Author: FM College Admin

How to respond to climate change is an ever-increasing concern for facility managers. Here’s how one FM has been successful in implementing renewable energy. In scientific discussions of climate change, you often hear “feedback loops” mentioned as one of the biggest hazards for a warming planet. For instance, the hotter it gets, the more air…

  Almost three in four (72 per cent) classrooms suffer from air quality that is ‘below standard’, according to a new survey asking teachers across the UK about their school’s working conditions. Nearly three in five teachers (59 per cent) deemed a classroom with poor air quality to be ‘not fit for purpose’ – for…

  Smartphone-like touchscreens and adaptive underlying software provide needed durability and adaptability. No matter the application, industrial end-users expect intuitive interfaces. For industrial automation, touchscreen HMIs are a mature technology, representing a valuable addition to many machine and process-automation applications. They interact closely with programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and other devices, providing the capabilities of…

    Diverse teams have a harder time trusting each other than homogenous teams do. Consequently, global leaders not only need to gain trust from diverse teams, they also need to build trust among diverse team members. Our research on culturally intelligent organizations finds that formalizing a set of culturally intelligent routines is critical part…

The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) conducted an online survey in April/May 2022 to explore professional sports venue security issues, emerging threats, and technology solutions. A total of 40 venue directors hosting teams from Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the National…

When effective, carbon credits should be used as a solution within a company’s wider decarbonization strategy. A large number of companies are, however, reluctant to use them. Concerns over quality and fears that claims about carbon neutrality based on them could be perceived as greenwashing continue to proliferate. There are also concerns about the disclosure…