FMLink Newsletter — Sustainability — June 25, 2020

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 May 28 through June 24, 2020.

TOP STORIES

BOMA issues best practices to help industrial properties navigate the “new normal;” also, how FMs should handle fire drills and evacuations now (Products and Services » Publications)

Effective HVAC for human comfort (How To » BOMI International)

5 tips to upgrade and prepare your restrooms for reopening (Surveys and Trends)

Planning and project management for energy savings (Magazines » FMJ)
Keeping essential energy costs down

With people spending extra time indoors, this guide can help you reduce indoor air pollution and protect workers’ health (Products and Services » Publications)

Reopening buildings safely, with LEED guidance, and tools and analytics from Arc (Products and Services » Publications)

See how FMs can ventilate a room to reduce exposure to airborne coronavirus (Products and Services » Safety and Health » Software & Technology)

MORE STORIES
iOFFICE’s Space-Right tool for safe distancing

Wondering how to apply physical distancing as your building reopens? This new software can take out the guesswork (Products and Services » Software & Technology)

From office furniture to plumbing fixtures to skyscrapers, see which green projects won the Green Good Design Awards for 2020 (Environment and Sustainability » Products and Services)

NeoCon 2020: If you need flooring that helps meet sustainability goals, check out Mohawk’s wood-look resilient and urban-design carpet planks (Carpeting & Flooring » Products and Services)

Find out how this new surface nanocoating can kill coronavirus particles on contact (Products and Services » Safety and Health)

See how this rugged battery charger can improve reliability and runtime for lower-watt charging applications (Energy » Products and Services)

To facilitate workforce screening as buildings reopen, Quest now offers both on-site testing services and at-home kits (Products and Services » Safety and Health)