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Changes to ENERGY STAR Set for August 26, 2018 ENERGY STAR is updating its performance metrics in Portfolio Manager on August 26, 2018 for all property types. The update is being made to utilize the program’s most recent Commercial Building Energy Consumption Surve [...] - Environmental Sustainability, Roofing
Is Solar for My Building? Interest in solar is growing. In 2016 in the United States, 39 percent of all new electricity generation capacity in the country came from solar. This was more than any other source and ahead of natural gas.4 And it’s [...] - Financial Management, Operations & Maintenance
Research for Operating Buildings The real estate market remains on an upward trajectory. Operations professionals may find themselves in a scenario where they are contemplating a staffing increase. Questions that commonly arise around such consideration [...] - Operations & Maintenance
Benchmarked: High Performance Through Data Tracking Building owners and managers are always looking for ways to improve both the performance and sustainability of their properties. Data tracking is a great tool to achieve these goals. By regularly monitoring certain aspec [...] - Soft Skills/Interpersonal
Transforming Property Managers into High Performers Advanced knowledge to optimize current and future high-performance building operations positions managers to be sustainability leaders.Developing and managing high-performing real estate assets, while reducing the co [...] - Operations & Maintenance
What do Your Back of the House Areas Say About Your Maintenance Program? Most have few issues maintaining public areas, seeing as they’re the main spaces that customers or tenants see. But the state of the back of the house areas is just as important and can provide you with valuable feedba [...] - Roofing
Do You Have a Rooftop and Riser Management Program? Property owners and managers always want their buildings to be safe, efficient, and profitable. A management program for rooftop and riser spaces is indispensable in ensuring these areas stay organized and secure. And wi [...] - Design & Construction, Environmental Sustainability
Demolition Recovery Recovering Construction Waste During a Tenant Build-Out
Build-outs produce a lot of waste. That’s unavoidable. But that doesn’t mean that you have to be wasteful with your waste. Demolition Recovery, or reco [...] - Design & Construction, Parking Lots & Decks
So You Want an EV Ready Garage? What Engineers and Owners Should Consider Before Moving Forward on an EV Project As interest in green energy increases, more people have chosen to drive electric vehicles (EV). Georgia in particular reflects this trend -- the state ranks second in the United States for sales of EVs.1 Seeing as this m [...] - Design & Construction, Parking Lots & Decks
Engineering Solutions Most days, building engineers are busy completing building rounds, responding to tenant requests, keeping buildings in compliance, performing preventative maintenance tasks and making repairs which limit liability and ad [...] - Risk Management
Lightning Protection The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) estimates that each year, U.S. Fire Departments respond to over 31,000 fires started by lightning strikes. In addition, Underwriters Laboratories (UL) notes that lightning [...] - Healthy Buildings, Risk Management, Safety & Security
The Four Principles of a Water Treatment Program Water is considered the “life blood” of any facility for the simple reason that it transfers heat from one location to another. A complete water treatment program has one goal: to manage the efficiency of that heat t [...] - Professional Development, Soft Skills/Interpersonal
Engineering “Bandwidth” THE STATE OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
The news of an economic upswing and consumer confidence is great news. The questions to commercial real estate owners and operators are: Do you have a well maintained and perfor [...] - Professional Development
SMT and SMA Designations The most common question I have heard over the years comes from building engineers asking, “What is the benefit of having my Systems Maintenance Administrator (SMA) and Systems Maintenance Technician (SMT) designations [...] - Soft Skills/Interpersonal, Workforce Development
5 Categories That Will Define the Next Generation Engineer Cerebral
The engineering role in CRE is changing vastly. An engineer must sharpen his mental abilities as much as his mechanical abilities. In the age of increased reporting and liability, the engineer must be a [...] - Operations & Maintenance, Roofing
6 Steps to Optimizing a Preventative Maintenance Program When developing emergency preparedness plans for buildings, it’s easy to think about tenant safety in regards to fire, storms, natural disasters, workplace violence and the like. While each of these considerations is e [...] - Workforce Development
Engineering – The Next Generation In the commercial real estate industry, we have fared well with every recession resistant job. We are still a little thinner in staffing, and we have learned true conservation methods through this recent five-year period [...] - Preparedness, Risk Management
Prepared to Be Prepared By Alex Bruce, Highwoods PropertiesAre you prepared to deal with an emergency situation at your building? Are you familiar with the facility’s emergency plan? How would you react, and how would you deal with the sa [...] - Operations & Maintenance, Safety & Security
Preparing for OSHA Rule 1910 Edvard Munch painted a figure with an agonized expression set amongst a tumultuous orange sky landscape commonly known as “The Scream.” This painting has a few meanings, but to me, it depicts an overwhelmed person in [...]
