Tag: energy efficiency

Is It Time to Ditch Fluorescent Light Bulbs for LEDs? Environmental Study Makes the Case

By Facilities Management Advisor Staff Mar 11, 2022 Energy Management and Lighting

Updated: Mar 11, 2022

Fluorescent tube light bulbs, once embraced as an energy-efficient option, use “far more” energy than today’s LEDs and are now a “needless toxic health risk,” according to a new report published jointly by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP), CLASP, and the Clean Lighting Coalition. Laws and rules restricting the use of toxic mercury […]

FAA Offering $1B for Airport Improvement Projects

By Facilities Management Advisor Staff Feb 28, 2022 Design and Construction

Updated: Mar 8, 2022

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has opened the application process for airports to submit projects for the first $1 billion of the Airport Terminal Program funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The grant will fund safe, sustainable, and accessible airport terminals; on-airport rail access projects; and airport-owned airport traffic control towers. Projects may also include multimodal […]

How Automated Facilities Management Can Improve Your Profits

By Jessica Morris, Turntide Technologies Feb 21, 2022 Building Controls

Updated: Jun 6, 2023

Today, facility managers face challenges that can jeopardize profits, including volatile utility and operating costs. With geopolitical uncertainty and unprecedented climate events resulting in energy supply vulnerability and soaring energy prices, companies have increased pressure to make their businesses more resilient. For example, during the Texas Freeze of 2021, electricity prices surged to $9,000 per […]

Biden Admin Launches Building Performance Standards Coalition with State and Local Governments

By Joe Bebon, Editor Feb 2, 2022 Energy Management and Lighting

Updated: Feb 3, 2022

The Biden administration is teaming up with states, cities, labor, and industry to launch the National Building Performance Standards Coalition, a first-of-its-kind partnership between 33 state and local governments dedicated to delivering cleaner, healthier, and more affordable buildings. President Joe Biden announced the new coalition during his remarks at the recent U.S. Conference of Mayors’ […]

Top 10 States for LEED Buildings in 2021

By Facilities Management Advisor Staff Feb 1, 2022 Design and Construction

Updated: Feb 1, 2022

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the ranking of its annual Top 10 States for LEED, with Illinois once again topping the list and demonstrating leadership in green building. Illinois certified 3.16 square feet of building space per person under LEED in 2021. LEED is the world’s most widely used green building program and was created by […]

Biden Orders Federal Government to Shoot for Net-Zero Carbon Emissions

By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS Daily Advisor Dec 17, 2021 Green Building

Updated: Dec 17, 2021

President Joseph Biden Jr. signed Executive Order (EO) 14057, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability, on December 8, 2021. This EO directs the federal government to decarbonize by 2050 and orders it to “lead by example” and use its “scale and procurement power” to achieve five ambitious goals: 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2030, […]

Hundreds of Manufacturing Plants Meet EPA’s ENERGY STAR Challenge to Cut Emissions

By Facilities Management Advisor Staff Dec 9, 2021 Energy Management and Lighting

Updated: Dec 10, 2021

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is celebrating the 580 manufacturing plants that achieved the energy savings goals set out by EPA 10 years ago to drive energy efficiency and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions. Through the ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry, manufacturing plants agreed to reduce energy intensity by 10% within five years. These 580 […]

What Facility Managers Need to Know About Hybrid Workspaces

By Bryan Christiansen, Founder & CEO, Limble CMMS Dec 7, 2021 Access Control

Updated: Dec 7, 2021

As with the concept of remote work, hybrid work may have already existed before COVID-19, but the pandemic took the idea of hybrid workplaces to the next level. Forced government lockdowns, social distancing, and other measures ensured that hybrid ways of working became more accepted and normative across many industry sectors. As such, the trend […]

DOE Announces $13M to Make Federal Facilities More Efficient

By Facilities Management Advisor Staff Dec 6, 2021 Energy Management and Lighting

Updated: Dec 6, 2021

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $13 million in funding for 17 projects to implement energy and water efficiency, renewable energy, and climate resilience technologies at federal facilities across the country. According to the DOE, the projects will use energy performance contracts at no additional up-front cost to the government and will lower energy […]

National Lab’s ‘BETTER’ Tool Offers Low-Cost Energy Retrofits for Facilities

By Facilities Management Advisor Staff Nov 12, 2021 Energy Management and Lighting

Updated: Nov 12, 2021

Building operations account for a whopping 35% of U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and renovating them is a key strategy for combating climate change, according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). However, less than 1% of buildings are retrofitted each year, partly stemming from the high cost of identifying what retrofits a building―or especially […]