FMLink Newsletter — Energy Management — December 15, 2016

FMLink Newsletter — Energy Management — December 15, 2016

This Energy Management newsletter is one of a series of five specialized newsletters, supplementing our weekly general newsletter (sent on Mondays). For each of five weeks you will receive a different specialized newsletter on Thursdays or Fridays, focusing on a different FM-related area. To manage which ones you receive, click on the link below.

This newsletter covers news from November 10 through December 14, 2016.

TOP STORIES

Pumps: The heart of a boiler system (How To » BOMI International)

Tenant amenities in the modern age (Magazines » BOMA)
How to determine whether the amenities offered meet modern expectations and enhance tenant experiences

The hand-off – Planning for successful transition from construction to operations (Magazines » FMJ)

ASHRAE/IES launch 2016 Energy Efficiency Standard (Products and Services » Publications)

Lithium ion batteries comprise 83% of new energy storage systems capacity, finds Navigant Research (Surveys)

Returns on investment by treating building occupants WELL (Sustainability » Leonardo Academy)
An overview of the WELL Building Standard and its links to LEED

Siemens, AutoGrid rank as top providers of demand response management systems, finds Navigant Research (Surveys)

Frost & Sullivan: Smart buildings fuel growth in European lighting control market (Surveys)

Winners of 2016 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards announced by DOE/FEMP (Developments » Industry Awards)

Financing of battery energy storage systems explored by Navigant Research (Surveys)

Unlocking building performance data could save billions of dollars in U.S. apartment buildings (Surveys)

CaGBC report: Green buildings can combat climate change, stimulate economy (Products and Services » Publications)

MORE STORIES

Ten U.S. cities join project to cut climate pollution from buildings (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

JM Electrical installs automation system at NEU’s science and engineering complex (Contract Awards)

DOE partners with ICC, others on compliance guide for energy storage systems (Regulations and Government » Code-related Issues)

DOE highlights top three hydrogen and fuel cell states (Surveys)

DOE announces $25 million to innovate electric motors for manufacturing (Developments » Energy Management)

DOE, partners to promote Zero Energy Districts for more sustainable communities (Developments » Energy Management)

Mexico develops first energy conservation code with ICC, partners (Regulations and Government » Code-related Issues)

Ottawa high-rise earns Canada’s first LEED v4 certification for existing building (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

Osram ENCELIUM lighting control system gains DLC qualification for efficiency (Products and Services » Lighting)

Bender monitoring tool optimizes proactive maintenance (Products and Services » Energy)

Excellence in energy code compliance recognized by IMT, ICC (Developments » Industry Awards)

Siemens/Vigilent thermal optimization solution targets data center energy efficiency (Products and Services » Energy)

Navigant Research: Stationary fuel cells becoming viable in various markets globally (Surveys)

Totem smart power tower redesigns smart utility (Products and Services » Energy)

Energy management app to optimize operations launched by Current, powered by GE (Products and Services » Software)

Navy vs. Air Force Better Buildings Challenge SWAP highlights efficiency tips (Products and Services » Publications)

Predictive data for construction costs (Magazines » FMJ)

Fairhair Alliance, ZigBee Alliance to drive product interoperability for smarter commercial buildings (Associations and Organizations » Developments)