FMLink Newsletter — Sustainability — June 9, 2016

FMLink Newsletter — Sustainability — June 9, 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 May 5 through June 8, 2016.

TOP STORIES

Justifying your maintenance staffing through benchmarking (Benchmarking » FM BENCHMARKING)

Digging out of deferred maintenance (Magazines » FMJ)

Why you should benchmark your carbon footprint (Benchmarking » FM BENCHMARKING)

Greenhouse gas emission metrics (Sustainability » FEA (Facility Engineering Associates, P.C.))

The right fit: Selecting an FM management system standard for your facilities (Magazines » FMJ)

ASHRAE outlines measures to target net zero energy (Products and Services » Publications)

CaGBC launches national energy benchmarking framework guide (Products and Services » Publications)

Orange revolution: How the Dutch do FM (Magazines » FM World)
Activity-based working and a service-led focus are boosting FM’s profile in the Netherlands

CDC taps IFMA, BOMA: Better water system maintenance needed to prevent Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks (Surveys)

Navigant studies indoor environmental, air quality technologies for construction, retrofit (Surveys)

New ASTM standard to boost sustainable manufacturing (Products and Services » Publications)

NEMA titles cover smart grid, lighting controls (Products and Services » Publications)

SLL finds human responses important in LED choice (Surveys)

Energy Productivity Playbook paves way for global emissions reductions (Products and Services » Publications)

MORE STORIES

ISS U.K. creates custom refrigerant gas compliance app (Products and Services » Software)

Australia can reach zero carbon by 2050, finds report (Surveys)

DOE charts progress on SunShot goals, identifies solar opportunities (Surveys)

USGBC launches pilot credit for healthier building materials (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

Resilience Building Coalition releases progress report, resilience principles (Surveys)

Technavio: Global battery monitoring solutions market driven by data centers, EVs (Surveys)

Consortium to launch product transparency site (Associations and Organizations)

Center for Active Design launches Fitwel certification for healthier built environments (Developments » Other Developments)

Technavio: Colocation demand to boost growth in global generator market in data centers (Surveys)

AIA, Autodesk automate reporting 2030 Commitment performance data (Products and Services » Software)

ASHRAE, AFE partner to optimize facility operations worldwide (Associations and Organizations)

LiveWall green wall selected to welcome patients, staff to heart center (Contract Awards)

SkyBEAM UAV approved by FAA for first nighttime commercial drone operation in USA (Products and Services » Services)

Essendant launches professional-grade food-service, janitorial products (Products and Services » Other)

NEMA: LED A-line lamp shipments capture over 25% of market for first time in Q1 2016 (Surveys)

Lendlease sets new benchmark for livable cities with 6 Star Green Star (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

Mackenzie’s new Vancouver office earns 4 Green Globes for Sustainable Interiors (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

enVerid Systems launches HVAC Load Reduction module for all seasons (Products and Services » Energy)

Human touch (Magazines » FM World)
How human contact from co-working pays dividends

BCA honors Singapore built environment industry’s best (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

Upsite’s “4 R’s” data center airflow management method shown to lower PUE, increase reliability (Products and Services » Indoor Air Quality)

Jamaican university breaks ground on region’s first net zero energy building (Developments » Energy Management)

Makro launches its first store powered by renewable energy (Developments » Energy Management)