8 Bishopsgate a 50-storey tower in the heart of the City of London offers a generous range of amenities, all of which can be navigated by occupants via a user-friendly digital app. Sara Bean visited to see what’s on offer ...
Read More »Revising resources – The new CIBSE Guide M
Joanna Harris of Sodexo outlines some of the key changes in the newly amended maintenance guidance, CIBSE Guide M: Maintenance engineering and management which was launched on 28 September 2023 The pace of change in the facilities management world is ...
Read More »Skilling a retrofit revolution
Current rates of retrofit recruitment must triple if the country is to meet its 2050 net zero target. But we can’t have a retrofit revolution without closing the green skills gap, says Tom Hoines, Director of Reed Environment The race ...
Read More »Personnel touch
Emma Thornton, Marketing Manager for facilities management recruitment experts 300 North makes the case for skills-based recruitment in the FM Sector, including personality profiling Skills shortages in facilities management are still causing headaches for organisations that continue to have some ...
Read More »Sustainable surcharge
New research suggests that companies are willing to pay higher rents for more sustainable corporate office space following the rise of hybrid working. Should the sustainability attributes of some buildings be enhanced to command a rent premium or should standard ...
Read More »Offsetting options
Is carbon offsetting still a viable option for businesses to achieve net zero? Sally Phillips, Director of Corporate and Strategic at npower Business Solutions explores the options In its recent ‘Progress Report to Government’, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) stated ...
Read More »A quiet place
RSK Acoustics Associate Director Thomas Goose explains how facilities managers must adapt their office spaces to handle the demands of more flexible working patterns and better suit the different needs of employees Post-COVID it is clear that the office is ...
Read More »Optimised advantage
Mike Darby, CEO and Co-Founder of Demand Logic explains the advantages of using optimised Building Management Systems solutions to help reduce carbon emissions in buildings Currently, construction and operations in the built environment are responsible for 26 per cent of ...
Read More »On the road to net zero, science-based targets lead the way
By Sarah Hotchen, MD for NG Bailey’s Facilities Services division Back in 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that global warming must not exceed 1.5°C to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change. To achieve this, emissions must ...
Read More »Why indoor air quality matters
Leveraging the right technologies to manage Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) can mean better occupant wellbeing, energy savings, and increased ROI says Tyler A. Smith, Vice President, Healthy Buildings, Johnson Controls Temperature has often been the first thing people think about ...
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