Watford Borough Council worked alongside its operating agent, Everyone Active and Leisure Energy, to successfully complete the installation of 680 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels at Watford Leisure Centre – Woodside, in May 2025. The 282 kWp solar photovoltaic (PV) system is expected to generate around 255,700 kWh of clean electricity annually, helping to reduce reliance on grid electricity whilst supporting Watford Borough Council’s ambition to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030. ..

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Facilities or Facility Management or just FM as many refer to it is an industry that supports an organization to achieve its objectives and goals through optimizing cost savings and efficiencies within the non-core areas of the business. Although this multi billion-dollar global industry has been established, for over 30 years, it is still misunderstood by many and is unknown to others. The purpose of this article is to define FM, its purpose, role and Critical Success Factors (CSFs), including how it can support organizations ..

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Hospital staff, including doctors and nurses and those in other roles joined in with activities and got involved to learn more practical ways to save water at home and at work. It’s part of actions to boost water efficiency and support further progress on Green Plans at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust which runs Stepping Hill Hospital and local community NHS services and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. Increasing water efficiency can help reduce carbon emissions, accelerating decarbonisation actions underway at sites in ..

29-03-2026

Facilities management (FM) has come a long way, especially in the last decade. The amalgamation of newer practices and cutting-edge technologies have equipped facilities managers with improved approaches towards maintaining and managing buildings and related facilities. The recent times have seen an upsurge of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the area of FM. BIM leveraged 3D computing and modelling in order to create a coherent and comprehensive information centre for a building.While BIM should be gaining traction within the facilities management arena, it is still ..

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