As the performance of many HVAC systems in buildings are still being evaluated, the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force announces updates (on February 1, 2021) its reopening guidance for HVAC systems to help mitigate the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. “The Building Readiness Guide includes additional information and clarifications to assist
Read more →Even as businesses reopen and employees return to work, the US continues to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a new frontier and building and facilities managers face many challenges to safe reopening. New guidelines for social distancing and workstation layouts need special attention. Doing so puts
Read more →As students and office workers prepare to return to campus or their office buildings, it may not come down to a nasal swab or blood test. Instead, new technology shows the standard for reopening may be about testing buildings and not just people. The technology, developed and
Read more →History: This new law will have a significant effect on Common Interest Developments (CIDs) through the State of California. The bill was introduced as a response to the Berkeley balcony collapse in the Library Gardens Apartments on June 16, 2015, when thirteen pupils fell forty feet
Read more →As institutional and commercial facilities reopen, facility managers are under intense pressure to create healthier workplaces and ensure buildings do not contribute to a second wave of COVID-19. In many cases, such efforts within facilities focus largely on cleaning and sanitizing surfaces and allowing for social distancing in
Read more →Many commercial buildings that were almost vacant during the pandemic are now welcoming back employees and patrons, while facility managers are focusing on ways to optimize indoor air quality to reduce the spread of illnesses like COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and
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For the past several decades, much focus has been put on the design of sustainable buildings. LEED certification is sought after by building owners and facilities managers in their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint and keep energy costs low. More recently, there has been an increased
Read more →Some good ways to irrigate your lawn are having a sprinkler connected to a water hose or system of multiple water pipelines which can be automatically controlled. This latter is the traditional way and seems to be a more convenient and no hassle system. More homeowners rely
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Anyone east of the Rockies will tell you this has been a wet year. It wasn’t just that Hurricanes Florence and Michael soaked parts of the South. It wasn’t just that this year’s drenching storms were numerous and tracked unusually far north (one, Alberto, made a historic
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Dorms are being deep cleaned at the University of Maryland, as students are growing increasingly concerned that mold problems may be linked to the death of a freshman. According to Fox News reporting, Olivia Paregol, 18, died from the same rare virus that killed 11 children in a New Jersey
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