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Web Exclusive: Altogether Recycling’s Parking Lot Goes Green
Alpine Waste & Recycling’s Altogether Recycling plant has gone green, inside and out. Altogether Recycling recently chose an environmentally friendly method to repave a large section of its parking lot, using recycled glass from its own plant.
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Web Exclusive: Water Savings 101
As the hurricane season begins to bring torrential downpours from Texas through the Southeast and up to the mid-Atlantic states, it makes folks forget that wide swaths of the country are still suffering through persistent drought and low levels of water supply. While agriculture, power generation and other industrial uses account for a large portion of water consumption in the U.S., the built environment is responsible for a significant portion. Outdoor water use accounts for nearly 30 percent of the 26 billion gallons of water used in the U.S. Indoor water use both for domestic water and heating and cooling makes up the other 70 percent; a statistic to which every commercial building in the country contributes. Needless to say, facility managers can have a tremendous impact on water use and water conservation.
by Tommy Linstroth LEED AP
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Web Exclusive: PeaceHealth Commits to Energy Efficiency through SEMP
PeaceHealth’s system casts a wide net, serving communities in Oregon, Washington and Alaska through seven hospitals totaling about 1,000 beds. Although joined through their PeaceHealth affiliation, the hospitals have been largely regionally operated, with each individual hospital managing its own facilities. This independence also extended to energy management.
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Housing Mess = Pent-Up Demand For Your Services
Earlier this week the U.S. Commerce Department released
October stats indicating that new home and apartment construction have dropped
to an annual rate of 791,000 units, a 4.5% decrease from September.
by Tim Fausch | November 19, 2008 | Comments (1)
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Bentley Announces V8i Software Portfolio for Infrastructure Professionals
Exton, Pa. — Bentley Systems, Incorporated’s V8i is a comprehensive software portfolio for infrastructure. Encompassing products for all of the solution communities served by Bentley, the V8i portfolio leverages and extends core capabilities of its new interoperability platform to provide the technology necessary for fully integrated project delivery. According to the company, V8i’s interoperability platform enables Bentley applications to persist, share, and visualize infrastructure asset data in a common way, promoting collaborative workflows.
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ENERGY STAR Changes
ENERGY STAR, the national energy performance
rating system sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), has undergone a significant revision effective October 2007.
by Judith M. Peters LEED AP
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Web-based Life-Cycle Analysis Program Helps Building Owners Save Money
Manufacturer of single-ply roofing materials Carlisle SynTec’s Roof$ense is a Web-based, life-cycle analysis program that enables building owners to calculate the potential energy savings that can be realized from an energy-efficient roof design for the next 10, 20 or 30 years, the company reports.
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Redefining Radford
Radford University has signed on for another season with fabric membrane roofing. Dedmon Center — the Radford, Va.-based university’s multipurpose athletic arena — is currently undergoing retrofit roofing construction, to be completed in November 2008.
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Photovoltaic Cells
Just like roofing systems, solar solutions come in a variety of types, sizes, efficiencies and price points. Before investing in a rooftop solar system, it is important to understand the types of photovoltaic (PV) cells available and which technology might be best for a particular application.
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FACILITY MANAGER'S HANDBOOK
The "bricks and mortar" issues of facility management – HVAC,
lighting, electrical, plumbing, space allocation, security and grounds
maintenance – continue to be at the core the facility manager's role. However,
the processes involved in addressing these areas have become more complex. The
proliferation of regulatory mandates, worker compensation issues, increased
employee litigation, and violence in the workplace have redefined the role of
the facility manager beyond "gatekeeper" to that of full-scale
operations manager. Today's corporations, organizations, and business
partnerships invest heavily in their physical plants. It naturally follows that
they expect to maximize the return on their investment. Facility managers are
seen as the catalysts for ensuring that optimal return. The Facility Manager's
Handbook address all of these issues, and provides a multitude of tested ideas,
procedures and examples for successfully and cost-effectively managing facility
operations. Written in a plain-language, reader-friendly style, it provides a
panoramic view of the process by isolating the key areas the facility manager
must address, including real estate, space and change management, indoor air
quality, emergency preparedness and response planning, communications systems,
regulatory mandates and more. A wealth of illustrations, tables and graphs are
included to facilitate a clear understanding. $88.00 |
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