FMLink Newsletter — Sustainability — September 29, 2016

FMLink Newsletter — Sustainability — September 29, 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 August 18 through September 24, 2016.

TOP STORIES

Building managers now have more green certification options than ever (Sustainability » FEA)
Which option is best for you? LEED? Green Globes? BREEAM? No certification at all?

Carbon footprint standards: Why should you care? (Magazines » FMJ)

Utility best practices (Benchmarking » FM BENCHMARKING)

Guide to creating a market for energy-efficient commercial buildings launched (Products and Services » Publications)

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

Hazardous material spills (How To » BOMI International)

Results announced for 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices review (Surveys)

GRESB data shows 90% of property companies, funds actively manage carbon emissions (Surveys)

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

Drone makers set sights on growing commercial sUAS market (Surveys)

Navigant Research report analyzes growing global smart city market (Surveys)

Technavio: Touchless sensing equipment driven by smart, eco-friendly technologies (Surveys)

Ocean motion: From brine to turbine (Magazines » FMJ)
What is hydrokinetic energy and what does it mean to us?

Case study: Re-use on campus (Magazines » FMJ)
Lessons learned from university surplus property operations

MORE STORIES

Deloitte survey: Independent contractors also value workplace culture (Surveys)

Radisson Blu hotels join soap recycling program (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

Easy-to-use BACnet, standalone commercial thermostats launched by TCS (Products and Services » Energy)

ZinCo roof garden chosen for integrated project on garden island of Mainau, Germany (Contract Awards)

Hikvision intros advanced thermal cameras for challenging applications (Products and Services » Security)

New Belgium Brewing earns Zero Waste Platinum certification (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

GBCI launches SITES sustainable landscape professional credential (Associations and Organizations)

Canadian investments in healthier buildings driven by business benefits, finds CaGBC/Dodge report (Surveys)

Class A office building in Houston earns IREM Certified Sustainable Property Certification (Developments » Environment and Sustainability)

Technavio identifies drivers for data center cooling solutions market in EMEA (Surveys)

ASAP/ACEEE: Efficiency standards under next U.S. president could save $65 billion/year (Surveys)

DOE releases U.S. hydropower report, funding (Surveys)

London tops PwC Cities of Opportunity Index for social/economic health, followed by Singapore, Toronto (Surveys)

New York Clean Energy Standard mandates 50% renewables by 2030 (Regulations and Government » Energy)

EPA kicks off 5th annual Campus RainWorks Challenge for water infrastructure (Associations and Organizations)

Aditya Birla Group to offer employees eLearning safety and health courses from UL EHS Sustainability (Contract Awards)

CGT green roof selected to manage stormwater for Amazon’s urban Seattle tower (Contract Awards)

First global Product Category Rule for hand dryers published by UL Environment (Products and Services » Publications)

BOMA Canada announces National Awards winners (Developments » Real Estate)

Employee control in the workplace: The power of choice (Workplace Strategies » WORKPLACE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS)

Canada, USA take different approaches to reduce GHG emissions, finds IHS Markit (Surveys)

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

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

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

Understanding the significance of code and standard compliance is only a first step to effective facility operations (Analyst Insights » Frost & Sullivan)

USGBC, Second Nature announce 2016 Climate Leadership Awards in higher education (Developments » Industry Awards)

CaGBC launches energy benchmarking training (Associations and Organizations)