Healthy buildings improve productivity

Healthy buildings improve productivity

The heightened focus on hygiene and sanitization in the last few years has shone a light on cleanliness as it relates to the safety of your building, but what about productivity? Healthy buildings show your staff a commitment to their health, safety, and happiness, and that ultimately leads to better-performing employees. Your staff spends a…

Mitigating Poor Air Quality in Schools Now Can Prevent a Shutdown Later

Mitigating Poor Air Quality in Schools Now Can Prevent a Shutdown Later

  As students return to school from a record-breaking hot summer, many are entering facilities with poor indoor air quality (IAQ), the effects of which can be dangerous. Though temperatures are beginning to cool in some areas, the coming months bring with them viruses like the flu and the common cold—along with a recent uptick…

Do Different Parts of Healthcare Facilities Have Different Acoustic Needs?

Do Different Parts of Healthcare Facilities Have Different Acoustic Needs?

Acoustics manufacturers discuss the different needs of the various areas of a healthcare facility. Placement of acoustics is key to them working as intended. Additionally, different areas within a healthcare facility may have different needs. In this manufacturer roundtable, Healthcare Facilities Today speaks with acoustics manufacturers about what the different needs are among the different…

How to transform well-being in care communities with resident-focused lighting controls

How to transform well-being in care communities with resident-focused lighting controls

  As humans age, our eyes change shape and undergo a natural process that significantly impacts our vision and overall quality of life. By the time people are 40, they usually require twice as much light; by 60, they need three times as much. It becomes harder to focus on close objects, colors are difficult…

Big business urges EU to adopt target to cut emissions ‘at least 90 percent’ by 2040

Big business urges EU to adopt target to cut emissions ‘at least 90 percent’ by 2040

A group of leading global corporates has urged the European Union to establish a stretching climate target for 2040, arguing the bloc should set a new goal to cut net greenhouse emissions by at least 90 percent on 1990 levels. Coca Cola, Unilever, Salesforce, Velux and Signify are among the firms to have backed the…

The fallacy of reducing cleaning frequencies to cut costs

The fallacy of reducing cleaning frequencies to cut costs

The professional cleaning industry has historically been called “recession-resistant,” a term that was developed in the mid-1980s because even through downturns, the cleaning industry remained strong. However, over the years and several economic downturns later, that term is rarely used. Why does it no longer apply to cleaners? Today, economic downturns do, in fact, impact…