FMLink Newsletter — Sustainability — October 27, 2016

FMLink Newsletter — Sustainability — October 27, 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 September 22 through October 26, 2016.

TOP STORIES

Benchmarking your facility’s carbon footprint (Benchmarking » FM BENCHMARKING)

Buy utilities at the lowest cost (How To » BOMI International)

What FMs need to know to keep occupants safe during flu season (Sustainability » Ashkin Group)
How to fight pathogens this flu season with minimal environmental impact

NREL studies six common city-level energy policies to reduce emissions (Surveys)

OSHA updates recommended practices for workplace safety and health programs (Products and Services » Publications)

NREL: U.S. solar photovoltaic costs continue to fall in 2016 (Surveys)

ULI: Real estate industry must address climate change to maintain competitiveness (Products and Services » Publications)

DOE highlights five clean energy technologies (Surveys)

Commercial real estate: The hidden industry (Magazines » BOMA)
The operations of commercial real estate is truly an industry that hides in plain sight

Integrative design – for your site projects, too (Sustainability » Linnean Solutions)
The importance of involving all facilities professional stakeholders in site design projects

Energy-efficient intelligent building technologies and services are foundational to Building2Grid, finds Navigant Research (Surveys)

GBCI to administer zero waste facility certification, credential (Associations and Organizations)

Practice Greenhealth unveils cost of ownership calculator (Products and Services » Software)

Data center energy standard published by ASHRAE (Products and Services » Publications)

MORE STORIES

Excel Dryer publishes first dry time, energy use results to ULE global hand dryer PCR (Products and Services » Other)

Bell & Gossett introduces PLEV formula for smarter hydronic pump selection (Products and Services » Software)

U.S./China energy performance contracting projects announced (Contract Awards)

GBCI announces new green building technology organization: “arc” (Associations and Organizations)

Design projects meeting carbon reduction targets with mixed results, finds AIA (Surveys)

California milestone toward achieving statewide zero net energy announced by NBI, partners (Developments » Energy Management)

NREL announces winner for crowdsourcing residential energy-efficiency smartphone app (Developments » Industry Awards)

Future Facilities Assessment Service to guide data centers as adopt The Green Grid’s new Performance Indicator (Products and Services » Software)

New Yahoo! data center goes greener with living wall (Contract Awards)

Fifth annual Global Outsourcing Social Responsibility Impact Award goes to CBRE, say IAOP, ISG (Developments » Industry Awards)

ASTM heat transfer standard to help improve HVAC efficiency (Products and Services » Publications)

Los Angeles, Green Seal announce green lodging incentive program (Associations and Organizations)

Sunset Vine Tower earns IREM certification for sustainable property management (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

DOE launches Better Communities Alliance to ignite clean energy action (Associations and Organizations)

Daikin Applied next-gen 800-ton chiller improves performance in harsher climates (Products and Services » Indoor Air Quality)

GRESB global infrastructure assessment captures ESG performance of funds, assets (Surveys)

EPA SmartWay honors freight carriers, shippers, logistics cos. for supply chain efficiency (Developments » Industry Awards)

GBCI, EDF to establish Investor Confidence Project as global standard for energy efficiency projects (Associations and Organizations)

ASHRAE, AHRI work to phase down HFCs; commend Montreal Protocol amendment (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

COP21 Paris climate agreement reaches threshold for entry into force (Regulations and Government » Energy)

CaGBC launches energy benchmarking training (Associations and Organizations)