FMLink Newsletter — August 1, 2016 FMLink Newsletter — August 1, 2016 TOP STORIES Show us what you’ve got (Magazines » FM World) FM careers: The need for a portfolio career, showing as comprehensively trained and communications-savvy; results from BIFM 2016 Pay & Prospects survey No and low cost measures to increase building sustainability (Sustainability » Leonardo Academy) Getting greener with measures for materials and waste management, commuting, cleaning, and water and energy reduction Fairplex restroom renovation cuts paper towel budget by 50 percent and sees significant labor savings (Case Studies » World Dryer) World Dryer hand dryers support restroom renovation at Fairplex, home of the Los Angeles County Fair BOMA releases office and industrial benchmarking reports (Surveys) MarketsandMarkets: IoT communication protocol market to be led by building automation, wearables (Surveys) NAIOP releases presentations on trends and forecasts from industrial real estate event (Products and Services » Publications) JLL: Corporate expansions create stability in U.S. office market (Surveys) EPA finds corrosion in most diesel fuel underground storage tanks studied (Surveys) UPCOMING EVENTS Happening this week Aug 2 – Aug 5 : Campus FM Technology Association (CFTA) Conference 2016 Posted this week There are no new events posted this week. MORE STORIES New Michigan law to boost use of energy performance contracts (Regulations and Government » Energy) BSI verifies first two sub-contractors to Level 2 BIM certification (Developments » Industry Awards) <img width=”150″ height=”150″ src=”https://fmlink.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/EPD-Urbanscape-150×150.jpg” class=”alignleft size-full wp-post-image” alt=”Urbanscape system EPD” width=”150″ /> Urbanscape is “first” to publish system EPD for Extensive Green Roof System (Products and Services » Environment and Sustainability) Construction Specifications Institute endorses AIA’s owner-consultant Contract Documents (Associations and Organizations) NAIMA: 2.8 billion pounds of recycled materials used in production of fiberglass, slag wool insulation (Surveys) Historic Hotel del Coronado achieves Green Seal Silver for environmental hotel operations (Developments » Environment and Sustainability) Tyco Security Products updates mobile security app (Products and Services » Security) BOMA International announces support of CO2toEE (Developments » Financial) Real estate owners who invest in building energy efficiency should receive financial value of resulting C02 reductions The Green Grid launches metric to assess, visualize a data center’s cooling performance (Products and Services » Publications) LiveWall enhances customer experience at revamped flower and gift shop (Contract Awards) NAIOP: U.S. commercial real estate development supported 3.2 million jobs in 2015 (Surveys) Invicara’s BIM Assure helps transform project handover (Products and Services » Software) Green Seal helps purchasers identify green insulation materials (Products and Services » Publications) ZinCo green roof spacer retains stormwater, reduces risk of flooding (Products and Services » Building Products) AIA selects seven projects for National Healthcare Design Awards (Developments » Industry Awards) More board-level discussions needed on data center resource efficiency, finds The Green Grid (Surveys)
