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Europe building upon building efficiency
Andrew Gaved Facilities & GroundsEuropean policymakers and researchers alike are putting their collective minds to the challenge of reducing the energy produced by cooling and heating in buildings. The research funding comes in response to new momentum for efficiency improvement from the European Commission whose Energy Union framework policy aims to transform both energy supply and consumption.
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Networking: A new form of training for facilities engineers
Denny Hydrick Facilities & Grounds2015 is 75 percent over. Our facilities engineering and maintenance staffs have faced typical, albeit in some cases magnified, situations. But this article is not about weather or global warming or climate change.
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Marketing your multifamily community: Using your website
Pamela Treat Abeyta Facilities & GroundsYour website is a leasing tool. It should be attractive, effective and functional. Having your own website helps in the search engine rankings. But, once you get people to your site, how do you keep them there?
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Marketing your multifamily community: Getting attention online
Pamela Treat Abeyta Facilities & GroundsSimply put, marketing success requires capturing the attention of your prospect. The tools for accomplishing this can involve social media, SEO, blog posts, banner ads and more. Having an optimized website and a mobile strategy in place is also important.
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6 key tips for buying a new air compressor
Greg Fitzpatrick Facilities & GroundsAs an independent auditor of compressed air systems, I am often asked to recommend a vendor or manufacturer in the selection of air compressors. Since there is no unbiased answer to that question, I would like to share with you some insights that I pass along to my customers.
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Green industry blogging: ‘Pain’ posts pay off
Fred Berns Facilities & GroundsIs your blog bringing you business? That's a key question for green industry professionals at a time when more garden centers, nurseries and landscape companies than ever before are adding blogging to their marketing mix.
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Marketing your multifamily community: Follow the signs
Pamela Treat Abeyta Facilities & GroundsBranded communication is much more than a logo slapped on a brochure or a website. Brand is the experiential and emotional connection to your prospects and tenants. Creative Bloq calls 2015 the "human brand era" — making brand owners responsible for listening to the world around them and delivering a more personal experience for end users.
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Pressure mounts on UK cooling industry
Andrew Gaved ManufacturingI have written before about the sort of pressures the revised F-Gas regulations are putting on the European cooling industry, as F-Gas requirements start to change the way the industry works. Prime among the pressures is the cost and availability of the higher-GWP refrigerants that the program of proposed refrigerant bans and phasedowns aims to ultimately remove from use. These are pressures that will ultimately be faced by the U.S. as it undergoes its own cap and phase-down program.
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Marketing your multifamily community: Building brick by brick
Pamela Treat Abeyta Facilities & GroundsGetting your property rehabbed is a lengthy process. From experience, we've found promoting to your current and future tenants the changes that will be happening is an important way to advertise the value-adds, as well as alert them to the construction delays or hazards that can be caused.
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Is solar energy viable for manufacturing plants?
Alan Kelsky ManufacturingLess than 1 percent of energy used in the United States comes from solar power, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. On a commercial level, there are a number of businesses, including manufacturers, who are using solar power as part of their operations, including Wal-Mart, Costco, Apple and Ikea.
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