FMLink Newsletter — September 12, 2016 FMLink Newsletter — September 12, 2016 TOP STORIES Utility best practices (Benchmarking » FM BENCHMARKING) Employee control in the workplace: The power of choice (Workplace Strategies » WORKPLACE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS) Facility managers find ventilation solutions with DuctSox fabric duct (White Papers » DuctSox Corporation) DuctSox now goes into data centers, UFAD and adds aesthetics to commercial buildings Navigant Research: Energy efficiency commercial building retrofits market to grow steadily (Surveys) OSHA offers guidance for safe cleanup from Hermine, floods (Products and Services » Publications) CareerBuilder/Emsi study shows job gains in high-, low-wage occupations, losses in middle-wage (Surveys) GRESB data shows 90% of property companies, funds actively manage carbon emissions (Surveys) CBRE: Properties ready for extreme weather are more profitable (Surveys) Frost & Sullivan: Food waste management opportunities expanded by innovative upcycling of food waste (Surveys) ISO addresses landslide early warning systems (Associations and Organizations) UPCOMING EVENTS Happening this week Sep 12 – Sep 15 : ASIS International 62nd Annual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2016) Sep 12 – Sep 15 : Data Center World New Orleans Conference Sep 12 – Sep 14 : IAQ 2016 Conference (indoor air quality) Sep 14 – Sep 16 : CoreNet Global Summit — EMEA (corporate real estate) Posted this week Oct 23 – Oct 25 : IES 2016 Annual Conference (lighting) Nov 2 – Nov 4 : Design-Build Conference & Expo Jan 9 – Jan 12 : Building Innovation 2017: National Institute of Building Sciences Conference and Expo Dec 12 – Dec 16 : International Maintenance Conference (IMC-2016) MORE STORIES ISSA launches third-party CITS Training Center Verification (Associations and Organizations) Sloan launches commercial restroom design CEU courses (Products and Services » Services) Courses educate plumbing specifiers on issues affecting commercial restroom design: sustainability, conservation of natural resources, aesthetics Companies donate cleaning products to victims of Louisiana flooding (Developments » Corporate and Organization) Ascent launches data center infrastructure management platform (Products and Services » Software) Plans for historic Philadelphia office towers indicate real estate trends (Developments » Real Estate) Christian Church Homes earns Accredited Management Organization designation (Developments » Real Estate) EPA kicks off 5th annual Campus RainWorks Challenge for water infrastructure (Associations and Organizations) Partners to develop “smart city” near Washington, DC (Developments » Real Estate) CGT green roof selected to manage stormwater for Amazon’s urban Seattle tower (Contract Awards) Luminaires topped lamps in 2015 global lighting market, finds IHS Markit (Surveys) Eaton adds LED luminaires for outdoor floodlighting applications (Products and Services » Lighting) San Diego resort-style community gains IREM sustainability certification (Developments » Environment and Sustainability) TC Facilities Management to provide window-cleaning services to 200 U.K. KFC restaurants (Contract Awards) Brain Corp, ICE partner on self-driving vehicles for cleaning industry (Products and Services » Carpeting and Flooring) OSHA, Health Canada update plan to align labeling, classification requirements for hazardous workplace chemicals (Products and Services » Publications) LiveRoof green roof links new Biosciences Building to CMU research (Contract Awards) Earthquake-resistant cranes assured under new ISO standard (Products and Services » Publications)
