Tag: artificial intelligence

7 Video Surveillance Trends Impacting Facilities Managers in 2026

By Dean Drako, Brivo May 28, 2026 Access Control

Updated: May 28, 2026

Video surveillance systems are evolving from passive recording to cloud-native AI-powered systems that provide risk detection, notification, and real-time information for facilities managers. The cloud and artificial intelligence are essential to this transformation, enabling remote access, ongoing updates, custom searches, and business-specific reports. These new capabilities create both opportunity and tension. While AI cloud-based systems […]

Back to Basics: How Smart Sensors and AI Work Together

By April Miller, Contributing Writer May 27, 2026 Building Controls

Updated: May 27, 2026

Back to Basics is an article series that highlights important, but possibly overlooked, information facilities management professionals should know. Smart buildings do much more than automate routine tasks. Today, facilities management teams can combine smart sensors with artificial intelligence (AI) to create workplaces that operate more efficiently, safely, and intelligently. This combination is known as the […]

AI‑Powered HVAC: The First Step Toward Future‑Ready Buildings

By Sadiq Sayed, Schneider Electric May 15, 2026 Design and Construction

Updated: May 15, 2026

Editor’s note: FM Perspectives are industry op-eds. The views expressed are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of Facilities Management Advisor.  HVAC is fundamental to keeping commercial spaces safe, comfortable, and productive. Yet with soaring energy bills, increasingly erratic weather patterns, and much tougher building performance benchmarks, facilities managers must balance strict temperature and air-quality […]

5 Ways Manual Data Mapping Is Holding Facilities Teams Back

By Richard Reyes, ConnexFM & OSCRE May 13, 2026 Energy Management and Lighting

Updated: May 13, 2026

The built environment is entering a machine-first era: According to a recent report by Johnson Controls, 67% of facilities managers are already using AI to improve the operation, utilization, and maintenance of their buildings, while 61% say they plan to implement or expand the use of AI in 2026. With this widespread adoption of AI […]

The $150 Billion Energy Waste Problem Buildings Are Ignoring

By Ari Shultz, Entech May 1, 2026 Energy Management and Lighting

Updated: May 1, 2026

Editor’s note: FM Perspectives are industry op-eds. The views expressed are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of Facilities Management Advisor.  The residential and commercial building sector is the leading energy consumer in the U.S. economy, accounting for approximately 40% of the nation’s entire energy consumption and 35% of U.S. carbon emissions. What’s worse? The […]

Report: U.S. Office Demand Hits ‘Remarkable’ Post-Pandemic High

By Joe Bebon, Editor May 1, 2026 Design and Construction

Updated: May 1, 2026

Despite anxiety over the current war in Iran and economic uncertainty at home, U.S. office demand posted sizable quarterly and annual gains in the first quarter, according to the latest VTS Office Demand Index (VODI) report. The increased growth in Q1 was primarily driven by finance, legal, and technology tenants—with quarterly and annual demand for office […]

Why Efficiency Must Lead the Response to AI’s Surging Energy and Water Demand

By Ya-Chi Tsao, Ecosave Apr 28, 2026 Data Centers

Updated: Apr 28, 2026

Editor’s note: FM Perspectives are industry op-eds. The views expressed are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of Facilities Management Advisor. As artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates the construction of data centers, utilities are rapidly investing in energy infrastructure, including new power generation, transmission lines, and grid upgrades, to keep pace with the surge in energy […]

Green Building Groups Launch Coalition for Sustainable AI Data Centers

By Joe Bebon, Editor Apr 22, 2026 Data Centers

Updated: Apr 22, 2026

On Earth Day, nine of the world’s major built environment and sustainable finance organizations launched the Greening AI Data Centers Coalition (GADCC)—a new global initiative to set clear, credible standards for sustainable data center development as artificial intelligence (AI)-driven demand for computing power accelerates worldwide. According to the groups, the GADCC will develop transparent benchmarks […]

District Energy and Data Centers: A Strategic Partnership for the Future

By Rob Thornton, IDEA Apr 16, 2026 Data Centers

Updated: Apr 16, 2026

Hyperscale data center growth is running headlong into real-world constraints—interconnection queues, transformer lead times, water stress, community scrutiny, and tightening climate policy. At the same time, the thermal profile of the data center sector is shifting decisively from air to liquid cooling, concentrating heat into a form far more useful than a plume of hot […]

5 Best Practices for Balancing Security and Data Privacy at Facilities

By Mathieu Chevalier, Genetec Inc. Apr 15, 2026 Access Control

Updated: Apr 15, 2026

Modern facilities generate vast amounts of data through physical security systems. This includes video feeds, access control records, visitor logs, and license plate information, among others. For facilities managers, it’s an operational concern that affects risk management, compliance, and day-to-day decision-making. Responsibly protecting this data has become a core part of running safe, compliant, and […]