Going into their second week of sit-ins, students at Howard University in Washington, D.C., are continuing to fight for answers from the campus administration as they protest the school’s poor housing conditions. A top Howard official says the school has worked...
Are institutional and commercial buildings trying to kill us? No, of course not. Not in the literal, gun-wielding sense, anyway. But as facility managers and the general public have learned over the last 18 months in battling the coronavirus pandemic, buildings play a...
Let’s say someone in the employee break room of your office likes to microwave fish for lunch. Or perhaps a coworker in a shared space uses a little too much cologne or perfume. If that enclosed space is well ventilated, you may notice these things slightly or not at...
Making buildings healthier—through research, code changes, and incentives—is what the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) recommends in its eight-page 2020 Moving Forward Report that the Institute’s Consultative Council of building community leaders...
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...
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...
