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Back to Basics is an article series that highlights important, but possibly overlooked, information facilities management professionals should know. With April being Emergency Communications Month, let’s spotlight facilities that are vital in responding to emergencies. Public safety answering points (PSAPs) and emergency operations centers (EOCs) are critical facilities that provide essential services to the community…

Almost half (45 per cent) of facilities managers think that their business could become unviable in the next couple of years if it doesn’t improve its digital technologies and skills, according to new research from Watco. The study found that 72 per cent of FMs admit that their business is slow to embrace digital innovation…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its 2023 “Top Cities” list. The latest annual ranking spotlights the cities with the greatest number of ENERGY STAR-certified commercial and multifamily buildings by the end of 2022. Did your city make the list? Coming in at first place for the fourth year in a row, Los…

The U.S. is poised to deliver 600GW of new solar, wind, and energy storage capacity through to the end of the decade, according to the latest U.S. Clean Energy Market Outlook from BloombergNEF (BNEF). The influential analyst firm said the U.S. renewables sector was poised for “staggering” growth off the back of the White House’s…

Healthcare facilities managers are dealing with important changes in the way their facilities comply with federal requirements for emergency preparedness. The last three years have been challenging for hospitals and other healthcare facilities, to say the least. The COVID-19 pandemic created its own complex issues for facilities, but it also exacerbated a host of existing…

The organization aims to reduce its emissions by 50 percent by 2030. Valley Children’s Healthcare has planned a new environmental strategy to build energy resiliency for hospital campus operations and to drive efforts for improved air quality in the region. The plan will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and will achieve…