Buildings & Facilities
Buildings and Facilities
- Increased productivity, reduced overhead and lower absenteeism among employees are among the benefits of using sustainable design.
- Schneider Electric, Johnson Controls, Siemens and IBM are among the vendors looking to gain ground in the smart building managed services market -- expected to reach $1.1 billion by 2020.
- Being the first to take combined heat and power energy-efficient technology online isn't always easy, Casey Houweling found.
- Energy efficient retrofits are shifting away from one-time measures to the installation of energy management software.
- The convergence of building automation, IT and advanced lighting solutions can help building owners drive down energy costs and streamline operations.
- Integrating all the systems involved in running a typical building can have a big payoff in better information and increased functionality. Here's how to make those systems play nice together.
- Mass.-based company offers Web-based platform to analyze water, gas and electric utility data to target the $2 billion U.S. multi-tenant apartment building market.
- Due to risks associated with upgrade projects or the age of the building itself, cost savings aren't always maximized. Learn how to shift your risk while offering incentives to others.
- A look at how host cities compete for the gold in green -- and how Rio is gunning to overtake London for the sustainability gold.
- Scientists are developing smart-building materials that can regulate temperatures without air conditioning or heating, potentially cutting energy costs for commercial and industrial buildings.
- Lux Research ranks countries that have national policies encouraging emerging technology in green building. Singapore, South Korea and others are on top, but the U.S. doesn’t make the grade.
- A United Kingdom utility's new real-time energy monitoring system will help facility managers keep the lights on -- and the carbon costs contained -- at the Olympic Games in London.
- Get an inside look at the new California campus for The North Face, JanSport, Lucy, designed for energy efficiency, employee collaboration and creativity, and integration of buildings and outdoor...
- As a handful of Japanese automakers offer market solutions allowing electric batteries to lend backup power to homes, the future of comprehensive vehicle-to-grid technologies remains years off.
- How can hot water-intensive industries cut back on their consumption and curb their carbon emissions? Learn how the first dairy in the U.S. adopted solar cogeneration technology as a key strategy.
- Swim, bike, or downward dog? Employees get their choice of athletic activities, plus a more sustainable workplace and commute, at a new corporate campus in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- A new report is designed to help corporate decision makers objectively evaluate the economics of solar power for every property in their commercial real estate portfolios.
- Today's systems are not sophisticated enough to handle complex, higher performing and energy efficient buildings. What needs to be done to get them up to task?
- Federal officials' opposition to the PACE financing program for energy efficiency improvements was highlighted in a recent rulemaking notice inviting public comment on the program.
- This revolution will definitely not be televised -- it's being delivered via facebook apps, plus old-fashioned technology like letters that show customers how their energy usage compares to their...
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