Facilities Dive

2 days ago | facilitiesdive.com | Joe Burns

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. LEED v5, the newest version of the U.S. Green Building Council’s green building rating system, launched at the end of April, ushering in a number of changes that could affect facility managers and building operators working to become certified under the system. The U.S. Green Building Council created the LEED rating system 25 years ago as a global benchmark for buildings to reduce their environmental impact.

3 days ago | facilitiesdive.com | Joe Burns

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. What drives a building into obsolescence before the end of its lifecycle? A report by JLL identifies three key drivers: age and design, locational parameters and regulatory requirements. Operational efficiency, occupier preference for high-quality properties, and the rising tide of sustainability and climate risk mitigation efforts are among the issues weighing on aging commercial real estate assets, JLL says.

6 days ago | facilitiesdive.com | Joe Burns

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Revenue at Jones Lang LaSalle’s newly formed Real Estate Management Services segment grew 14% in the first quarter from a year ago on the back of workplace management and project management, the company said in its Q1 earnings report, released May 7.

1 week ago | facilitiesdive.com | Brian Martucci

Johnson Controls recorded 7% organic year over year sales growth and grew the order backlog for its core Building Solutions division to a record $14 billion in Q2 2025, the company said in its second-quarter earnings call May 7. Within Building Solutions, respective backlogs for its service and systems categories rose 12% and 9% year over year, the company said.

1 week ago | facilitiesdive.com | Robert Freedman

Federal agencies constructing new buildings or renovating old ones won’t have to meet energy performance standards required in regulations the U.S. Department of Energy finalized last year, the agency said in a stay published in the Federal Register on May 5. “This pause will ensure that our federal buildings are able to utilize the most efficient power available, lowering costs and reducing regulatory overreach,” Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said in a statement.