ASHE and BCxA Release Second Edition of Health Care Facility Commissioning Handbook

The American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) and the Building Commissioning Association (BCxA) recently released “Health Care Facility Commissioning Handbook (Second Edition): Best Practices for Optimizing Building System Performance in New and Existing...

John Villani Honored with BCxA Benner Award

The Building Commissioning Association (BCxA) honored Grumman|Butkus Associates Vice President John Villani, PE, CCP, CEM, LEED AP, with its prestigious Benner Award at its recent annual conference. This award recognizes outstanding achievements in making building...

Identify Lab Energy Savings With an I2SL AIM Report

A New Tool for Simple Laboratory Energy Audits The Labs2Zero decarbonization initiative of the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) has launched the Actionable Insights and Measures (AIM) Report tool. This automated energy audit software...

ASHRAE Standard 241: Revolutionizing Indoor Air Quality Standards for Healthier Buildings

Why the Standard Is a Game-Changer for Building Health and What It Means for Your Facilities In the wake of the pandemic and rising concerns about airborne pathogens, indoor air quality (IAQ) has gone from a “nice-to-have” feature to a mission-critical component of...

Coping With the Skyrocketing Cost of Electricity

Rising electricity prices have been in the news a lot recently. But what does that actually mean for your organization’s electricity costs, and is there anything that you can do about it? Beginning in the 1990s, many states deregulated their electricity markets....

Retrofit or Replace? Capital Planning Strategies for Aging Infrastructure

In the world of real estate and facilities management, few decisions carry more long-term weight than what to do with aging HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and building automation systems. Do you retrofit and squeeze out a few more years? Or do you bite the bullet and...

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