buildings.com :: Polls

Hotel Projects?

What is the status of projects at your hotel facility?

Buyer's Guides?

How do you search for products for your building?

Graffiti?

Do you have problems with graffiti and vandalism on your property?

Workspaces?

What kind of workspaces does your office building have?

CCTV?

Do you have a CCTV system in your building?

Façade damage?

How often do you check your building’s façade for signs of damage or water entry?

Mass-Notification System?

Does your building have a mass-notification system?

Flood damage?

Has your building been affected by flooding in 2008?

Landscape Design?

Does your landscape design incorporate native plants?

Economic Downturn?

How has the economic downturn impacted your company/organization?

Natural Ventilation?

Do you use any kind of natural ventilation in your buildings?

Vegetated Roof?

Does your building have a green/vegetated roof?

Public Transportation?

Is your building near public transportation?

User Friendly-Signage?

Is the signage in your building clear and easy to understand?

Water-Use Calculations?

Do you track water use in your buildings for benchmarking purposes?

Online Video?

How often do you watch videos on industry websites?

Daylight Factor?

Have you calculated the daylight factor in your buildings?

Market Survey?

Have you used a market survey to help you set rents for your buildings?

Renters Increasing?

Have you seen an increase in renters for your multi-family housing properties?

Wireless Security?

Do you have wireless security systems in your facilities?

PLUS Rating?

Will you get your building PLUS (Promoting Logical Unified Security) rated?

Automatic Fire Sprinklers?

Do you have automatic fire sprinklers in your building?

Severe Weather?

Has your building been damaged by severe weather this year?

Building Information Modeling (BIM)?

Have you used BIM technology for new construction projects?

Energy Benchmarking?

Do you benchmark your building’s energy use?

Green Savings?

How have your building costs been affected by going green?

Square-footage Accounting?

Have you ever recalculated your building’s square footage?

Space-Planning Software?

Have you used space-planning software for your buildings?

Is Green a Fad?

What do you think about the trend in green building?

Fluorescent Lamps?

What is the main type of fluorescent lamp used in your buildings?

Distribution Centers?

Do you use natural lighting in your distribution center or warehouse?

Interiors Questions?

What are your main interiors questions about?

Performance Contracting?

Have you used performance contracting to fund energy-efficiency projects in your buildings?

Passive Fire Protection (PFP)?

Do you make sure PFP systems are intact after work is done to your buildings?

Green Products?Do you look for third-party certification on products that claim to be green?

LEED Certified Buildings?

Are any of your buildings LEED certified?

Leased Access Control?

Do you allow tenants to lease access-control systems?

Water-Cooled HVAC?

Do you use water-cooled HVAC systems in your buildings?

Green Traveler?

When you stay at a hotel, do you reuse your towels?

Disaster Plan?

Have you conducted a disaster simulation at your facility?

Intelligent Building?

Does your facility use a shared network for all major building-system communications?

Environmental Hazards?

Which, if any, of the following have been problems in your buildings?

Ergonomics?

How much do you know about proper ergonomics?

School Security?

Have you conducted a safety or risk assessment of your educational facility?

Outdoor LEDs?

Do you use LEDs for outdoor lighting applications?

Legionella in Your Buildings?

Have you ever had a Legionella outbreak in your facilities?

Green Facilities?

Would you call your facility green?

Succession Plan?

Do you have a succession plan in place for when you retire?

State Energy Plan?

Does your state have a progressive energy plan?

ADA Access?

Are all your building’s entries ADA compliant?

2030 Challenge?

Do you think it's feasible to have zero energy commercial buildings by 2030?

Lighting Controls?

Do you use lighting controls to reduce energy consumption in your buildings?

Green Incentives?

Would government grants or tax offsets entice you to build green?

Flexible Design?

If your building is mixed-use, is the design flexible for future changes?

Are you prepared?

Do you know what to do for your building after a disaster?

Designing for Maintenance?

Does the design of your building make it easier or more difficult to maintain?

Are Your Windows Performing?

Do you consider thermal-improvement technologies when selecting windows for your building?

Brain Drain?

Are you concerned about the loss of knowledge and experience as your older employees retire?

Smart Elevators or Smart Riders?

If you’ve used a destination dispatch elevator, how easy was it to figure out?

Sustainable Landscaping?

Is landscaping a part of your building’s sustainability plan?

Continuing Education?

Do you take online courses for continuing education in facilities management?

Power-Quality Monitoring?

Do you use power-quality monitoring in your buildings?

Winter Ready?

Have you begun winterizing your building?

Do any of your buildings have vegetated roofs?

Is your company listed in the 2007 Buildings Census?

Have you ever designed a fire-sprinkler plan?

Does your building have a solar electricity system?

Have you been involved in a green building project?

Is your building intelligent (using systems that communicate with each other)?

Would you use biometric technology for your building's access control?

Will the BOMA Intl. “7-Point Challenge” change your facility’s energy strategy?

Acoustical Etiquette?

Do employees in your office buildings complain about unwanted sound?

Zero-Energy Standard?

Do you think the Department of Energy should adopt a zero-net-energy standard for commercial buildings?

Saving Energy?

Do you use energy-saving technologies in your building’s vertical transportation?

Hotel Projects?

What is the status of projects at your hotel facility?

Underway

66.67 %

Put on hold

22.22 %

Abandoned

11.11 %