by Facility Executive | Jul 17, 2025 | all-electric hospitals, Building Automation, Building Design & Construction, Business Continuity, Citizens Energy, clean energy, Climate Change, Connecticut, critical care campus, Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Digitalization, Electrification, Energy & Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management & Lighting, Facilities Management, Featured, Healthcare Facilities, Hospital Facilities, HVAC, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), New Britain, Renewable Energy, Schneider Electric, Sustainability
By Jean-Marc Zola Imagine a hospital where every light, life-saving device, and breath of fresh air is powered by clean, efficient electricity rather than traditional fossil fuels. This is becoming a reality today in hospitals around the world. And it’s reshaping...
by Guest Contributor | Jun 4, 2025 | Building-Management, Climate Change, Climate Pattern, commercial HVAC systems, droughts, Facilities Management, FacilityBlog, Featured, fine particulate matter, Fires, HEPA filters, HVAC performance, HVAC system, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), MERV 13, occupant-health, Security & Safety, Volatile Organic Compounds, Wildfire Smoke, wildfires
Adobe Stock/ Santi Rodríguez By Shawn Gilstorf Wildfires are no longer a seasonal or regional threat. Once thought to primarily affect the western United States, wildfire smoke is now impacting facilities across the country, often in places hundreds of miles from the...
by Facility Executive | Jun 3, 2025 | 2025 Moving Forward Report, Building Design & Construction, Building-Codes, Business Continuity, Climate Change, Construction, disaster recovery, Environment, Extreme Weather, Facilities Management, Featured, Hurricanes, National Institute of Building Sciences, Natural Disasters, NIBS Consultative Council, Professional Development, resilience, resilience measures, Retrofits, severe storms, wildfires, Workplace & Interiors
Extreme weather events, including hurricanes, wildfires, and severe storms, have caused devastating financial and human losses across the U.S., with cumulative disaster costs reaching nearly $3 trillion since 1980, according to the National Institute of Building...
by Facility Executive | Jun 3, 2025 | 2025 Moving Forward Report, Building Design & Construction, Building-Codes, Business Continuity, Climate Change, Construction, disaster recovery, Environment, Extreme Weather, Facilities Management, Featured, Hurricanes, National Institute of Building Sciences, Natural Disasters, NIBS Consultative Council, Professional Development, resilience, resilience measures, Retrofits, severe storms, wildfires, Workplace & Interiors
Extreme weather events, including hurricanes, wildfires, and severe storms, have caused devastating financial and human losses across the U.S., with cumulative disaster costs reaching nearly $3 trillion since 1980, according to the National Institute of Building...
by Facility Executive | Apr 30, 2025 | Armstrong World Industries, BREEAM, Building Design & Construction, building materials, Climate Change, Construction, Energy & Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management & Lighting, Environment, Facilities Management, Featured, Green Building, LEED, Professional Development, resilient facilities, Sustainability, Sustainable Facilities, Workplace & Interiors
Energy efficiency is just the starting point of a sustainable, environmentally sound and cost-efficient facility.
