CARBON
FOOTPRINT
Hospitals Declare War on Energy Inefficiency
The
health care industry steps with a heavy footprint. There are
still critical issues for health care systems as they consider
ways to reduce their carbon footprint, use resources more
efficiently, reduce costs and improve patient and community
health. Accounting for nearly a tenth of the country’s
carbon-dioxide emissions and facing rising energy costs, climate
change legislation and outdated 24/7 facilities, the health care
industry is embracing energy efficiency as a viable and cost
effective path to improve margins and reduce the impacts from
their own building operations.
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Saving Energy on Campus: Sustainability Is
About Improving Building Performance
Typically a building
energy conservation program is one of the first initiatives
undertaken in a campus sustainability effort. There are many
methods of optimizing building energy efficiency that can have a
significant impact on an institution’s energy consumption;
lighting upgrades, replacing older equipment with newer
energy-efficient models, and behavioral changes (turning off the
lights) are commonly seen. However, without ensuring the
fundamental performance status of buildings, many of these
energy upgrades may not be sustainable themselves.
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MICROFIBER
CLEANING
Solutions to Help Facilities Improve “Green” Performance - LEED
Credits and Cost Savings
Environmental
service managers within health care facilities and operational
managers overseeing educational facilities have many
responsibilities when it comes to cleaning and maintenance
programs that must deliver a clean, safe, healthy environment
for patients, students, employees and visitors. Using durable,
high-performance cleaning tools will help health care and
educational facility managers experience environmental rewards
as well as improvements to the bottom line through overall cost
savings.
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Maintenance
Manager's Standard Manual
Whether you are a facilities manager,
engineer, property owner, developer, or anyone
else responsible for maintenance operations,
this book is a must-have reference. Not only
does it give you all of the essential
ingredients for understanding and carrying out
successful day-to-day management of maintenance
activities, it provides you with an integrated
plan for continuous improvement of the
maintenance function.
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Building
Maintenance Forms, Checklists & Procedures
This book has been carefully constructed to meet
the needs of maintenance supervisors, plant
managers, and directors of operations who are
responsible for overseeing the day-to-day
performance of the maintenance function in a
company. It will not only aid those managers who
have a need for a workable system of
documentation but also those who would like to
design their own system.
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