October 2011 facilities-industry news and press releases

Listed in chronological order USGBC Event: The Green Codes Landscape in a World of Standards & Rating Systems Product Release: Metabo PowerMasterSeries Bare Tool ASHRAE Request for Proposals Cintas Releases 5 Tips for Effective, Sanitary Hand Washing Detroit's COBO Center Completes Replacement of 3,000 Inefficient Lights with Induction Fixtures Guide to Insulation Products and Practices Released WSP Flack + Kurtz Begins Commissioning Of Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Schindler’s PORT Elevator Technology Moves Occupants Faster and More Efficiently at Dallas’s Premier Office Complex USGBC Event: Case Study and Building Tour of LEED EBOM Silver Certified Building in Downers Grove U.S. Product’s Survey Finds 2011 Carpet Cleaning Spending About the Same as 2010 USGBC Event: Sustainable Practices at Rock Valley College USGBC Event: Energy Modeling for the Design Phase and Beyond Arc Flash Labels Now Available from DuraLabel WSP Flack + Kurtz Completes First Phase of Energy Efficiency Program At Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington USGBC Event: Myths and Magic of the Green Lease: Evolution of Leasing Principles Report: Facility Management in the US Reached $271.2 Billion USGBC Event: Meet the Green Exchange: Case Study, Tour & Networking Event USGBC Event: Greening Real Estate Arc Flash Protection & Electrical Safety Training DOE Officially Determines ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2010 Saves More Energy than 2007 Version USGBC Event: Moraine Valley Community College Building Tour & Case Study Berkeley Lab Finds Effective Directions for Energy Research Magnalight.com Introduces Rechargeable LED Light Stick Another Drop for Architecture Billings Index Shur-Step Abrasive Anti-Slip Tape Promotes Safer Workplaces and Products New Research Highlights American and British Outlooks on Economic Recovery, Tenant Drivers Milwaukee Introduces Most Compact & Powerful Cordless Ratchets in Class New Pig Introduces Pig Leaktrapper Universal Absorbent Pillow USDA BioPreferred Program Launches New Online Seminar Series Georgia-Pacific Professional Receives 5th ISSA Innovation Award