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EPA Monitors Air Outside Schools

Anne Vazquez — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:23:14 +0000

The year old initiative monitors air quality surrounding a selection of schools around the United States.

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IFMA and Today’s Facility Manager Team Up to Create Snapshot of Staffing Trends in Facility Management

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:12:43 +0000

New report from IFMA and TFM estimates that there are a total of 408,000 facility professionals working in the U.S. In addition to staffing tables, the report delves into factors that drive staffing, such as industry sector, facility size/type, and outsourcing practices.

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Navigating A Path To Sustainability

Anne Vazquez — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:50:46 +0000

A report released by Environmental Systems, Inc. in December 2009 is aimed at helping financial and operations professionals sort through sustainability information, understand trends, and visualize what is possible.

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New Survey Reveals School Districts Cutting Spending Due to Rising Energy Costs

Andrea Sanchez — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:46:37 +0000

Two-thirds of school districts responding to a new “School Energy and Environment Survey” from Honeywell and Education Week Research have made spending cuts or modifications as a direct result of rising energy bills.

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Fresh Scents Promote Generosity Of Spirit?

Anne Vazquez — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:47:14 +0000

The odor in a room is enough to elicit a stronger impulse towards fairness, claim researchers from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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MIT Research Focused On Concrete, Sustainability

Anne Vazquez — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:37:45 +0000

MIT has announced the creation of the Concrete Sustainability Hub, a research center established in collaboration with the Portland Cement Association and Ready Mixed Concrete Research & Education Foundation.

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Facility Managers and Workplace Violence Prevention

George Deutsch — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:26:41 +0000

The recent death of Yale graduate student Annie Le and the subsequent arrest of lab technician Raymond J. Clark III — who is alleged to have murdered her — has thrust the topic of workplace violence back into the national headlines.

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New Benchmarking Research Shows how Economy, Sustainable Practices Impact Workplace Operations

Andrea Sanchez — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:26:57 +0000

The International Facility Management Association has released “Operations and Maintenance Benchmarks, Research Report #32,” a study outlining the facility trends affecting workplaces throughout North America. Among the new report’s findings are that the average space per person has risen nearly 40 square feet since 2007 — likely due to recent corporate layoffs — and that companies are adjusting their thermostats higher or lower by an average of one degree Fahrenheit, compared to data from three years ago, in an effort to minimize energy use and cut costs.

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MSNBC Story Features IFMA Research and the Economy

Andrea Sanchez — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:33:14 +0000

When MSNBC workplace and career columnist Eve Tahmincioglu began her recent story on corporate layoffs resulting in “cubicle graveyards” full of unused office space, she looked to the International Facility Management Association for research to back up her claims.

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