FMLink Newsletter — June 27, 2016 FMLink Newsletter — June 27, 2016 TOP STORIES Powerful alternatives (Magazines » BOMA) Using alternative energy to power commercial buildings Why you should measure janitorial staffing (Benchmarking » FM BENCHMARKING) Technavio: Global mobile robotics use rising in security, manufacturing, more (Surveys) WELL ahead of the curve (Magazines » BOMA) How the built environment affects health, mental well-being and productivity BCC reports on changes in U.K. cleaning industry (Surveys) CoreNet / ISS survey projects increases in corporate real estate outsourcing (Surveys) International council launched to improve real estate data integrity (Associations and Organizations) Dodge plans show data-driven trends in construction industry (Developments » Corporate and Organization) Navigant: London, Bristol are U.K.’s leading smart cities (Surveys) Cintas study: 93% of U.S. adults would avoid an unclean store (Surveys) UPCOMING EVENTS Happening this week Jun 28 – Jun 30 : Green Sports Alliance Summit Jun 29 – Jun 30 : Northeast Buildings & Facilities Management Show & Conference 2016 (NEBFM’16) Posted this week Nov 17 : CIBSE Building Performance Conference and Exhibition Nov 9 – Nov 10 : NeoCon East 2016 Oct 16 – Oct 21 : CTBUH 2016 International Conference (tall buildings) MORE STORIES DIRTT demos power of mixed reality for construction (Products and Services » Software) NeoCon 2016: Teknion Sanna by Pablo lighting collection wins Gold (Products and Services » Lighting) NeoCon 2016: Humanscale ergonomic workspace tool wins Gold (Products and Services » Accessories) NeoCon 2016: Patcraft’s resilient tile takes home Silver (Products and Services » Carpeting and Flooring) Seagrave Coatings intros ThinkPaint heavy-duty dry-erase paint (Products and Services » Other) NeoCon 2016: IdeaPaint mobile collaboration products gain Silver (Products and Services » Furniture) NeoCon 2016: Configura launches virtual reality space-planning software (Products and Services » Software) NeoCon 2016: CBC Flooring intros premium resilient sheet flooring (Products and Services » Carpeting and Flooring) NeoCon 2016: MechoSystems earns Innovation, Silver for window solutions (Products and Services » Other) NeoCon 2016: Tarkett custom flooring with software earns BON Gold; company earns additional Gold, two Innovations (Products and Services » Carpeting and Flooring) ISSA partners with Ghana cleaning association (Associations and Organizations) Autodesk, Trimble increase interoperability for project workflow efficiency (Developments » Corporate and Organization) Trane expands centrifugal chiller line with compliant refrigerants (Products and Services » Indoor Air Quality) President Obama announces smart manufacturing institute, competitions (Developments » Technology and Telecommunications) NREL announces participants for 2016 Energy Execs program (Associations and Organizations) HandyTrac technology offers efficient key control to multi-housing managers (Products and Services » Security) USGBC: Green building report highlights sustainability efforts of industrial facilities (Surveys)
