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How universities can contribute to reducing carbon emissions
Many universities want to reduce their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. How do they acquire the right insight to implement improvement measures?
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3 steps to take to meet the new lease accounting standards compliance deadline
There will be much change in lease accounting from 1 January 2019. Learn which 3 steps to take to ensure your organisation will be compliant in time.
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Why the new lease accounting rules should mean real estate and finance managers joining forces
The new lease accounting rules mean that a real estate and finance manager need each other more than ever before. Collaboration is the key to success
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What are the implications for real estate managers of the changing role of the university campus?
The role of the university campus is in constant flux due to the changing needs of its visitors. How should real estate managers respond to this?
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How new lease accounting standards will impact your business
There will be much change in lease accounting from 1 January 2019. How will the new lease accounting standards impact your business?
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Will you be ready in time for the new lease accounting standards?
There will be much change in lease accounting from 1 January 2019. What actually is lease accounting? And what exactly is going to change?
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Responsiveness to change: Mobile for Facility Management
Facility managers find new capabilities with emerging technologies such as web-based software frameworks and a new generation of field-service applications.
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How my own car shows that the IoT is fulfilling its promise
Deploying the IoT using sensors ensures that a building is always in good condition. With fixed service intervals, the end result is often not the optimum. Scheduled maintenance can lead...
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Office staff can still be productive in summer without wearing shorts
Discussion on whether to wear shorts or not, the speed of the fan, or introducing a tropical work schedule when it is extremely hot are not unfamiliar office topics in summer. One colleague thinks…
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Pay as much attention to your sensors as you do to your dog
Using sensors is a much discussed topic in the field of Facility Management. Sensors provide organisations with information on buildings or assets, and they enable areas such as…
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Is the Internet of Things a 'game changer' for managing buildings and building-related installations?
IoT developments are making real-time measurement possible for facility managers, enabling immediate intervention if the situation requires it.
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Does the generation gap really exist in the workplace?
The average workplace doesn’t connect very well with future generation of employees: the app generation. These are the findings of a recent study on the impact of…
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The student as an engaged stakeholder in facilities management
For many years, considerable research has been conducted to determine what factors drive a student’s decision when choosing a school. Colleges and universities…
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What does the word ‘smart’ actually mean (and why a ‘smart meter’ isn’t ‘smart’)?
Some of my best friends in the profession work in marketing. Before you read any further: I am not just talking about the marketers who work for Planon. Some of them...
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Where will you meet in the offices of the future?
Picture the busiest day at work. Everyone is in the office and all the desks and workspaces are occupied. However, for the rest of the week many people are out of the…
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