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Oh, Dawson... only you are thinking about winter on the first day of summer! ... Continue Reading

Commercial Buildings consume 13.6 quads of electricity (35 percent of electricity consumed in the U.S) and generate 826 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions (16 percent of all U.S. carbon dioxide emissions)! Reducing energy use in commercial buildings would have tremendous positive impact in our environment and energy security, and would save money that can be used to help grow U.S. businesses. In addition, energy efficiency in commercial buildings creates good, skilled and needed ... Continue Reading

Since we are halfway through the year, we wanted to see how these predictions were holding up. According to their 2023 predictions, Enlighted, a smart buildings proptech company, looked at the technology imperatives to evolve across people, space, and work. Here are some interesting findings, regarding Sustainability: "Given the reality of rising real estate and energy costs and low space utilization, corporate executives will turn to IoT-enabled technologies to get more productivity from the people ... Continue Reading

May 30 is World MS Day, initiated in 2009 by the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF) and its global members, which includes the National MS Society, unites individuals and organizations from around the world to raise awareness and move us closer to a world free of MS. The theme for the 2020-2023 campaigns is “I Connect, We Connect” (#MSConnections). It calls for building community connections, self-connection and connections to quality care. You can join Jonathan Epstein ... Continue Reading

"When something bad happens, you have three choices. You can either let it define you; let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you." Theodor Seuss Geisel anyone recognize the pen name of this "doctor"? ... Continue Reading

In an article from Buildings magazine entitled, "Data-Driven Strategy: Why Predictive Maintenance Makes Sense For Healthy Buildings," (Jan/Feb, 2023), Brian Cline writes about the benefits of predictive maintenance. "System maintenance should be performed when specific indicators show signs of decreasing performance, increasing energy usage or impending failure. Predictive maintenance can detect when things go wrong before anyone notices - and before repair and operational costs escalate. It can pinpoint the root cause of issues, easing ... Continue Reading

In an article from Buildings magazine entitled, "Data-Driven Strategy: Why Predictive Maintenance Makes Sense For Healthy Buildings," (Jan/Feb, 2023), Brian Cline writes about the three types of maintenance: Reactive, Preventive and Predictive. "Historically, building personnel would correct issues as they occurred, otherwise known as reactive, corrective or run-to-failure maintenance... This strategy can be costly as reactive service calls after equipment breaks average three times as expensive as proactive calls... "Preventative maintenance was introduced in the ... Continue Reading

Salamander Saturday is taking place on Saturday, May 6. This initiative was started by the Foundation for Salamander Conservation (FCSal) to raise awareness about salamanders, their habitats, and their role in the ecosystem. We encourage organizations around the world to hold an event on this day and to share their events with FCSal through social media using #SalamanderSaturday, thereby promoting global unity in the effort to protect salamanders. how about protection by conservation! ... Continue Reading

According to their 2023 predictions, Enlighted, a smart buildings proptech company, looked at the technology imperatives to evolve across people, space, and work. Here are some interesting findings, regarding Building IoT (Internet of Things): "This year we've seen fires, flooding, and record-breaking heat waves cross the globe, encouraging both the public and private sectors to reconsider how organizations approach climate change and sustainability. As a result, many businesses have committed to taking more immediate actions ... Continue Reading

Here is an interesting insurance statistic courtesy of our friends at Arbor Insurance Group: Average cost of an insurance deductible for a commercial real estate property: $2,500. Deductibles for water losses are ≥$5,000. Losses for fire sprinkler freeze incident? $10,000 to $50,000 with a caveat that, if a building is unoccupied for a long weekend, it can climb much higher. Most insurance companies typically see 10+ commercial pipe freeze each winter. Hopefully this helps to ... Continue Reading

The strongest of all warriors are these two: Time and Patience - Leo Tolstoy ... Continue Reading

so we asked chatGPT: make an expert claim about why building owners should be using a system that proactively alerts to potential pipe freeze conditions. and it's reply was: "As an expert language model, I can claim that building owners should be using a system that proactively alerts to potential pipe freeze conditions because it can help prevent costly and disruptive damage caused by frozen pipes. When water in pipes freezes, it expands and can ... Continue Reading