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JLL, Microsoft integrate indoor mapping tech to speed workplace transformation

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.
Facility teams must align with the businesses they serve, experts say

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.
Vast array of solar power equipment left exposed online

3 days ago | facilitiesdive.com | Eric Geller

Nearly 35,000 solar power devices are remotely manageable and openly accessible to anyone from anywhere in the world, according to a new report from industrial cybersecurity firm Forescout. These exposed devices with internet-accessible management interfaces, which are made by 42 different companies, include equipment that is essential for operating solar energy infrastructure, according to the Tuesday report.
BofA: More branches, more space for conversations

4 days ago | facilitiesdive.com | Caitlin Mullen

To Bank of America, it’s become clear that “you have to be proximate to your clients,” said Will Smayda, the lender’s head of financial centers. “They may or may not visit you,” he quickly added. But the bank’s presence affirms its commitment to a community, and “there’s a brand value” with that, Smayda said. Even as 90% of the bank’s client interactions now occur digitally, “proximity is still important to people, and I think it will be, into the future,” he said during an interview last week.
LiquidStack touts modular, scalable data center coolant distribution unit

5 days ago | facilitiesdive.com | Brian Martucci

LiquidStack is rolling out what it calls the “first modular, scalable coolant distribution with up to 10 [megawatts] cooling capacity” for data centers, it said todayat the Datacloud Global Conference in Cannes, France. The GigaModular Coolant Distribution Unit will help data center operators “future-proof” direct-to-chip cooling systems as leading chipmaker NVIDIA rolls out increasingly powerful graphics processing units, LiquidStack says.
Realcomm IBCon: Don’t wait to implement AI in building operations

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.
LiquidStack touts modular, scalable data center coolant distribution

5 days ago | facilitiesdive.com | Brian Martucci

LiquidStack is rolling out what it calls the “first modular, scalable coolant distribution with up to 10 [megawatts] cooling capacity” for data centers, it said todayat the Datacloud Global Conference in Cannes, France. The GigaModular Coolant Distribution Unit will help data center operators “future-proof” direct-to-chip cooling systems as leading chipmaker NVIDIA rolls out increasingly powerful graphics processing units, LiquidStack says.
Cisco, Environments partnership aims for better building data

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.
Fire risk keeps spotlight on lithium batteries as backup energy source

1 week ago | facilitiesdive.com | Robert Freedman

Two fires in two months at a California utility-scale battery storage facility highlight the long-known fire risk of lithium-ion batteries. “Although the flames were extinguished in a few days, the metaphorical smoke is still clearing,” an MIT Technology Review story on the fire said. The Moss Landing Power Plant, where the fires occurred, is the world’s largest collection of batteries on the grid, the article says.
NYC power bills going up this summer, ConEd warns

1 week ago | facilitiesdive.com | Robert Walton

Commercial and small business customers in New York City will see summer power bills rise by about 10% and 8%, respectively, . Residential customers will see smaller increases, the utility said. The price increases are part of a national trend amid rising demand. “Retail electricity prices have increased faster than the rate of inflation since 2022, and we expect them to continue increasing through 2026,” the U.S. Energy Information Administration said May 14.