t-mac summarises the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the UK’s climate goals, what this means for UK businesses and how they might prepare for these changes, as well as a stunning figure that has emerged from the epicentre of the crisis. A bump in the road The disruption caused by the COVID-19…
t-mac explores the value of effective facility management (FM) during crises like COVID-19 and how it can be achieved using building management systems. The soft touch Nightingale and Dragon’s Heart field hospitals, in London and Cardiff respectively, were established in response to rising cases of COVID-19 earlier this month. Since then they have received a…
We look back on the history of Earth Day, how and why it was established, this year’s theme of Climate Action, and how Building Management Systems can contribute to achieving UK climate goals. A hallowed history The likely progenitor to the modern environmental movement, Earth Day began on April 22, 1970 when 20 million Americans,…
Today t-mac explores some of the many benefits of integrated building management systems (BMS) and how we can install and oversee such systems to help you cut costs and budget more effectively. Systems thinking The concept of systems thinking was first developed in 1956 by Professor Jay Forrester of MIT, utilising computer simulation and diagrams…
