Honeywell to supply new power solutions for data centers

Working with industrial automation firm LS Electric, Honeywell will offer AI-driven power management solutions, including battery energy storage systems, to help meet the sector’s energy demand.

By Joe Burns • Oct. 10, 2025

How FMs can improve data center performance-per-watt

Generating money-saving PPW gains begins with an understanding of the right liquid cooling approach for your operations. 

By Angela Taylor • Oct. 10, 2025

Explore the Trendline➔

Facilities Management Technology

From smart building solutions to predictive maintenance tools, cutting-edge facilities management technologies are rapidly gaining momentum among operators.

By Facilities Dive staff

With growth, heat pump water heaters are no longer an afterthought

Cold weather innovations could help spur more sales as manufacturers roll out products to meet a DOE initiative to broaden heat pump adoption.

By Robert Freedman • Oct. 9, 2025

Right-sizing offices for hybrid work starts with data, workspace pros say

At IFMA World Workplace 2025, executives shared case studies on the value of high-frequency, real-time data for real estate planning.

By Brian Martucci • Oct. 8, 2025

Sheetz to manage EV charging stations remotely

The software the company is using, called Driivz, also offers on-site energy management “to balance loads in real time and optimize charging performance.”

By Brett Dworski • Oct. 8, 2025

Smart HVAC systems 63% more efficient when quantum-based, research shows

Simultaneous processing was found to enable faster and more complex computing, resulting in lower costs and more optimal temperatures.

By Robert Freedman • Oct. 7, 2025

Facilities management conferences of note in 2026

Next year’s facilities management conferences will cover best practices for managing building systems, leveraging technology, recruiting and retaining talent and navigating market conditions. 

By Joe Burns • Sept. 30, 2025

Data-driven building management takes center stage at IFMA conference

Facilities managers are learning how to sort through and leverage building systems data as they lean into digitalization, conference sessions show.

By Brian Martucci • Sept. 30, 2025

Stop ‘flying blind’: How remote visibility empowers facilities managers to make better decisions, faster

The shift isn't about adding more technology for technology's sake. It's about getting 'eyes on the ground' without needing someone on site.

Sept. 29, 2025

Carrier adds data filter, export tools to AI platform to help portfolio management

Enhancements to the Abound Insights app provide weather and air quality overlays and enable users to download site lists, equipment details and work order reports.

By Joe Burns • Sept. 26, 2025

IT losing ability to secure networks without FMs’ help, report shows

Tech leaders know breach prevention but facilities managers know the building systems that bad actors are increasingly targeting, says a cybersecurity specialist. The two must work together.

By Ramona Dzinkowski • Sept. 25, 2025

Axiom Cloud touts integrations to boost refrigerant leak management tech

A new web portal aims to break down walls between refrigerant tracking and maintenance systems with AI to help operators streamline work order management and meet compliance.

By Joe Burns • Sept. 24, 2025

School facility governance standard aims to improve fairness, boost rental revenue

An executive with rental platform Facilitron says some larger districts forgo millions through outdated, inconsistently enforced policies.

By Brian Martucci • Sept. 24, 2025

How better workflow helped FM get ahead of maintenance

By automating routine work and giving each technician visibility into project status, the facilities chief for a 13,000-student school district has been able to keep older equipment running smoothly.

By Robert Freedman • Sept. 23, 2025

Trane AI tools aim to address outdated systems, labor shortage

AI Control and ARIA can reduce heating and cooling energy use up to 25% and carbon emissions up to 40% while making it easier for operators to troubleshoot maintenance issues, the company says.

By Joe Burns • Sept. 22, 2025

Using CMMS to get ahead of Legionella risk

By tracking changes in bacteria levels before they reach critical levels, facility managers can reduce exposure, a facility software executive says.

By Robert Freedman • Sept. 22, 2025

Schneider co-develops 2 reference designs to optimize ‘AI factories’

The designs build on Schneider’s investments in liquid cooling infrastructure and previous work with NVIDIA on data center design and digital-twin simulations.

By Brian Martucci • Sept. 19, 2025

Johnson Controls launches scalable coolant distribution unit for data centers

The platform stems from a collaboration with partners in the hyperscale, colocation and semiconductor industries, a company executive said last week.

By Brian Martucci • Sept. 16, 2025

AI can aid building energy retrofit decisions, but faces limitations: study

Large language models can deliver results in technical optimization tasks but struggle with payback optimization, researchers at Michigan State University say.

By Joe Burns • Sept. 15, 2025

Lennox cold climate heat pump receives DOE lab validation

The HVAC manufacturer says it will install its prototype in a U.S. commercial building later this year to validate its performance in severe winter conditions.

By Joe Burns • Sept. 11, 2025

Schneider Electric announces major data center order, ‘white space’ collaboration

The collaboration with Compass Datacenters is intended to accelerate data center delivery timelines by offering a prefabricated module with a high-power busway, network cabling and a water-based cooling loop among other cooling components. 

By Brian Martucci • Sept. 10, 2025

Desiccant-based storage system nearly halves cooling bills in trials

A technology developed and tested by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory could reduce peak air conditioning power demand by 90%.

By Joe Burns • Sept. 8, 2025

Baseball team’s security cameras double as building systems eyes

The Fisher Cats in New Hampshire have visibility into both rowdy fans and mechanical problems after upgrading to smart cameras, says the the FM at Delta Dental Stadium.

By Robert Freedman • Sept. 4, 2025

New York City workplace shooting exposes building security weaknesses

The mass shooting in July underscores how access controls fail, but facility managers can get better security out of the technology, specialists say.

By Joe Burns • Aug. 18, 2025

The connected building: Why leveraging IT/OT convergence could be your next big win

Older buildings are going digital. IT/OT convergence is helping operators modernize and save.

Aug. 18, 2025