Winter Property Disasters: Knowing the risks, preventing the damage

Winter Property Disasters: Knowing the risks, preventing the damage

Canadian winters are unkind to residential and commercial properties. Over several months, harsh temperatures, severe storms, freezing rain, and accumulating ice and snow can push a building’s resiliency to its limits. Therefore, as the temperature begins to dip, there is value in reviewing the potential winter-related disasters that may take shape and how to either…

Faces of Facilities: Joe Arias from ONE Grounds Management

Faces of Facilities: Joe Arias from ONE Grounds Management

When people think of facilities management, they often picture a person working inside a building, fixing some piece of equipment with a wrench. However, facilities management is so much more than that. In fact, FM doesn’t even have to be inside at all. Landscaping, snow removal, and other forms of grounds management play a pivotal…

How Microsoft and P&G are planning to replenish more water than they use

How Microsoft and P&G are planning to replenish more water than they use

Microsoft and Procter & Gamble executives in early November offered detailed updates on how they will attempt to replenish fragile watersheds impacted by their water consumption. The pair are among a small but growing group of companies that have committed to restoring some or all of the water consumed in their manufacturing, agricultural, heating, cooling…

Avoiding a retrofit crisis

Avoiding a retrofit crisis

  A crucial piece of the puzzle in the Government’s ambitious goal of Net Zero by 2050 lies in retrofitting the UK’s non-domestic building stock. However, our research report, ‘The Role of Retrofitting our Non-Domestic Buildings in the Race to Net Zero’, reveals that many organisations are falling short in making their premises environmentally sustainable….

NTU to launch new centre for sustainable construction and retrofit

NTU to launch new centre for sustainable construction and retrofit

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) will invest £1.5 million into developing skills, research, training and consultancy to support the UK construction sector reach net zero. The University will launch the Centre for Sustainable Construction and Retrofit to develop solutions, skills and support locally and nationally to enable the transition to net zero within the built environment…

Integrating Technology and Design to Expand Accessible Healthcare

Integrating Technology and Design to Expand Accessible Healthcare

  With an array of moving parts, healthcare facilities typically revolve around their internal operations, which can create a sense of disconnection from the communities they are meant to serve. The harsh reality is that one-half of the world’s population still lacks proper healthcare access, transforming healthcare from a mere necessity into a privilege. Introducing…