by Shane Henson — December 13, 2013—Facility Engineering Associates (FEA), a Washington, DC-based engineering and FM consulting firm, recently announced the launch of its Sustainable Facility Management: The Facility Manager’s Guide to Optimizing Building Performance. The 446-page book provides solutions for some of the most challenging sustainability issues facing FMs today, along with guidance and advice on how best to utilize the industry’s top sustainability trends and best practices, says FEA.
This guide delivers the simple, effective steps needed to help facilities management professionals everywhere achieve high-performance sustainability in their buildings and organizations, adds FEA, in such areas as measuring building performance for energy, carbon, water and waste; managing the supply chain in sustainable and high-performance facilities; and financial and life-cycle tools to make the business case for sustainability.
The book’s authors, Chris Hodges and Mark Sekula, have a wealth of combined knowledge from their years of practice in the FM and engineering industry, with experience that includes facilities management and sustainability guidance to clients ranging from small companies to multinational organizations, educational institutions, and government entities.
