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News

Baxi Commercial Heat Pump Facility in Spain Hosts First Official Visit

Heating and hot water brand Baxi has hosted the first official visit to its €13 million commercial heat pump R&D and laboratory site in Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain. Baxi is part of the €2.2 billion-turnover BDR Thermea Group, one of the largest producers of heating appliances worldwide. The 7,000 square metre factory, located near Barcelona and…

News

Even Smarter Electricity Meter Data Management

The Thai state-owned Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) is using Oracle’s Utilities Meter Data Management (MDM) system and load analysis to monitor electricity consumption more efficiently. This new initiative builds on PEA’s ongoing digital utility transformation with Oracle providing a fully integrated Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) that delivers essential visibility into daily consumption. As a result,…

Marketplace

The Best Just Got Bigger: PPDS Launches ‘Sized Up’ 32-inch Philips Tableaux ePaper Display

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional Displays and complementary solutions, is delighted to announce the latest evolution of its multi-award-winning ePaper signage range, with the launch of the new 32” (16:9) Philips Tableaux 5150I. Extending PPDS’ global strategy and commitment to bringing high-impact, more sustainable, energy conscious solutions to market, the new 32”…

Marketplace

Russelectric Highlights RTSCD Commercial Service Entrance-rated Transfer Switches

Russelectric, a Siemens business and leading manufacturer of power control systems and automatic transfer switches, announces its new RTSCD-SE Commercial Duty Service Entrance Transfer Switches. The cost-effective option is ideal for commercial spaces. Industrial plants and manufacturing facilities can rely on the RTSCD-SE to combine automatic power switching with the necessary disconnecting, grounding, and bonding…

Italy

BDR Thermea Group Strengthens Strategic Partnership with G.I. Holding

Baxi’s parent company BDR Thermea Group is acquiring a 25 per cent stake in G.I. Holding, a market leader in renewable energy-powered commercial and industrial climate solutions. Headquartered in Latisana, Italy, G.I. Holding manufactures and markets a range of heat pumps, liquid chillers, air handling units, rooftop-packaged units and fan coil units under the brand…

design

Port One Logistics Park Expands with Four New ‘Zero Carbon’ Units

Port One Logistics Park development in Suffolk is nearing completion of four new pre-let warehousing units following a £20 million commercial loan from Secure Trust Bank (STB) Real Estate Finance. According to developer Curzon De Vere, the units have been constructed with ‘eco credentials’ in mind, and feature EV charging ports and PV panels. The…

News

Taunton Travelodge Sells for £3.9 Million

The RO Group has sold the Travelodge located on the Riverside Retail Park, Hankridge Farm in Taunton to The Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society’s Unity United (Property) Investment Fund. A sale price of £3.9 million reflecs a net initial yield of 6.375 per cent.  The RO have owned the hotel which is…

News

Sale of Two-Tenant Pad Building in Northern Los Angeles County 

Hanley Investment Group has brokered the sale of a two-tenant retail pad building occupied by AutoZone and Precision Eyebrow Threading salon at a Target-anchored shopping center in northern Los Angeles County. The net-leased investment sold for US $2.65 million with Hanley’s Executive Vice Presidents Kevin Fryman, Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko represented the seller, a private investor…

News

CBRE Optimising 20,000 Client Sites with AI Enhanced FM

CBRE’s Global Workplace Solutions business has now deployed AI-powered smart facilities management solutions at more than 20,000 client sites representing a billion square feet. The company’s offering leveraging its AI-based Nexus platform and a rich trove of building operations and utilisation data which CBRE claims as the largest in the global property industry to deliver…

industry

Lifting Apprenticeship Now Available Via Open Delivery

The Level 3 Lifting Equipment Technician Apprenticeship is now available in England as an Open Programme which delivers teaching via online classrooms without any minimum cohort requirements. From August, one cohort will run every 3-months, with mock exams conducted at the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) in Huntingdon and End Point Assessment delivered on-site.  This…

Best Practice

Best Practices for Navigating Volatile Energy Prices

Jodie Eaton, CEO of Shell Energy UK, says managing consumption effectively and embracing decarbonisation are becoming business-critical requirements. There are thousands of businesses across countless industries where energy plays a significant day-to-day operational role. However, amid soaring inflation, volatile prices and strict environmental legislation, the priorities of cost management and sustainability are quickly rising to the…

Contracts

14forty wins £20m FM contract with National Gas

Compass Group facilities management business 14forty has won a contract to provide soft and hard services for National Gas, the backbone of Britain’s energy system. This contract was awarded due to 14forty’s comprehensive experience within the industry and its capacity to seamlessly shift and collaborate to meet the specific needs of National Gas. National Gas…

industry

CBRE Brokers Sale of Mixed-Use Multifamily and Retail Property in Costa Mesa

CBRE has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property comprising 12 residential apartment units and a street-front retail building in Costa Mesa, California. Acquired by a local private investor for US $3.2 million, the transaction represented a selling price of US $425 per square foot (or US $246,154 per unit) as the property exchanged hands…

News

Report Reveals Shift in Workplace Hygiene

A recent report by Dettol Pro Solutions sheds light on the changing landscape of workplace hygiene in the UK, particularly in the wake of the pandemic. The data indicates a significant decline in hotdesking, with over 71 per cent of white-collar employees now working from assigned desks. Notably, the younger workforce is leading this trend,…

News

Safety with Electrically-controlled Escape Doors

Abloy UK has launched a new RIBA-approved CPD course, explaining the requirements of EN 13637:2015 for electrically controlled exit systems for use on escape doors and how to achieve safe electrically controlled escape doors. The course explores EN 13637, which was adopted by BSI in August 2015. The standard covers the application of electrical controls…

design

Wood Investments Companies Acquires Former Tower Records Building in Brea and Signs UFC Gym as Tenant

Wood Investments Companies, Inc., has recently completed the acquisition of the former Tower Records building in downtown Brea, California. The property, situated in the heart of Brea’s bustling shopping and entertainment district, was purchased in March 2022. Wood Investments Companies has now announced the signing of a lease agreement with UFC GYM, a major brand…

News

Commercial Workspace Opens in Sale Regeneration

The opening of a new co-working space in Sale on the outskirts of Trafford, Greater Manchester, represents a major milestone in the regeneration of the town. Located in the heart of Sale’s Stanley Square shopping centre development, The ClassRooms comprises a collection of innovative commercial spaces. The cutting-edge development, which was recently praised by Member…

News

Counteracting Grid Uncertainty by Decentralising Energy

Chris Rason, Managing Director of Energy Services at Aggreko, comments on the finding of an independent report that under-investment in the UK’s energy grid is a ‘significant brake’ on the economy. A report commissioned by the United Kingdom government warns that the difficulty of connecting new projects to the network is ‘increasingly the rate-limiting factor’…

Americas

Cushman & Wakefield Expands Role of Washington State Principal

Cushman & Wakefield has added Washington State to the geographical responsibility of its Managing Principal for Oregon, Alison Beddard. The new appointment expands on her current role as Managing Principal for the state of Washington, which she has held since January 2021. Based in the firm’s Seattle office in the Pacific Northwest, Beddard will oversee…

Corporate

Tidy Green Clean to Sponsor Videography at Balmoral Estate Annual Run

For a second consecutive year, “environmentally-friendly” commercial cleaning franchise Tidy Green Clean is sponsoring the videography at charity event RunBalmoral, which will be held on The Balmoral Estate over the weekend of April 22-23. The event hosts more than 5,000 entrants who compete and participate in a whole weekend of different runs and trails. The…

News

SOCOTEC to Support 6,000 UK Retail Properties with Asbestos Management

SOCOTEC UK’s Asbestos team has secured contracts to deliver integrated asbestos management, consultancy and training services for three major UK supermarket and retail chains. With a combined value of some £2.5 million annually, the contracts include a five-year extension that will take SOCOTEC’s partnership with one of the retailers to 16 years. The additoin of…

FM Magazine

The Power of Proactivity: Meeting the UK’s Future Business Energy Needs

Future business energy needs will be delivered by a wider portfolio of more sustainable, more circular, and more decentralised alternatives to current supplies, says Jodie Eaton, CEO of Shell Energy UK. As facilities managers continue to face market volatility and tightening budgets, corporate energy strategies must go far beyond simply ‘buying better’. Indeed, companies need…

FM

Why Hotel-Style Amenities Are the New Office Norm

James Massey, managing director of Facilities Management at MRI Software, says FM teams need to satisfy a growing expectation of ‘hotel-style’ amenities among office workers. There is little doubt that hybrid working is here to stay in the wake of the pandemic. But in 2023, the offer of hybrid working alone is not enough to…

FM Magazine

Protecting Recycling Centres From Fire

Iain Cox, Chair of the Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA), explains why recycling centres are often a source of ignitable material. It is well documented that at Christmas time, household waste in the UK increases by 30 per cent placing recycling centres under pressure in January from the vast amounts of paper, plastic, cardboard and mixed…

Education

42nd GAI Education Awards

Allegion brand Briton will is co-sponsoring this year’s Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) Education Awards at iconic London sporting venue The Oval on Thursday 17th November 2022. The 42nd GAI Education Awards will celebrate the outstanding educational achievements of architectural ironmongery professionals and will award a new class of GAI Diploma holders before showcasing the…

News

Veolia Unveils Industrial Resins for the Circular Economy at K 2022

Veolia have launched PlastiLoop, a new range of resins for industrial packaging, manufacturing and construction applications at K 2022, the global trade fair for plastics and rubber in Düsseldorf, Germany. Developed by the company’s network of materials’ experts and its 37 plastic recycling plants around the world, the new product offering provides its customers with…

News

Sculptor Transforms Westminster’s Waste into Beautiful Installation

Renowed 3D artist and sculptor Faith Bebbington supported by Veolia has unveiled ‘Tree Goddess’, the latest installation to be exhibited as part of the cultural art initiative from Art of London, ‘Brighter Future’, which features interpretations by up-and-coming artists of the theme, ‘building a better, brighter future in the city’. The installation at The Londoner…

Construction

FIS Announces New Insurance Offering for Members

To help members manage risk, UK body The Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS), has partnered with insurance consultants Construction Shield and AWL Homeproof to launch a service that promises competitive insurance cover. The new service offers exclusive access to specialist insurance products at highly competitive prices – including support with professional indemnity, “contractors all risk”,…

COP27

Food4Climate Pavilion Launches COP27 Agenda

Food systems transformation will take centre stage at Food4Climate’s first Pavilion at the UN climate summit in Egypt next month. The Food4Climate Pavilion which is supported by ProVeg International, Compassion in World Farming, Food Tank, FOUR PAWS, IPES-Food, A Well-Fed World, and 16 other NGOs, think-tanks – as well as commercial organisations, plans to highlight…

News

UAE Students Driving Demand for London Homes

Estate agency Chestertons Global reports that a record number of applicants to UK universities from the UAE is increasing demand for new homes in Central London. Data from the UCAS university admission service confirms a record number of students from the UAE have applied to UK universities in 2022. The UK is highly regarded as…

Net Zero

Lowering Energy Costs for Tenants with Solar

Greater Manchester property business George Moss & Sons Ltd which celebrated its centenary in 2020 has pledged support for commercial tenants struggling with energy bills by investing £500k in new solar panel installations. The family business owns and manages 620,000 sq.ft. of prime industrial property on the Moss Industrial Estate on St. Helen’s Road in…

fire safety

BSA at CABE 2022

The Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) will be at the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) Annual Conference and Exhibition from 13-14th October at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales. Attracting expert panels interacting with a wide range of construction professionals, this year’s event will focus on the theme of Embedding Sustainability and how building…

design

LightArt Expands Small Profile Acoustic Lighting Offering

The Acoustic Stratta and Acoustic Baffle ranges from LightArt meets the need of designers for minimalist architectural lighting fixtures with nrrow appertures and linear sound-dampening. Described as the company’s “most slender and sophisticated” designs to date, both product lines have been imagined for high-traffic commercial spaces and can be specified as individual pieces or in…

Automation & AI

Harnessing AI to Meet the EU’s Gas Reduction Target for Member States

Adopting artificial intelligence can help EU member states reach the voluntary 15 per cent gas reduction target set by the EU Council in July 2022 according to Arloid Automation, which advocades coupling AI with building management systems to control and save on energy and coolant use. According to the Council of the EU’s press release…

Energy Management

Wealthcap Tackles Energy Crisis with New MeteoViva Building Sustainability as a Service Model

Leading German real asset and investment manager Wealthcap is using MeteoViva’s predictive building control system to reduce energy use and CO2 emissions in a commercial location at Ganghoferstrasse 27-29 in Munich. To finance the transformation in how it monitors and controls energy usage, Wealthcap is utilising a new Sustainable Buildings as a Service model introduced…

Kuwait

Start Living Chooses MRI Residential Property Management Solution

Start Living, a single-family build-to-rent joint venture between TPG Real Estate Partners and Gatehouse Bank PLC, is implementing the MRI Living suite of solutions to drive operational efficiencies for their property management portfolio. Start Living offers two-, three- and four-bedroom homes in areas that provide family-focused amenities such as schools and leisure facilities, typically as…

Net Zero

Accelerating the Race to Net Zero

Johnson Controls has announced a collaboration with 3Degrees which helps organisations around the world achieve renewable energy and decarbonisation goals. The new collaboration aims to accelerate building owners’ and operators’ progress toward net zero by leveraging 3Degrees’ large-scale environmental commodity solutions, including Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) transactions, long-term renewable energy procurement, carbon credit portfolio management, transportation…

Automation & AI

Why the Commercial Property Sector Needs to Take Responsibility for Water Scarcity

With hose pipe bans coming into effect across the United Kingdom, Ross Sheil, SVP at AI powered building intelligence platform Infogrid asks why so much of the onus for reducing water consumption is falling on consumers rather than the commercial real estate sector. With rivers drying up around the world and droughts being declared across…

Government

Bis Henderson Space Named on CCS Storage Distribution Framework

Bis Henderson Space has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Storage, Distribution, Kitting and Associated Services (RM6282) Framework Agreement for public sector procurement. Launched in February 2022, the commercial agreement will last for four years and offers public sector organisations in the UK, such as central and local government authorities,…

Education

First-of-its-Kind Heat Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship

Pinnacle Group subsidiary Pinnacle Power is claiming a UK first following the development of a new Heat Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship programme. The new 36-month apprenticeship aims to support the UK’s journey to net zero, building on the sustainable energy expertise that Pinnacle provides its private and public sector commercial and residential property clients. Initial approval…

News

Tiny Gaps in Doors Facilitating Rodent Infestation

New research by Rentokil Pest Control confirms how rodents can squeeze through even the smallest gaps and highlights the need for businesses to shore up their defences to deter these unwanted furry visitors. A flexible rib cage allows house mice to fit through a hole a quarter their heigh, or the size of an average…

Cleaning

Green Cleaning Products Manufacturer Appoints Alliance Scotland as Exclusive Country Distributor

GreenTeck Global have signed a five-year partnership with Alliance Scotland for distribution of its  innovative range of natural cleaning solutions throughout Scotland. As part of the relationship, Alliance Scotland will represent GreenTeck Global’s COSHH-free products across all sectors, from local authorities and public transport bodies to hospitality companies. The move will see more of Alliance’s…

design

The Haunting Impact of Decisions Past

Iain Cox, Chair of the Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) revisits a fire in a commercial laundry facility in the United Kingdom to argue building operators must look beyond current safety regulations. Recent years have highlighted the impact of design decisions on fire safety during the construction of buildings and the ensuing need for remediation. It…

FM Magazine

Supporting the UK’s Transition to Net Zero

Gavin Graveson, EVP Veolia UK&I and Chair of the Environmental Services Association (ESA), comments on the UK government’s white paper on transitioning to net zero by 2050. The UK government has today set out ambitious plans to clean up our energy system, support up to 220,000 British jobs, and keep bills affordable as the country…

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