FMLink Newsletter — Sustainability — August 18, 2016

FMLink Newsletter — Sustainability — August 18, 2016

This Sustainability 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 Sustainability news from July 14 through August 17, 2016.

TOP STORIES

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

Green cleaning practices and products (How To » BOMI International)

Fairplex restroom renovation cuts paper towel budget by 50 percent and sees significant labor savings (Case Studies » World Dryer)
World Dryer hand dryers support restroom renovation at Fairplex, home of the Los Angeles County Fair

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

ISSA-TV videos cover LEED v4, disinfecting, daytime cleaning (Products and Services » Publications)

NREL/DOE launch energy profiles, action toolbox for every U.S. city (Products and Services » Publications)

Energy Star Portfolio Manager now features waste-tracking tool (Products and Services » Software)

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

Air pollution, airborne diseases drive growth of air purifiers market, finds Frost & Sullivan (Surveys)

More board-level discussions needed on data center resource efficiency, finds The Green Grid (Surveys)

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

MORE STORIES

4M awarded cleaning services contracts across several states (Contract Awards)

Urbanscape is “first” to publish system EPD for Extensive Green Roof System (Products and Services » Environment and Sustainability)

CleanFund provides SolarPACE financing for renewable energy retrofits (Products and Services » Services)

First U.S. apartment complex, Chicago office building earn IREM Certified Sustainable Property status (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

DBIA announces winners of 2016 design-build project/team awards (Developments » Industry Awards)

ZinCo green roof spacer retains stormwater, reduces risk of flooding (Products and Services » Building Products)

LiveRoof helps Maryland schools set pace as green schools (Contract Awards)

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

Transwestern offers 3 creative ways to boost tenant satisfaction, ROI (Products and Services » Publications)

LiveRoof plants its largest green roof in California on a middle school (Contract Awards)

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

BOMI completes High-Performance Designation Program (Associations and Organizations)

LiveWall enlivens restaurant’s Sky Patio, provides fresh ingredients (Contract Awards)

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

Johnson Controls’ enhanced BAS technology enables efficient, secure operations (Products and Services » Software)

Historic Hotel del Coronado achieves Green Seal Silver for environmental hotel operations (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

ILFI launches on-demand Webinars for Living Building Challenge, more (Associations and Organizations)

DOE awards to boost data-driven local energy planning (Developments » Energy Management)

Ecolab opens Latin America regional headquarters (Developments » Corporate and Organization)

Trane compact vertical blower coil can cut energy use by up to 66% (Products and Services » Indoor Air Quality)

BETCO intros urinal screen with outdoor fragrance that destroys malodors (Products and Services » Indoor Air Quality)

RedVector’s new electrical engineering courses promote energy efficiency, reliability (Products and Services » Other)

ZinCo green roof system combines 4 layers in 1 for large roof areas (Products and Services » Building Products)