The circular economy is a new economic system that delivers better outcomes for people and the environment. Business models, products, and materials are designed to increase use and reuse, replicating the balance of the natural world, where nothing becomes waste and everything has value. A circular economy, increasingly built on renewable energy and materials, is […]
