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Your green roof is an incredible engineering feat that provides insulation and stormwater management, but could its lush greenery be putting you at risk for an invasion of pests? Vegetated roofs are often touted as a way to encourage biodiversity, but that isn’t limited to the plant selection. Whether your roof has low grass, flowers, shrubs, or food gardens, insects and animals will inevitably be attracted to the foliage. NYC 2020? Integrated pest management can help you stay ahead of pest activity and ensure any infestations are treated in an environmentally sensitive manner. Follow these tips to ensure your roof will thrive without becoming overrun with wildlife. 1) Understand Which Pests Frequent Vegetated Roofs : Animals need three things to survive – food, water , and shelter – so it’s no surprise that a manicured green roof can provide these in abundance. “Green roofs are living architecture,” explains Pat Copps, a board certified entomologist and technic...

OLED vs. LED Both technologies are classified as solid-state lighting, a type of lighting system that relies on semiconductors that convert electricity into light rather than filaments or gases encased in glass bulbs. However, the similarities end there. Differences in the materials and manufacturing processes used to make the two light sources lead to differing characteristics in the finished products. “One of the main distinguishing characteristics of an LED is that it’s a point source, which makes it a good choice for directional applications. However, if you were to look directly at the diodes, they’re extremely bright – maybe up to 1 million candelas per square meter,” explains Jeannine Wang, director of business development for Acuity Brands’ OLED Business Group. “In order to be able to use the light in a useful fashion, glare control is a big consideration. You need optics to control the light from an LED source.” LED Lighting  OLEDs, on the other hand, ...

Circular Buildings The choice is yours. And if you wish, there are many more building qualifications worthwhile to strive for. We got used to ‘energy-efficient’, ‘green’ and ‘sustainable’ buildings over the past years, but ‘circular’ is the new buzz word also getting political attention, while ‘resource-efficiency’ comes in from the European Commission . Whatever the name, buildings have a huge potential to contribute positive to solve New York, New Jersey and Connecticut challenges of today. The bunch of – all valuable – sustainability qualifications shows that the only meaningful way to handle this is to take an integrated (‘holistic’) approach. Buildings contribute to the major environmental problems of our time, but the same buildings also offer the solution.   Safe and sustainable buildings: the future is now We can already make our buildings more sustainable today. By energy efficient renovation, by building resilience and fire safety into the building e...

Guardian has been constantly evolving and expanding -- and we felt that it was time to also expand in the way we tell our story and vision. We saw that we needed more outlets for the purpose.” Alan Bressler, COO Guardian Service Industries The speaker: Alan Bressler, Chief Operating Officer and Principal of Guardian Service Industries, and a member of the third generation to manage the company. "Every single blog, every single posting on social media -- they all come back to who we are and what we do. They come back, too, to what we hope to continue doing – serving our clients with superior service -- for a long time to come,” says Alan Bressler, Chief Operating Officer and Principal. To read the entire article head over to Mann Publications - http://mannpublications.com/ Guardian Service Industries Inc.   |   Facility Solution Provider LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Blog | Google+

“We’ve been a success in our business since 1918, serving commercial buildings, government buildings, residential communities, commercial facilities, schools, industrial facilities, transportation hubs, and retail outlets. Today we have over 1,000 clients and maintain over 110 million square feet throughout the Northeast. But no one has known about it!" Sandy Herzfeld, Chief Executive Officer and Principal of Guardian Service Industries and a member of the third generation to manage the company.  Sandy Herzfeld, Chief Executive Officer & Principal The speaker: Sandy Herzfeld, Chief Executive Officer and Principal of Guardian Service Industries, and a member of the third generation to manage the company. The solution, he comments: “We are in the midst of rebranding ourselves, using today’s media to raise our profile. To read the entire article head over to Mann Publications - http://mannpublications.com/

Flooring The demand for hard flooring, especially vinyl and various types of decorative tile, will rise by 5 percent each year to reach 9.3 billion square feet by 2017, according to Freedonia, an international market research firm based in Cleveland, OH, The study, conducted in 2013, reflects a fairly significant rebound driven by new building construction and renovation since the economic downturn in 2008. It also reflects what many jansan distributors and building service contractors (BSCs) are well aware of, which is "The office and commercial segment will post the strongest growth during this time, fueled by double-digit advances in construction spending and rising interest in hard surface flooring as a low-maintenance alternative to carpeting." According to the report, a great deal of the hard flooring selected will be luxury vinyl tile flooring (LVT), favored because it offers the durability and performance properties of traditional vinyl flooring...