ey Takeaways: Building resilient facilities starts with building resilient teams through trust, cross-training, open communication and a culture where employees willingly support one another beyond their defined roles.
Read This » Adaptive Reuse: Looking Back to See the Futureey Takeaways: For two organizations in San Francisco, adaptive reuse has opened new opportunities for growth and success by renovating buildings that have seen better days into facilities that provide new opportunities for their organizations. The adaptive reuse of 100 McAllister, a 276,000-square-foot, 100-year-old former hotel and government building in San Francisco, aims to revitalize the building with seismic upgrades and 280 new student beds. San Francisco’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission undertook an adaptive reuse project that sought to renovate a facility to host three government agencies seeking to coordinate their sustainability efforts. New construction projects require that building owners demonstrate vision by seeing a new institutional or commercial facility where one does not exist.
Read This » Designing Education Facilities for the Neurodivergent Studentey Takeaways: Neuroscience-informed design helps improve student success by reducing cognitive overload through better acoustics, intuitive wayfinding, adaptable lighting and sensory-friendly spaces, particularly in aging campus buildings. Providing students with a variety of environments—from quiet retreat areas to collaborative spaces—supports self-regulation, reduces stress and creates a stronger sense of belonging for diverse learning needs. As higher education prioritizes retention and student well-being, neuroscience-informed design is emerging as a strategic investment that enhances learning outcomes rather than simply serving as an accessibility feature. Across higher education, institutions are confronting a new reality: many legacy campus environments were never designed to support today’s increasingly diverse ways of learning, processing, and engaging.
Read This » Emerging Technologies Redefine Backup Power Systemsey Takeaways: Emergency power systems are evolving beyond traditional diesel generators by incorporating battery energy storage, renewable energy, microgrids and AI-driven optimization to improve resilience, sustainability and reliability. As grid instability, extreme weather and operational risks increase, facility owners are expanding backup power strategies beyond minimum code requirements to better protect critical operations and reduce downtime. Successful emergency power projects require early collaboration with utilities, clear operational planning and careful consideration of evolving incentives, regulations and long-term technology investments. Commercial building emergency power is evolving rapidly.
Read This » What’s One Small Change You’ve Made to Your Field or Grounds that Had a Surprisingly Big Impact?he first impression isn’t always made when someone set foot inside a building – it starts the minute they walk onto the property.
Read This » Inside One of Healthcare's Most Ambitious Hospital ProjectsWhen someone faces a serious medical condition, having access to world-class care close to home can make all the difference.
Read This » Are Your Warehouses Sustainable?ey Takeaways: Warehouses present one of the largest untapped opportunities for sustainability, with energy-efficient technologies and rooftop solar capable of significantly reducing emissions and operating costs. Successful warehouse solar projects require careful planning around structural capacity, financial incentives, tenant-owner coordination and integration with batteries, EV charging and smart energy systems. Industry leaders like Prologis and Amazon demonstrate how warehouses can become clean energy hubs by combining solar power, electric vehicle infrastructure, sustainable building practices and operational efficiency. When I’m on a plane descending into a city, I often notice the acres of commercial rooftops passing underneath.
Read This » Building Wildfire Resilience Beyond Fire Seasoney Takeaways: As wildfire risk expands beyond traditional fire seasons and regions, communities need year-round resilience strategies that address the built environment rather than relying solely on seasonal emergency response. Modern building codes, ignition-resistant construction, defensible space and the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code (IWUIC) provide a comprehensive framework for reducing structure ignitions and improving long-term community resilience. The 2026 wildfire outlook underscores that proactive planning, code adoption and consistent enforcement are long-term investments that help communities withstand increasingly frequent and widespread wildfire threats. The United States is entering 2026 with an increasingly familiar pattern: wildfire conditions are ramping up early, expanding across regions and challenging the idea of a neat start and end to “fire season.” National fire intelligence reported that fire activity increased across the U.S.
Read This » How Diversion Stewardship Is Reshaping Office Renovationsey Takeaways: Diversion stewardship relies on reverse procurement, which is the process of identifying the reuse potential for existing construction materials and integrating their reuse into the new space. Reuse not only reduces construction and demolition waste.
Read This » Legionnaires’ Resurfaces in Las Vegas, New York City Facilitiesey Takeaways: Legionnaires’ disease was first identified as the culprit in the deaths of 34 people who had attended an American Legion convention at a Philadelphia hotel.
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