Author: FM College Admin

  Over the last few years, the pandemic has affected how we clean to stay safe. The increased use of disinfectants and cleaners has also increased the amount of airborne chemicals. Although facilities have improved their cleaning processes, how we clean buildings directly affects the air quality inside them. Air purification is an emerging form…

Energy Insights Actively monitoring energy usage and maintaining a facility’s system efficiency is essential when seeking energy savings and overall improvement in efficiency. Using a ROC to unite systems management can benefit a facility’s efforts from a remote location and dramatically increase energy efficiency results. ROC’s holistic approach is capable of providing solutions for large…

  Most Kenyans hop on the back of a motorbike taxi, known locally as a boda-boda, to get around town. With 22 million rides per day, it’s a sector that provides an estimated 1 million direct jobs for drivers. A cheaper, faster mode of transportation that can dodge traffic and access hard-to-reach areas, motorbike ridership…

A number of factors can contribute to windows either helping or harming a facility’s energy efficiency efforts Windows are a crucial, though sometimes underrated, part of a facility’s energy efficiency strategy. Windows also dramatically affect occupant health, wellness, and safety. Because windows are often a big investment, and aren’t changed frequently, it’s very important that…

All too often visibility and control is lacking in life safety. Engineers attend sites to report faults when their physical presence is no longer needed. Often, faults are reported without adequate information, resulting in increased engineering downtime and inefficient first-time fixes. Companies providing life safety systems are beginning to recognise gaps in compliance, testing, reporting,…

  The simple answer is yes. Even if you think you don’t like people – and you could be an outlier – most of us need a sense of belonging with the people in our proximal environment. What’s more, over time our behaviour and choices inexorably come to resemble the normative tendencies of those we…