Facility Management the Unsung Heroes of Sustainability

By Jesse Stallone on April 12, 2011 Comments Off on Facility Management the Unsung Heroes of Sustainability air emissions, Architectural Design, business sustainability, carbon footprint, corporate social responsibility, Electronic Recyclers International, energy efficiency, Facilities Management, FacilitiesNet, facility emergency management, green building, HVAC, indoor air quality, International Facility Management Association, Jesse Stallone, Joel Makeower, local materials, storm runoff, Strategies For The Green Economy, sustainability, sustainability initiatives, threat assessment, wastewater management, water quality, water use restrictions

This post highlights how facilities management is an important, if often unsung part of so many businesses… any businesses with facilities, in fact. Sustainable facilities management is an area that can have a profound and near term impact on overall business sustainability. Very large potential energy savings and hence carbon footprint reduction could be realized in facilities management areas such as HVAC or lighting for example; the embodied energy of facilities — their materials and recurring requirements; how runoff is handled and so forth all are areas in which sustainable facilities management can really impact the triple bottom line in a positive way.