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After the challenges of the pandemic and its aftermath, business operations are now dealing with surging energy and input prices, unpredictable supply chains, and volatile demand. In this environment, operations leaders face increasing pressure to keep output high and costs down. That’s putting the spotlight on asset productivity programs designed to keep equipment humming at…

More than two in five (43%) surveyed office workers are very or extremely worried about their workplace’s indoor air quality (IAQ)—a seven-point increase over last year’s results, according to Honeywell’s third annual Healthy Buildings Survey. Furthermore, nearly three in four respondents (74%) express some degree of worry about their building’s IAQ. The study recently queried 2,500…

The definition of “on campus” is changing. The advancement of AR/VR technology in higher education is introducing a new learning experience and environment, and institutions are quickly adapting to change. There are compelling reasons to move into this space—more engaged hybrid learning, expanding enrollment and reach and leveraging content production across more students. Unlike current…

  The lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles are well-known, at this point, as the main culprit for the environmental impact associated with manufacturing EVs. There are obvious carbon emissions generated by the mining of metals for EV batteries, not to mention high water usage and potential human rights abuses. But a new sector of…

The U.S. Department of Labor announced changes to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2023. OSHA’s maximum penalties for serious and other-than-serious violations will increase from $14,502 per violation to $15,625 per violation. The maximum penalty for willful or repeated violations will increase from $145,027 per violation…

  The COVID-19 pandemic produced an unexpected benefit for institutional and commercial facilities: It alerted the general public that facilities and their key systems – in the case of the pandemic, the ventilation and air filtration systems – have a direct impact on the health of occupants and visitors. But for all the heightened awareness…