Office space costs – a lot. Real estate prices and rentals are at a premium. Facilities Management (FM), the business support services needed to operate and maintain a business, is the second or third most expensive item in terms of running a business. But cost is not the only reason organisations keep updating their office [...]
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Johnson Controls introduces upgraded, more efficient and eco-friendly chillers
Johnson Controls, the global leader in delivering energy efficiency for buildings, has introduced a new series of entry-level York air-cooled liquid chillers that are more energy efficient, easier to install, require less space and are friendlier to the environment. The new units can be integrated with building management systems for easier control and use eco-friendly [...]
Business Efficiency needs smarter cities and smarter buildings
We are globally experiencing some common challenges such as a shortage of energy, water and other resources, which are crucial to sustain our cities and homes. In order to conserve these scarce resources and minimise the impact on the environment, a more ‘controlled’ approach is required where there is significantly less wastage. By controlling excessive [...]
Intelligent buildings for today and tomorrow’s energy challenges
In today’s energy-sensitive world, it comes as no surprise that good common sense can do a great deal in making a difference. Buildings and the various cogs and chains that run it are no different. According to Neil Cameron, General Manager at Johnson Controls Building Efficiency: Systems & Service: Africa, energy efficiency does not enjoy [...]
Technology contracting can build ‘smart’ into your buildings’ foundations
Smart buildings are not a fad; they offer proven advantage. Technology contracting, an emerging best practice for construction of facilities, literally builds ‘smart’ into the supporting infrastructure of a building. It’s doing away with traditional multi-contractor autonomy, centralising management and responsibility for the planning, implementation and commissioning of complex supporting systems. The benefits are considerable, [...]
Green properties through renewable energy – a vision for the future
Improving sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of properties has become an important issue over the last few years, particularly within the commercial sector, due to a combination of social and economic pressures. Internationally, laws around carbon emissions are driving businesses to become more environmentally friendly or risk facing large financial penalties, and this combined [...]
Facilities Management vs. Project Management – why both are needed
Facilities Management (FM) has morphed over the past five to ten years, taking on a new role that is regarded as strategic to the corporate direction of the company. FM encompasses so much more than merely taking care of the facilities – such as maintaining the gardens, providing a cleaning service and outsourcing that essential [...]
Johnson Controls announces Panoptix Cloud solution – a new approach to Building Efficiency
Johnson Controls has recently announced its Panoptix solution, a new approach to building efficiency that makes it easier and more affordable for owners and operators of any size facility to achieve better building performance. The Panoptix solution includes four key components: . An open technology platform that makes it easy to collect and manage data [...]
Stop flushing your money down the drain
With the focus of the last few years being firmly centred on the energy crisis and the rapidly escalating costs of electricity, many organisations have focused their energy management and efficiency initiatives on this area, and for good reason. However electricity is not the only area in which organisations tend to waste money – many [...]
A vision for the future – zero energy buildings
As environmental responsibility and eco-consciousness grow across the globe, the world is looking to move towards more sustainable, greener practices, reducing carbon footprints and creating environments that have a lesser impact on the environment. Physical premises make up a large proportion of any organisation’s impact and as such there is a worldwide movement towards more [...]
Latest Issue - May/June 2012
In This Issue:
- The Alexander Forbes head office campus by Paragon Architects
- The New Jerusalem Children’s Home by 4D+A Architects
- The Quarterdeck by CHT Architects
- The 2012 Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards
- Paragon Architects profile
