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It’s Time for Companies to Monitor Workplace Air Quality This article was written by: Joseph G. Allen Original article – https://hbr.org/2023/11/its-time-for-companies-to-monitor-workplace-air-quality    When the Canadian wildfire smoke hit New York City in June, I got a call from a senior executive with a pressing question: was the air inside their company’s building safe for employees to breathe?…

Enhancing workplace security and efficiency: The benefits of a digital visitor management system In today’s digital age, where an organization’s first impression is of utmost importance, a visitor management system (VMS) plays a crucial role. In this newsletter, we will delve into how a visitor management system (VMS) benefits an organization in digitally orchestrating the…

Indoor Air Quality standards – A must for healthy workplaces in India Introduction There is an increasing focus and much discussion about the importance of indoor air quality in enclosed areas where people gather together whether it be offices, hospitals, schools or public places such as malls airports etc. The issue of indoor air quality…

Health, Wellness, & Hygiene at workplaces – key pivots to a productive sustainable enterprise and ESG mission As organizations repurpose their workplace strategies and plans as a part of their return to office (RTW) initiative, hygiene, health, and wellness remain the top priority for workplaces. In fact, in a recent LinkedIn RTW survey, more than…

How to achieve sustainable Indoor Air Quality? The FM industry is facing the challenge of ensuring better IAQ levels for building occupants while optimizing energy costs and aim to achieve net-zero carbon emission for ensuring environment sustainability (ESG agenda). To address this challenge and to help organizations in achieving the goal of “sustainable IAQ”, enVerid…

Why traditional IWMS needs to be re-invented in the light of COVID-19? The first generation of software for facility management were known as Computer-Aided Facility Management (CAFM) or Facility Management Information Systems (FMIS). In 1980’s CAFM seemed ‘smart’ as integration back then meant one central database connected to other smaller modules and all these modules…

Importance of measuring, monitoring, and managing indoor air quality in all public buildings Indoor air hygiene- the new ‘risk’ marker The outbreak of COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) as it is now established by the medical fraternity and researchers that there is high transmissibility of this virus in indoor areas…

The future of workplaces and emergence of workplace technology Researchers and technology pundits are forecasting that human-controlled functions would progressively reduce in the coming 10years and give way to autonomous and platform enabled services in most spheres of B2B services. The global pandemic has significantly accelerated innovation and technology adoption in the workplace sector. Workplaces…

The future of workplaces Re-purposing workplaces with digital technology As organizations continue to respond to the crisis and decide on a Return to work strategy for their employees, keep in mind the new workplace trends driving the new workplace. How can organizations address the new workplace trends? To facilitate the new workplace trends, technology would play an…

Rebooting employee experience and engagement in this new world of hybrid workplaces The pandemic has repurposed work, workplaces, and work formats. Hybrid work has become the new normal for most organizations. While hybrid work provides flexibility to employees, it can pose challenges for organizations to engage employees, enhance their experience, and most importantly uphold the…