Joe Burns

2 days ago | facilitiesdive.com | Joe Burns

JLL is working with Microsoft to improve its workplace management technology and help streamline flexible work environments, the company announced Wednesday. Through the JLL Osis technology, facility leaders will be able to automatically convert AutoCAD drawings and integrated workplace management system data into the indoor mapping data format used by Microsoft Places.

3 days ago | facilitiesdive.com | Joe Burns

Hybrid work has sparked a balancing act between employers and employees, driving facility leaders to create workplaces that satisfy both parties' needs, according to a series of global workplace and occupancy insight reports by CBRE and other analyses by integrated real estate management firms.

5 days ago | facilitiesdive.com | Joe Burns

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Thousands of building operators and other real estate professionals are gathering this week for Realcomm IBCon, the annual conference showcasing the latest technology for improving properties and their operations. The focus this year, unsurprisingly, is the potential of AI and how to implement it. “There are now two worlds,” Jim Young, founder and CEO of Realcomm Conference Group, said Monday.

6 days ago | facilitiesdive.com | Joe Burns

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Smart space management provider Environments has been named a Cisco Advisor Select Partner, broadening its access to the enterprise network infrastructure provider’s technologies, the companies announced in May. Environments uses endpoints — cameras, sensors, thermostats, lighting controls, speakers, security devices and shades — to create IoT ecosystems that can help operators optimize energy and integrate building systems.

1 week ago | facilitiesdive.com | Joe Burns

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Athletic facilities and other recreational amenities are away that higher education institutions attract students, with more than 50 cents invested in amenities for every dollar spent on academics, according to researchers at the National Bureau of Economic Research.