Workers are More Productive in Green Buildings, Study Says GreenerBuildings Share People who work in green buildings are more productive than employees who don't, according to a recent study by researchers at the University of San Diego's Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate and CB Richard Ellis.MORE
Essential facility management research is at your fingertips with the latest
IFMA publications!
• Optimize your facility costs and provide tangible expense justification to upper management with IFMA Research Report # 32, Operations and Maintenance Benchmarks.
• Explore the prevalence, benefits and impediments of a variety of distributed work settings with IFMA Research Report #31, Distributed Work.
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IFMA Research Report #30, Benchmarks V: Annual Facility Costs.
There has been a significant shift in support for nuclear power in Australia, according to a poll.
It has found that almost one in two people believe the technology should be considered as an alternative source of energy to coal or other fossil fuels.More
The governor of Russia's second city of St. Petersburg signed a decree allowing the construction of a hulking
skyscraper for state energy giant Gazprom in the city's czarist-era center. Valentina Matviyenko said in televised comments that the 77-story glass-clad tower will be an "architectural masterpiece that future generations will be proud of."More
Employers seeking to promote wellness in the workplace may have to rethink their rewards program—or run the risk of
breaking new federal rules protecting individuals' genetic information. The recently issued guidelines prohibit health plans and employers from offering any financial rewards to any worker for participating in a health risk assessment that requests information about their family medical history. The rules apply to group health insurance with plan years beginning on or after Dec. 7.More
After two years of design, experimentation, fundraising and building, the University of Arizona's Solar Decathlon team has completed construction of its 800-square-foot solar-powered house on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.More
The Pritzker Prize-winning architect José Rafael Moneo has had to contend with difficult sites before. At the
National Museum of Roman Art in Mérida, Spain, for example, a project completed in 1986, he built a modern exhibition space over a still-buried portion of a largely excavated Roman town. In 2007 he finished an underground expansion of the early-19th-century main building of the Prado Museum in his hometown, Madrid.More
Trying to lure business travelers back into more expensive seats, airlines have slashed business-class fares to foreign cities. Many business-class airfares to Europe this fall are 33 percent to 66 percent cheaper than a year ago, an analysis by
FareCompare.com finds.More
Forget decorative crystalline stadium skins; Gino Zavanella's recently unveiled stadium is completely plastered in energy-generating photovoltaic panels. Stadium Franco Sensi, set to be built in Rome, Italy, will feature a museum of Rome's football team, restaurants, lounges and
bars in addition to regular stadium seating.More
Biodiesel is better
than ever at harnessing
the power of the sun and turning it into fuel. In
fact, a study shows the fuel is returning more than four times the energy that
it takes to make biodiesel.
Newly published research from the University of Idaho and U.S. Department of
Agriculture shows that for every unit of fossil energy needed to produce
biodiesel, the return is 4.5 units of energy. This energy-in, energy-out ratio
is "energy balance."More
Brookfield Properties Corporation, its Canadian-based subsidiary, BPO Properties Ltd., along with ownership partners Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Alberta Investment Management Corporation, announced that First Canadian Place in downtown Toronto will undergo a thorough renovation program, including a total recladding of the building's exterior with glass spandrel panels to replace the existing white marble. The project will begin
immediately and is expected to be completed by the end of 2011.More
In the winter of 2005-06, a drought began in the Southeastern U.S. Over the following two years, the region experienced severe water shortages. Lawns went brown,
streambeds ran dry, and lakes and reservoirs fell to record lows. By fall of 2007, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue had declared a state of emergency for 85 Georgia counties. Was the drought, which also seemed to extend laterally to the Southwest, the result of human-induced climate change?More
More than 70 percent of employees say they would be more productive if their workplace was quieter. The LogiSon Acoustic Network increases speech privacy and reduces disruptions by introducing a masking sound that makes conversations and noises more difficult, or impossible, to hear. It's a cost-effective method of improving overall acoustic comfort. More info
is pleased to announce AERO-K® a new Computer/Server Room Fire Suppression System.
On contact, the AERO-K® agent suppresses fire without displacing oxygen and is extremely effective. AERO-K® Systems retro fits into existing spaces and are easily installed using minimal space. Smoke activated AERO-K® Fire Suppression Systems are low maintenance, resulting in long term cost savings.
U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Specialists serve America's diplomatic efforts overseas, providing specialized skills and expertise. Facility Managers apply leadership and managerial skills to provide building-related services, oversee physical resources and direct asset management
operations within a country. For qualifications and to apply, visit www.careers.state.gov/fm09.
U.S. citizenship is required. An equal opportunity employer.
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