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Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

IICRC publishes revised water damage restoration standard

IICRC has published a newly-revised, ANSI-approved ANSI/IICRC S500 Standard for Professional Water Damage Restoration.
ANSI UV-C

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

ANSI Standards for UV-C devices under development

The first ANSI Standards for ultraviolet C-band (UV-C) device performance are expected to be published before the end of the year.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

GBI launches Green Globes Pilot Program

GBI plans to update its American National Standard, which was finalized in 2010 and informed the creation of the 2013 version of Green Globes.

REMI Network

ASHRAE posts 2016 versions of refrigerant standards

The 2016 editions of ASHRAE’s major refrigerants-related standards have been published as a package with 30 new refrigerants and refrigerant blends added.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

IFMA earns ANSI accreditation and honours

The International Facility Management Association’s (IFMA) facility management credential program has earned an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accreditation and seven commendations. ANSI accredited IFMA for their Facility Management Professional and Sustainability Facility Professional programs, both of which were described by ANSI as “world-class, gold-standard models of learning and development.”

REMI Network

U.S. groups to develop green construction code

Leading U.S. building groups have signed a new memorandum to collaborate on the streamlining of Standard 189.1, the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) and the