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May 31, 2020

“When was this space last sanitized?” We help answer this question for commercial landlords.

Find our new High Touch Cleaning Assurance program, now available on Amazon.com.
April 4, 2020

Real-time health and safety hazards assessment in the time of COVID-19

OSHA standards, including those for personal protective equipment (PPE, 29 CFR 1910.132) and respiratory protection (29 CFR 1910.134), require employers to assess the hazards to which their workers […]
March 28, 2020

Remote Monitoring & Commissioning of Airborne Infection Isolation Rooms

Only 48 hours ago I had never heard of an airborne infection isolation room (AIIR). Now we are working to help mechanical engineers and BAS contractors […]
March 21, 2020

BuiltSpace is waiving subscription fees for up to 6 months

Our offer: BuiltSpace has waived subscription fees for up to 6 months for qualified: Facilities operators Cleaning & sanitization HVAC/BMS Health & safety organizations Including operators […]
February 26, 2020

Carbon neutral universities: It’s a race to zero!

Here’s a quick look at what the top global universities are pursuing as their carbon neutral goals.  It’s a race to zero! UC Berkeley – 2025 […]
February 10, 2020

Let’s find the collective wisdom to fix our planet

The consensus is in…we’ve screwed up our planet with fossil fuels! Elimination of fossil fuels has become a very personal mission for me.  Genealogy tells me […]
January 6, 2020
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Climate Action Part 2: The economic benefits of a smooth transition with renewable energy & electric vehicles

Note to readers:  Other than in this first paragraph, you won’t find any references to GHG emissions (other than a transition to zero emissions), in this […]
December 31, 2019

Climate Action Part 1: GHG Emissions Report Cards for Canada & The G20. How bad is it?

Climate Transparency, an international research consortium,  produces Brown to Green, a comprehensive annual report card on GHG emissions progress for each of the G20 countries.   Thank […]
December 31, 2019

How cost effective & clean is my electric vehicle (or home)? It really depends where you live.

Replacing fossil fuel powered vehicles with electric vehicles is a key strategy for reducing GHG emissions, but if this strategy is effective really  depends on where you […]
December 11, 2019

If ‘we’ can’t reverse climate change who can?

Perhaps it’s karma… In researching this post, I was very surprised to find that my own grand uncles and cousins were key innovators in petroleum…with grand […]
December 2, 2019

Join the BuiltSpace Professional Services Team

Job Location:  Vancouver BC Canada In this job posting, you won’t find a huge long list of responsibilities, or an even longer list of required qualifications.   […]
November 3, 2019

Risk outweighs energy reliability: What the CA wildfires are telling us about the future

The real new stories in California are not the wildfires, or climate change, it’s what the energy utilities are doing about them…it seems that financial risk […]
May 26, 2017

It’s time to abandon enterprise CMMS. Replace it with real-time IoT-class service management

In 2015, Brandon Rogers posted a Realcomm Advisory titled Administrative Costs of Work Order Management are Eroding Your Bottom Line.   Ironically, the Advisory was sponsored by a […]