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Throughout
the year, Today's Facility Manager develops a
variety of special interest sections that focus on specific
topics and industries. These publications contain valuable
information that can help you meet your targeted facility
management goals.
Security:
Building A Stronger Foundation
More attention on security may not translate
into larger budgets, but professionals can still make
smart decisions to safeguard their faciltiies.
A
Comeback?
The malaise at airports and airlines that was evident
over the last few years is slowly starting to dissipate
as this area of the travel sector anticipates a return
to growth.
Trading
Conference Spaces
Today's conference and training spaces have been transformed
for companies' unique needs.
Light
Brings Power
Studies reveal causal link between personal control
of lighting with employee satisfaction and performance.
Lean
And Mean Space Planning
With
the economy in tatters, pink slips littering the landscape,
and office buildings begging for tenants, businesses
are honing their survival skills.
Physical
And IT Security: Converging With The Traditional Roles
Of The Facility Manager
Security's
omnipresent role has facility managers scrambling to
stay ahead of the curve in protecting their fellow employees,
company infrastructure, and technology.
The upside to the seemingly daunting
state of security is that an unprecedented number of
resources are available to help facilitate the measures
necessary to protect valuable assets. Never before has
the marketplace been flooded with such powerful technologies
and skilled industry experts, and never before has an
investment in these resources been so important.
 LIGHTING
An
Innovative Look At Some Of Today's Best Lighting Technologies
By Craig DiLouie
Feature writer and noted lighting
expert Craig DiLouie speaks with some of the top manufacturers
in the industry about what fms need to do in order to
make their lighting systems more energy friendly, responsive,
and up-to-date.
Download
the PDF file here...
 ENERGY
Facility
managers need to take energy matters into their own
hands to assure the lowest cost and greatest certainty.
By Craig DiLouie
This special report explores deregulation,
litigation, tax incentives, and practical advice for
energy and const conscious facility executives.
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PDF file here...
 Open
Systems Made Easy With The LONMARK Interoperability
Association
Three
outstanding examples illustrate just how millions of
LonWorks based devices are being installed successfully
worldwide.
A Special Report From The LonMark Interoperability
Association
Kevin Lynch, executive director
of the LonMark Interoperability Association writes,
"In May of 1994, a group of 36 companies banded together
to tackle the challenge" of proprietary system performance
and maintenance. "Now, eight years later," he continues,
"the LonMark Interoperability Association has over 300
members and has come to define true interoperability-the
ability of a component, platform, or system to interface
seamlessly with others...to create a standard protocol
in a control environment."
This collection of case studies
demonstrates just how well the concept of interoperability
works when applied to real-life circumstances. Download
the PDF file here...
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