FMLink Newsletter — Energy Management — July 28, 2016

FMLink Newsletter — Energy Management — July 28, 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 June 23 – July 27, 2016.

TOP STORIES

Powerful alternatives (Magazines » BOMA)
Using alternative energy to power commercial buildings

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

Is interest building in BIM? (Magazines » Premises & Facilities Management)
The benefits and potential of BIM to assist in improving the running of facilities

Technavio: Containerized data centers to drive precision air-conditioning market through 2020 (Surveys)

Legacy Charter School reduces costs and labor by installing World Dryer SMARTdri® high speed hand dryers (Case Studies » World Dryer)
Legacy Charter School’s move from paper towels to high speed hand dryers produces a payback In less than a year

BSI publishes IoT interoperability specification (Products and Services » Publications)

Frost & Sullivan sees growth in energy efficiency technologies in building, transport sectors (Surveys)

MORE STORIES

New Michigan law to boost use of energy performance contracts (Regulations and Government » Energy)

Driving impactful workplace strategy conversations (Workplace Strategies » WORKPLACE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS)
A chat with Jim Ware, author of ‘Making Meetings Matter’

EnTouch Controls expands IoT suite with Intel-based technology (Products and Services » Software)

ASHE recognizes hospitals for cutting energy consumption (Developments » Energy Management)

Active Power offers first UPS-as-a-Service solution through Burland Energy (Products and Services » Energy)

Salt Lake City commits to 100% renewable energy sources by 2032 (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

Three ASHRAE professional certifications earn ANSI accreditation (Associations and Organizations)

New York to deploy BuildingIQ’s Predictive Energy Optimization platform across 25 buildings (Contract Awards)

NREL announces participants for 2016 Energy Execs program (Associations and Organizations)

ADE: U.K. district heating could be subsidy-free by 2021 (Surveys)

EERE: QM Power’s “revolutionary” refrigeration fan motor can slash supermarket energy usage (Developments » Technology and Telecommunications)

DOE Better Buildings campaigns promote lighting upgrades, green leasing (Surveys)

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

DOE invests $19 million to improve efficiency of U.S. buildings (Developments » Energy Management)

Servicing those ecosystems: The value of trees (Sustainability » Linnean Solutions)
Trees can provide many environmental and social benefits

Building acceptable indoor air quality is necessary to achieve an ideal occupant comfort level (Analyst Insights » Frost & Sullivan)

WELL ahead of the curve (Magazines » BOMA)
How the built environment affects health, mental well-being and productivity