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Dive Brief: Oregon lawmakers have passed two bills that experts say will make facilities more resilient as the state’s power grid faces rising electricity demand, more frequent extreme weather events and repeated public safety power shutoffs to mitigate wildfire risk. HB 2065 and HB 2066 create “a first-in-the nation strategy to create a regulatory framework…

The Supply Chain Sustainability School today launches a vital new guide, Measuring and Reporting Waste in the Built Environment: A Practical Guide, which reveals the scale of built environment waste and what the industry must do next. The UK construction sector generates 62 per cent of the country’s total waste, with 32 per cent sent…

The British Council for Offices (BCO) has published a new report which claims that while office utilisation rates have stabilised, there has been a fundamental shift in how offices are used, with major implications for developers, investors and occupiers. The report, authored by Nigel Oseland of Workplace Unlimited, shows that the long-standing benchmark of 80…

  A question this important should be easy to answer. Many companies provide emissions data in their sustainability reports and in disclosures made to CDP, an independent clearinghouse for environmental data. In theory, these sources can be used to assess progress toward interim targets, many of which fall between now and 2030. In reality, it…

The 2024 emissions numbers released this past February by Nestlé would have been the envy of many companies. The world’s largest food manufacturer’s first milestone on its journey to net zero — a 20-percent emissions reduction relative to a 2018 baseline — was due to be reached this year. But the Swiss company, which generates…

The facilities management industry loves a shiny new solution. Smart sensors, AI-powered building systems, the latest energy-efficient kit. But often, the biggest opportunity for energy savings is walking around your building right now, carrying a toolbox. Energy efficiency starts with engineers, not equipment says Greg Hill, Director of Product at Joblogic   Engineers see everything….