Author: FM College Admin

While we continue to experience a mix of winter and spring, melting snow and extra precipitation often cause flooding and water damage. In order to minimize that damage, maintenance managers need to know how to decrease the risk of moisture and mould, where to look for potential damage, and how to handle it if it…

Every year, Atrius shares its State of Corporate Sustainability report, which gathers responses from facilities, energy, and sustainability professionals to understand the trends and challenges these teams and their organizations currently face. With sustainability becoming a bigger priority year by year, how are facilities teams contributing to progress—and what do they need to make a…

Today more than ever, facility managers are challenged to figure out how to best deploy mobile access within a building, so that employees and tenants can use a smartphone or smart watch as a new type of “key” to unlock places, spaces, and things within a facility. It’s a timely topic that cannot be avoided,…

Effective management of indoor temperatures while minimizing energy consumption is a constant priority for facility managers across various industries. Temperature stratification – where warm air accumulates near the ceiling while cooler air remains at lower levels – presents a significant challenge for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Destratification fans offer a practical solution, facilitating…

Two months after opening, the W.E.B Du Bois library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst began spalling, a phenomenon where a building sheds brick chips. There are various urban legends about why this happened but the most realistic is that the architect involved did not account for the weight of the books in his design….

Electric lighting for buildings, roadways and parking lots can create problems for migrating birds As winter turns into spring, there is one universal harbinger of the new season, regardless of regional climates – the return of abundant daylight. More natural light lifts human spirits, but humans are not the only ones responding to the change….