From Cost Center to a Savings Center: Proving the ROI of Facility Management
Facility management is often dismissed as an expense to control, but it is a critical area for efficiency, cost savings, and long-term value creation. To…
Energy Efficiency
13.5 Important Tips Before Leasing Industrial Space
Industrial and warehouse space can range from manufacturing and storage, to distribution such as pick and pack facilities. Each building you consider will have its…
Tenants and Landlords Benefit from Energy Aligned Lease Clause
Commercial landlords may balk at implementing energy-efficient upgrades or retrofits because of the perceived and real financial burdens they face for implementation. This may seem an oxymoron because it’s…
Paper towels or hand dryers in your bathrooms?
Are paper towels less costly to your facility than running and maintaining a hand dryer? It’s a tricky question, especially if you are a tenant…
Daylighting Can Spoil Drugs in Medical Office Design
A medical client recently relocated from a small, dreary, windowless office to a gorgeous, bright and cheery facility for urgent care and specialty procedures. A…
Value Engineering (VE) – Are you designing in value or just cutting costs?
This is a familiar statement in design and construction – “Every time we are asked to do “Value Engineering” it was to lower the cost!”…
How Schools Can Use Less Energy and Spend Less Money, Without the Sacrifice
By David Pospisil, Contributing Columnist Making schools energy efficient need not be an exercise in sacrifice. Schools can get the same or better services, as…