The ability to notify tenants and occupants of an emergency situation is no longer just a nice option for commercial buildings to have. From an active shooter s...
Mobile service subscribers – your tenants and occupants – demand clear, consistent mobile services no matter where they are. To address the demand of mobile cov...
In a typical office high-rise, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the three largest uses of water are restrooms, heating and cooling, and landscaping...
Dust mites consume shed human skin and other organic waste. Their feces can induce allergic reactions and are responsible for about 25 percent of all allergy di...
Today’s user-friendly fire alarm systems feature intuitive touch screens that tell the user detailed information about fire events occurring in the building.
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Building façades serve a dual purpose: they create the visual identity of a building, and, more importantly, repel the elements – wind, rain, heat, and cold – i...
Turnstiles can’t be coerced or make exceptions, like security guards might, and they can process people faster so lines are minimal. This and other trends are ...
After talking to energy and HVAC experts, we uncovered some real-world examples of problems they’ve seen unfold in both newer and older facilities. Read on to see what other facilities professionals have had to deal with in their high-rises, and pick up some pointers on preventing these situations in your own building.
Advances in video analytics, imaging, processing speed, and chip miniaturization now allow for surveillance systems and software technology that reliably and cost-effectively detect smoke and flame faster than conventional, commonly used methods in high-rise facilities.
At Scotts Run, a high-rise development in McLean, VA, the second and third levels of the office building’s 19 stories offer large corner terraces that provide ...
Everyone is interested in lowering their costs. Monitoring power and energy consumption offers a way to accomplish that goal in a large commercial space.
Typ...
There are two ways to effectively remove mineral deposit stains from glass: they are either chemically rubbed out with a non-acidic rubbing compound or burned ...
The cost of elevator preventive maintenance continues to be on the rise. Additionally, recent industry trends with maintenance agreements now containing obsoles...
To keep up with guest demand, high-rise hotels invest in plumbing, elevators, and HVAC systems – and technology that allows for custom control.
Comparing high-...
New emergency response systems are being adopted by high-rise building managers. Graphical maps can direct first responders to areas within the building where ...
Although they’re not incredibly common yet in the United States, mixed-use towers are growing in popularity. They maximize building infrastructure, address density issues, and capitalize on building owners’ investments through multiple income streams. They also provide a type of investment diversification (when office lease rates are down, residential leases may be up, for example). But many of today’s commercial architects find themselves working on...
Chilled beams contain no moving parts, which ultimately reduces regular maintenance requirements; there are no fans or filters to clean or replace. Diagram cou...
At the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, ultraviolet exposure from the sky-lit atrium caused the hotels front desk employees to experience glare in the morning, ...
When it comes to high-rise building carpets – or any carpet in a multi-tenant office building – certain pathways receive most of the foot traffic (and the wear ...
When the fire alarm sounds, what do you do? An advantage of voice evacuation and emergency communication systems (ECS) is that they provide a high-rise building...
