FMLink Newsletter — October 31, 2016 FMLink Newsletter — October 31, 2016 TOP STORIES Benchmarking your security performance (Benchmarking » FM BENCHMARKING) Protecting against paint failures and hazards (How To » BOMI International) BIFM Sustainability Survey shows shifting environment of FM (Surveys) BOMA identifies most, least expensive office markets in USA (Surveys) Navigant Research: Commercial building automation systems market at a crossroads (Surveys) SecureAuth: 69% of organizations to stop using passwords within 5 years (Surveys) AIA: Growth in architecture firms led by green building renovations (Surveys) Energy-efficient intelligent building technologies and services are foundational to Building2Grid, finds Navigant Research (Surveys) UPCOMING EVENTS Happening this week Nov 1 – Nov 2 : NFMT Vegas (National Facilities Management and Technology Conference/Expo) Nov 1 – Nov 2 : O.CON ’16: The Office Conference (office real estate) Nov 2 – Nov 4 : Design-Build Conference & Expo Nov 2 – Nov 4 : EDspaces (The Conference & Expo on Learning Environments) Nov 2 : PRSM Canada West (retail facilities maintenance) Nov 3 : BUILDEX Express Posted this week Nov 23 – Nov 24 : MEFMA Confex KSA Feb 22 – Feb 24 : Japan Facility Management Association (JFMA) Forum 2017 MORE STORIES Protect polished concrete floors with concrete care solutions from Sealed Air’s Diversey Care (Products and Services » Carpeting and Flooring) Dyson hygienic hand dryer now 30% quieter (Products and Services » Other) Delta-Q Technologies intros optimized battery chargers for floor-care machines (Products and Services » Carpeting and Flooring) UL issues first certification for remote guarding through use of command and control (Developments » Security Issues) HOK/CoreNet Global report examines impact of coworking on corporate real estate (Surveys) ASHRAE, AHRI work to phase down HFCs; commend Montreal Protocol amendment (Developments » Environment and Sustainability) Acuity Brands wireless lighting controls simplify LED retrofit (Products and Services » Lighting) NREL announces winner for crowdsourcing residential energy-efficiency smartphone app (Developments » Industry Awards) Furnishings provider West Elm expands into hospitality with West Elm Hotels (Developments » Corporate and Organization) ISSA offers live stream video from ISSA/INTERCLEAN show in Chicago October 25-28 (Associations and Organizations) Design projects meeting carbon reduction targets with mixed results, finds AIA (Surveys) Web site to connect construction site safety professionals with NYC developers (Products and Services » Services) ASIS to evaluate private security companies standard for Department of Defense (Developments » Security Issues) UL Environment, International WELL Building Institute join to promote healthier buildings (Associations and Organizations) AIA Innovation Award winners highlight design/construction collaboration (Developments » Industry Awards) “Built Environment” portal now part of Climate Resilience Toolkit (Products and Services » Publications) Schneider Electric actuator creates strong foundation for smart buildings (Products and Services » Energy)
