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  Artificial intelligence can extend capacity, improve decision making and support facility teams. Key Takeaways: With a large portion of the facilities workforce nearing retirement, AI can help preserve critical institutional knowledge before it is lost. AI can improve facility operations by supporting predictive maintenance, analyzing data and streamlining everyday tasks such as communications, documentation…

  Designers who can incorporate distractions into pediatric healthcare facilities can help children and families successfully navigate healthcare journeys. Distraction can help or hurt the intended purpose of an institutional or commercial facility. This situation is especially true in healthcare facilities, where clinical noises, unsettling sights and smells, and intense emotions can be prominent. These…

Healthcare organizations continue to expand outpatient services, but growth is no longer driven solely by demand. Staffing shortages in key specialties and ongoing consolidation among health systems are forcing leaders to rethink where they build, how they manage facilities and what role the built environment plays in attracting both clinicians and patients. Healthcare Facilities Today…

  Well-funded startups including Motif Systems and Arcol have brought more architect-friendly, web-native design tools to market in recent years. In May, another approach came from Illoca, a startup whose artificial intelligence-native design engine was made to return creative agency to all designers. Illoca closed a $13-million seed financing round led by Bessemer Venture Partners,…

Asked to name a company with an ambitious climate program, even sustainability veterans would likely choose one from North America or Europe. But over the past year or so, a series of private- and public-sector initiatives have moved the center of gravity of corporate sustainability towards Asia. The most recent nudge is the launch late…

  An international coalition of businesses, governments, nonprofits, designers and packaging companies has introduced a universal identification symbol for reusable containers akin to the “chasing arrows” triangle used to flag materials that can be recycled. The symbol — an arrow that loops back on itself — was one of 236 submissions in a year-long global…