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 4, 2025 | Building Design & Construction, Building-Codes, Business Continuity, California, Construction, disaster recovery, Earthquake Resistant Design, Earthquakes, Facilities Management, Featured, Healthcare Facilities, McCarthy, resilient design, Security & Safety, seismic activity, seismic-resilient construction, structural engineering, Workplace Safety
By John Leuenberger The ground beneath us is anything but still. In a time when extreme weather events like wildfires and floods frequently dominate headlines, it’s easy to forget that earthquakes remain one of the most unpredictable and destructive forces we face,...
by Facility Executive | Jun 4, 2025 | Business Continuity, employee safety, Employee-Training, Environment, extreme Heat, Facilities Management, Featured, Heat Stress, heat-related illness, HVAC, outdoor work, Productivity, Security & Safety, Technology, Vector Solutions, wearable technology, weather-related fatalities, Workplace & Interiors, workplace health and safety, Workplace Safety
By Clare Epstein Across the U.S., heat remains the leading cause of weather-related fatalities, putting those working outdoors or in non-climate-controlled indoor spaces directly at risk. Early forecasts suggest that the summer of 2025 will be above the historical...
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 Guest Contributor | Jun 2, 2025 | Amenities, environmental impact, Facilities Management, Facility Restrooms, FacilityBlog, Featured, recycled, Restrooms, Restrooms & Plumbing, sanitary paper products, Sofidel Group, Toilet Paper, trees, water usage, Workplace & Interiors
Adobe Stock/nuttachet chinavong – Generated by AI By Riccardo Balducci Are virgin paper or recycled sanitary paper products more environmentally conscious? Most people would automatically say recycled. Not so fast! There are many factors in a paper product’s...
