Robert Freedman
Lead Editor | LinkedInRobert Freedman is lead editor of Facilities Dive. He focuses on maintenance, soft operations, regulatory compliance, data centers, drones, security, refrigerants and water management, among other issues. He’s a 35-year veteran business reporter and editor and a past president of the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the ASBPE Educational Foundation. He’s the editor of two books on business journalism — Best Practices of the Business Press (Kendall-Hunt, 2004) and Journalism That Matters (Marion Press, 2006) — and the author or editor of four other books, including Broker to Broker: Management Lessons From America's Most Successful Real Estate Companies (John A. Wylie & Sons, 2005). He has an MA in humanities from Marymount University and is the recipient of more than two dozen awards for his journalism from ASBPE, Association Media & Publishing, Parenting Media Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, among other organizations. He has been with Informa TechTarget since 2019 and previously was editor of Legal Dive and CFO Dive. He can be reached at rfreedman@industrydive and on LinkedIn.
299 articles by Robert Freedman
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Connected systems can help when skilled workers are hard to find: Johnson Controls exec
Oct. 26, 2026 -
Honeywell aims fire prevention products at battery installations, data centers
Oct. 23, 2026 -
Tiered approach can hold down energy efficiency upgrade costs
Oct. 22, 2026 -
Federal building occupancy rate unclear, GAO says
Oct. 21, 2026 -
Energy management company touts revenue available to buildings with excess energy capacity
Oct. 20, 2026 -
Building systems as cyberattack targets. ‘We’re sitting on a time bomb,’ security expert says.
Oct. 20, 2026 -
HVAC manufacturers ask judge to drop price-fixing case
Oct. 19, 2026 -
Facilities could benefit as on-site energy matures: attorney
Oct. 15, 2026 -
Robots can handle a third of physical jobs — but not yet cost-effectively: Anthropic
Oct. 14, 2026 -
Hack of Danfoss refrigeration controllers in Europe causes tens of millions in food losses
Oct. 13, 2026 -
How small batteries are helping one NYC business cut energy costs
Oct. 12, 2026 -
How K-12 schools might narrow $80B facility repair gap
Oct. 9, 2026 -
US manufacturers unlikely to retool for incandescent bulbs: NEMA
Oct. 8, 2026 -
CO exposure risk increases as weather cools: worker comp specialist
Oct. 6, 2026 -
AI isn’t a tool, it’s a teammate: facilities management CEO
Oct. 5, 2026 -
Legacy BACnet standard leaves HVAC, other building systems vulnerable to hacks
Oct. 2, 2026 -
4.5-foot-thick walls needed to absorb data center noise: researcher
Oct. 1, 2026 -
Public facilities remain biggest users of energy services companies
Sept. 30, 2026 -
Facilities are using 48E investment tax credits to make energy projects pencil out
Sept. 29, 2026 -
‘Elephant skin’ tiles show promise for reducing AC: research
Sept. 25, 2026 -
Facilities fueling energy storage installations
Sept. 24, 2026 -
Commercial building operations put $610B into US economy last year: BOMA
Sept. 23, 2026 -
Data center backup power contributes to health risks: report
Sept. 22, 2026 -
Brown University adds 700 cameras in wake of deadly shooting
Sept. 21, 2026 -
Facility problems led to 3.5M lost school days: GAO
Sept. 18, 2026
