Saving energy, saving money

Big strides towards more sustainable building operation can be achieved at no cost, or very low cost, in almost every case. Dave Farebrother offers some practical advice. >>read more

Advances in energy management

Advances in metering technology allow FM companies to collect large amounts of detailed data. Steve Wright discusses how this potential torrent of data brings new challenges as well as some additional unforeseen benefits. >>read more

• Take control of your energy costs
• Facilities managers and Part L
• Lighting up with energy efficiency
• A powerful and clear incentive

Innovation in FM

Mike Packham goes over some ideas and issues that have been around for a while in FM, but are only now starting to have a meaningful impact on service delivery.  >>read more

Computer training made easy

Liz Harris gives an overview of the Institute of Administrative Management's (IAM) Online ICT programmes designed to support ICT skills needed for employment. >>read more

• Twelve months in focus
• The evolution of training and development programmes
• What does it take to be a facilities manager?
• FM legal update

Unravelling the mystery of health and safety

Guidance on health and safety - a subject that can appear hugely challenging but that is based, essentially, on straightforward principles. >>read more

Total compliance - myth or reality?

Is a healthy and safe work environment the Holy Grail of the modern world, asks Mark Carter, or is it in fact achievable? >>read more

• Compliance - legionella control
• Security and fire standards - changing times

The open office

Carl Stowell-Smith outlines the path one firm followed from traditional office environment to a new flexible workplace in line with current business needs. >>read more  

The future with green removals policy

Peter Burton takes a look at the impact that environmental awareness has had on the removals industry and how to cope with the plethora of legislative controls that are now in place. >>read more

• Sourcing sustainable furniture
• Change matters
• A new British standard for BCM
• Competitive tendering for fixed-term contracts

A disposable matter

Sam Wareing considers the potential environmental and financial benefits of recycling the one waste material that many of us overlook - organic waste. >>read more  

Setting sights on greener construction

Increasingly, private and public sector organisations are seeing the commercial and social benefits of reducing the environmental impact of new build and refurbishment projects. >>read more  

• WEEE in business have explicit legal responsibility
• Green buildings
• Landmark environmental management project engages the FM sector
• Countdown to F-Gas

Maximising quality, minimising risk

Facilities managers can benefit from a voluntary accreditation scheme that helps make sure they have high-quality private security provision. Andy Drane explains how. >>read more  

Reactive maintenance: do you feel lucky?

Planning for reactive maintenance may sound like a contradiction but when it comes to physical security, failure to make contingency arrangements could leave you exposed. >>read more

• Combining people and technology: added value in security
• RFID moves into the future

Finding common ground

Integration of property services is the way forward for big corporates looking for global solutions. But will real estate and FM ever speak the same language? >>read more

Transparency offers a clear advantage

Nigel Fitzhenry discusses the advantages of switching to mobile data systems and how the latest technology enables facilities managers to operate far more efficiently than before. >>read more

• Infrared inspections for building and facilities maintenance
• Overcoming the myth of integrated technology
• Infrared building energy inspection
• Services engineers take on the sustainability challenge