Tag: TFM-Sept-2012
Renewable Energy: The Air We Breathe
The relationship between the chemical content of building materials and occupant health is gaining renewed attention. This installment of "Renewable Energy" shifts its focus from alternative power to conversations about "chemicals of concern."
Tricks Of The Trade: Career Advice In A Difficult Employment Climate
When the opportunity to transition from maintenance to management presents itself, what steps should a person take to be best prepared?
Water Conservation and Treatment Trends: Where Blue Meets Green
Some simple facility management decisions can help organizations get a better sense of natural resource usage. Strategic choices in plumbing equipment steadily reduce water costs and consumption.
Tricks Of The Trade: Global Trends In Integrated Facilities Management
IFM is a very respected process; its practices and techniques should be learned fully. There is no short cut, and in most cases, an fm is simply passing through in the life of an organization; the person’s legacy is what is left behind for the next generation of career fm. So why isn't it widely practiced around the world?
Hotel Case Study: A Welcome Return
Hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the recently reopened Hyatt Regency New Orleans—revamped and reconfigured—provides a place for both business and pleasure.
FM Issue: Access To Data: Anytime, Anywhere
Cloud and mobile technologies help facility professionals keep track of the ever increasing amount of data they manage, and some are using specific tools to help keep important data better organized.
Services & Maintenance: Proactive Energy Management
Access to real-time and historical information on usage leads to more efficient operations. Also featured is a look into the lighting controls retrofit at the Empire State Building. Find out how intelligent energy management tools can help facility managers track power usage and gather actionable data.
Professional Development: Reactive, Preventive, Or Predictive
When maintenance “strategies” are unplanned, organizations can experience premature equipment failure, reduction in occupant satisfaction, and higher prices for repairs and equipment replacements.
Tricks Of The Trade: Vibration Analysis
Are there any existing studies that examine the issue of vibration analysis? I'm thinking about adopting a program and would appreciate input.
The Facility Technologist: Data Center Evolution
From “chicken coops” to cathedrals, today’s data centers come in new shapes and sizes.