data

Water next up for environmental data standards

Canadian Property Management

Water next up for environmental data standards

Water is the next metric the Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate (OSCRE) is tackling in its ambitious project to forge consistency in the management and reporting of environmental data.
smart buildings

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Smart buildings mean smarter facility management

Smart buildings are continually on the rise, with most facility and maintenance managers seeing the value in accessing the data that comes with this technology.
Climate disclosure requirements up for study

Canadian Property Management

Climate disclosure requirements up for study

The fall economic statement announces that the Canadian government will be looking at options for mandating climate disclosure in the private sector.
feedback

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Using customer feedback to build your commercial cleaning business

Running a commercial cleaning business means delivering excellent service, building relationships, and listening to your customers. Customer service is vital for the success of your
technology

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Does automated cleaning give you a competitive edge?

Technology and automated cleaning have made huge strides in recent years, helping to address the ongoing labour shortage, and in many cases, improving hygiene and
maintenance strategy

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Finding the right maintenance strategy for your building

As building managers know, finding the right maintenance strategy for your building is the key to increased efficiency, cost savings, and improved performance. Whether your
security

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Factors to consider when outsourcing your security

The security industry continues to evolve and grow with innovation and technology allowing facility managers to engage experts, save money, and increase efficiency. Globally, businesses
Consistent data for ESG reporting still elusive

Canadian Property Management

Consistent data for ESG reporting still elusive

OSCRE International is targeting the asset-level information increasingly needed for ESG reporting and compliance through its new environmental data standards project.
cost control

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Data can drive cost control in cleaning

Tech and data can help organizations save money and maximize budgets.
cleaning products

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Commercial cleaning products market to reach $45B by 2028

The surface cleaning segment accounted for the largest share of 44% in 2020 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of over 10% by 2028.
workplace

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Taking risk out of future workplace strategy

Right now, the world is awash with buzzwords, trends, and experts who claim they know exactly what the future workplace will look like.
facilities management market

REMI Network

Facilities management market predicted to surge

Market growth of US$660.29B over the next 4 years is expected to be spurred by rising demand for smart facilities & increasing emphasis on outsourcing building management services.
cleanliness

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Canadians expect peak-pandemic cleanliness in the long term

However, only 13 per cent of respondents believe public spaces are currently being disinfected at a high level.
Simple computer passwords are standard in most industry sectors

Canadian Property Management

Real estate opts for simple computer passwords

Analysis of more than 162,000 publicly reported data breaches at major real estate firms finds that “password”, “123456” and some variation of a company’s name are ensconced favourites.
cleaning habits

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Will heightened cleaning habits remain post-COVID-19?

Survey data suggests strengthened cleaning habits will remain front and centre for a large majority of people post-pandemic.
data

Canadian Facility Management & Design

How FMs can leverage data in 2021

IoT platforms that use overhead sensors, booking data, and smartphone space-reservations to pull analytics, are increasingly playing a key role in supporting the growing data-driven workplace.
restroom

REMI Network

Rethinking the restroom experience

According to the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health, virus transmission in a public restroom is of great concern