Ready to move ahead of the curve in 2026?
The end of the year is always a good time to pause, take stock, and ask: What could we do better next year? If you work in real estate and facilities management, that question is more relevant than ever. Between reaching net-zero targets, digitalisation projects, AI, and rising expectations for more sustainable building operations, the demands are ever-growing. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of options when rethinking how we work and where we can improve.
Whatever your organisation’s focus is for 2026, we’ve gathered some of our most sought-after resources to help you start strong. These include expert advice from both Gilbane Building Company and Schneider Electric, along with access to their award-winning resources. Together, they offer practical guidance to sharpen your strategy and keep you ahead in a fast-evolving industry.
A smarter real estate and facilities strategy for 2026
A significant shift is taking shape as we move into 2026: real estate and facilities teams can no longer operate as a separate function. To manage rising cost pressures, sustainability demands, and evolving workplace needs, RE/FM must be fully connected to core business systems and data.
The IDC Study: Integrating Real Estate and Facilities into Enterprise IT explores how this strengthens decision-making across the entire real estate and facilities lifecycle. By linking RE/FM processes with enterprise-wide data (which can be done through an ERP integration), you gain a clearer view of costs, risks, utilisation, and performance.
This independent research outlines the gaps many businesses still face and provides practical guidance on how to close them. It shows how connected data improves cost control, supports compliance, and enables leaders to make faster, evidence-based decisions that align with business priorities.
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Making sense of sustainability in 2026
As we look ahead to the new year, many facility managers face the same challenge: how to turn sustainability ambitions into practical actions. It’s not just about meeting ESG targets, it’s about understanding the steps you can take to reduce emissions, improve energy efficiency, and embed sustainability into everyday operations. On top of that, many teams need to create business cases to demonstrate the value of these initiatives to secure the budget required to implement them in the first place.
Planon’s e-book ESG by the Numbers was created to highlight unseen values and challenges that teams can incorporate into their plans to make securing leadership buy-in and budget more successful. It offers clear, actionable guidance from experts at Gilbane Building Company, Ebusiness Strategies LLC, HOK, and Schneider Electric, helping you navigate ESG frameworks and translate them into real-world strategies. From improving data reporting to integrating sustainability into service delivery, this resource provides practical insights to help you move forward with confidence.
Don’t miss this award-winning report! During the 2025 IFMA World Workplace Awards of Excellence ceremony, the authors received IFMA’s prestigious Distinguished Author Award for their work on this report.
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Exploring smarter service management for 2026
Another useful resource in the sustainability realm is technology-driven service management. Modern solutions can help reduce environmental impact, ensure compliance, and protect your workforce, all without adding complexity.
The Verdantix Buyer’s Guide for Field Services offers an independent look at the leading software solutions helping organisations enhance efficiency, safety, and sustainability. Featuring an in-depth evaluation of Planon’s Facility Services Business Solution (FSBS), part of Planon’s Field Services, this guide highlights how modern tools can turn complex maintenance, IoT integration, and ESG tracking into a streamlined, data-driven process.
Planon’s leadership in the Verdantix Green Quadrant® for CMMS further reinforces its position as a strategic choice for organisations seeking innovation, upgrade-safe deployment, and enterprise-grade configurability in service management.
From mobile apps that make safety compliance effortless to advanced features supporting Scope 1–3 reporting and circularity assessments, this buyer’s guide is packed with insights to help you make informed choices in 2026’s fast-evolving market.
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Shaping sustainable service strategies for 2026
As more companies make Scope 3 decarbonisation a priority, the responsibility increasingly shifts to their suppliers. For facility and field service providers, this means expectations are rising quickly. Clients want partners who don’t just talk about sustainability but deliver cleaner, more efficient, and measurable operations. Low-carbon processes are no longer a nice bonus; they are becoming the standard. Providers that lead in this area help their clients reach climate goals and strengthen their own competitive position.
Technology plays a critical role here. From IoT sensors that monitor real-time consumption to analytics tools that identify inefficiencies, modern solutions make it easier to measure, manage, and reduce energy usage across your buildings and operations.
Planon’s e-book The Future of Sustainable Facility and Field Services explores how innovations like AI, IoT, and hyperautomation can help you turn sustainability goals into actionable strategies. It offers practical insights from industry leaders including JLL, Sodexo, and WISAG, showing how to integrate energy efficiency and ESG principles into everyday service delivery.
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Smarter Portfolio and Asset Management
Many real estate portfolios are still managed with Excel and fragmented spreadsheets. Manual processes reduce transparency, increase risk, and make consistent decision-making difficult.
The e-book "From Spreadsheet Chaos to Control" shares Planon Real Estate’s perspective on moving from manual reporting to a connected, data-driven approach.
This guide shows how modern tools and integrated solutions can turn complex development data into clear, actionable insights. The e-book explains how centralising financial, operational, and ESG data improves control, supports compliance, and strengthens portfolio-wide decisions — helping teams focus less on data entry and more on strategic oversight.
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