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Building operations tips for the holidays – top 5 list
Building operations tips for the holidays – top 5 list

With the holiday season in full swing, now is a prime time for building drift to creep into your operations. These top 5 building operations tips for the holidays will help your engineering and maintenance teams get prepared.

What Kaizen tells us about continuous commissioning
What Kaizen tells us about continuous commissioning

Major advances in building efficiency can result from incremental operational tweaks. British Cycling's Olympic squad adopted a continuous improvement mindset, and went from 1 for 76 in gold medals to 7 for 10 at the Beijing Olympics.

CBRE reports fallout from low oil prices
CBRE reports fallout from low oil prices

This year's low oil prices have softened office fundamentals, while the retail and hotel verticals have prospered.

Introducing Tikkit for work orders
Introducing Tikkit for work orders

Tikkit allows you to manage building issues with a tool as simple as email. Work orders without the work.

Imagine your building with 35% more people in it
Imagine your building with 35% more people in it

Density trends will put your building to work: buildings today are seeing average square footage per worker around 185 SF (from 250 SF ten years ago) and it's still dropping.

The amazing state of automated M&V models
The amazing state of automated M&V models

Gridium comes out on top in LBNL test of automated predictive baseline models for Measurement & Verification.

Driven by tech, office vacancy kisses 2007 lows
Driven by tech, office vacancy kisses 2007 lows

Net absorption grew 40% YOY through 2Q15, with downtown office vacancies near 10%. San Francisco leads top 30 tech markets, Phoenix and Nashville also in top 5.

Are your set-points sexist?
Are your set-points sexist?

Wardrobes, male to female occupant ratios, and metabolic rate assumptions have changed, but many set-points haven't.

8 steps to win a TOBY
8 steps to win a TOBY

These tips and resources will make the TOBY application process easier.