Tag: energy assessments

Strategic Energy Assessments: Turning Facilities into Profit and Power Assets

By Coryn DeGrands, Bureau Veritas Nov 4, 2025 Energy Management and Lighting

Updated: Nov 4, 2025

Today’s facilities managers are being asked to do more than maintain buildings—they’re being asked to manage energy like a balance sheet asset. Rising utility rates, aging infrastructure, and climate-driven disruptions have made it essential to look beyond efficiency toward operational resilience and financial performance. A strategic energy assessment is the gateway to achieving both. It […]

How Houston Is Making Its Facilities More Resilient Against Natural Disasters

By Corey Sipe, Associate Editor Aug 28, 2023 Design and Construction

Updated: Oct 9, 2023

While facilities professionals who work in the public and private sectors are tasked with ensuring their facilities are ready when disaster strikes, increasing amounts of greenhouse gas (GHGs) have resulted in more destructive and extremely hot weather, which greatly impacts residents and businesses. Specifically, these conditions can severely impact the power grid. Municipalities should therefore […]