Emergency Planning: What It Is and Why It Is Crucial
Emergency Preparedness Plans for places of work are required legally. Emergency Preparedness Plans for places of work are required operationally. Every business has a duty of care to keep personnel and visitors safe in ANY emergency. Following is the Ten Commandments of workplace emergency planning as required by law for EVERY employer in the U.S. […]
The Hidden Costs of Non-Compliance: Fire Safety and Your Bottom Line
Fires cost businesses billions of dollars annually, not just in direct damage, but also in lost revenue, legal fees, food security, and reputational harm. Consider the devastating fire that ripped through a food processing plant in Moses Lake, Washington in 2023. The blaze, which took dozens of firefighters to battle, not only destroyed the facility […]
Operational Assessments Are the Most Overlooked Profit Machine in Your Facility
Picture this: You’re the facility manager for a thriving company. Every day feels like you’re running a complex machine with a thousand moving parts—HVAC systems, security protocols, maintenance schedules, compliance reports. You keep everything running, fires get put out, and at the end of each day, you can say “mission accomplished.” But here’s the million-dollar […]
Washington’s Clean Buildings Performance Standard: A Compliance Roadmap
Washington’s Clean Buildings Performance Standard sets a clear expectation: commercial buildings must cut energy use—and show the results. For property owners, that means tracking current consumption, planning targeted improvements, and funding strategic capital expenditure projects—like HVAC and controls upgrades, better insulation, and high-efficiency lighting—that actually reduce demand. The payoff is straightforward: lower utility bills, smoother […]
The Ultimate Guide to Energy Use Intensity (EUI) Compliance
Energy Use Intensity (EUI) is a crucial metric for measuring the energy efficiency of your building. It’s calculated by dividing the total energy consumption of your building by its total floor area. EUI is typically expressed in terms of energy use per square foot per year, providing you with a standardized way to compare the […]
Regulatory Compliance, HELP!
Navigating the Complexities of Business Compliance and Asset Management Understanding and adhering to legal and regulatory requirements is a critical yet often underestimated aspect of business ownership. Ignorance is not bliss, and ultimately, the responsibility for compliance rests firmly with you, the business owner. Recent inspections for asset inventory and compliance have revealed alarming oversights […]
Focus: Energy Consumption
Energy usage is getting a lot of focus these days. Sometimes we seem to overlook simple things that can get a big return. We adjust the set points and hours of operation on HVAC systems, put in motion/heat sensing LED light fixtures that also adjust with higher outside light levels to maintain a specific candle […]
L&I, NOT the Bad Guys
They actually do NOT want to fine you, shut you down, drive you insane. What they want is for all workers to be safe, for employers to have safe workplaces. They would rather spend all of their time doing requested consultations over surprise inspections. They want to do: Safety and Health, Risk Management, and Ergonomic […]
IAQ
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) has become a major topic since Covid. The discussion is not only about killing virus’s, but overall health of the occupants. Killing a virus, but leaving smelly or particulate laden air is not acceptable either. Solve YOUR problem, not someone else’s! There are options out there, some only kill virus’s, others […]
Sensors, Why?
Sensors are getting a lot of air time these days, and for good reason. But before going out and buying a bunch of sensors determine: 1. What are you trying to learn? 2. What are you trying to solve? 3. Am I willing to spend the time and resources to continually monitor and make the […]
