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10 Pet-Friendly Hotels For Your Next Vacation

It's still (barely) summertime, which means there's still time to take the family on a vacation. For some families, it makes more sense to have someone watch

The Surprising Mental Health Benefits of Volunteering

Psychotherapy in exchange for volunteering in the community: What are the mental health benefits of such a program?

Five-Year Study for Relapse Prevention

Relapse prevention is one of the most important elements of addiction recovery. Working a solid program by staying connected with your su...

Bring Solar to Your State's Government Buildings

To avoid catastrophic climate change we must keep fossil fuels in the ground and rapidly transition to renewable energy. A concrete step we can take toward a sustainable energy system would be installing solar panels on government buildings.

Millennials vs. Boomers: Trends in Multifamily Apartment Rentals

Millennials and Baby Boomers have more in common than you may think.

When Government Schools Weren't Nearly So Bad

Back when public schools were still under local control, you could still get something resembling an education at one of them.

5 Steps to Moving Out of Your Apartment Rental

Whether you’re moving to a new city, searching for a better neighborhood in your current one or simply feel like a change, moving out of an apartment rental and ending a lease is something you’ll likely do countless times over the course of your life<br>To leave things cordial with your landlord—and get most, if not all, of your security deposit back—follow the steps outlined below.<br>1. Tell your landlord as soon as possible.<br>It’s beneficial to tell your landlord once you know…

Energy Audits of Small Government Buildings

Do you need help with your apartment rental search?

If you have extra cash to burn and want to take all of the legwork out of your quest for a new San Francisco apartment, here’s one way to do it: hire somebody to do your searching and applying for you. As a new service sector, this is in the category of boutique personal assistant-style …

All You Need to Know About Moving and Apartment Rentals

If you're moving into an apartment, there are things you need to know about renting, including what to look for and before you sign the lease.

Which government building is piloting facial recognition technology?

Dynamic SageGlass helps government buildings meet energy-efficiency and worker comfort requirements

Electronically-tintable SageGlass®, a product of Saint-Gobain, is being incorporated into a growing number of government buildings to help public workplaces save energy and provide an improved work environment for employees.A wide variety of federal, state and local government projects ranging from homeland defense facilities to research labs have recently installed SageGlass dynamic glass to solve challenging sun glare and heat-gain problems, resulting in considerable cost and energy savings.

Government building design: Automation and controls 

When your client is the government, engineering design can be tricky, thanks to stepped-up regulations, budgetary concerns, and other considerations. Respondents discuss building automation and controls in government, state, municipal, federal, and military facilities.

Millions being wasted on vacant government buildings

Spinners and Winners How much does it cost to maintain a vacant building? After rent and utility bills? Quite a lot. That's why most people who own real estate usually work hard to sell or fill up any vacant building with lease-paying tenants. But a recent study found that the government doesn'

A former real estate agent reveals 7 broker tricks to look out for when searching for apartment...

You may have no choice but to work with a broker, so play the game according to your rules.

Certified Funds in the Apartment Rental World: Find Out

As a prospective renter, you have probably come across the term ‘certified funds'. But what does it mean? Certified funds refer to a type of payment that

Improve The Management & Access Of Government Building Permit Records

Digitizing building permit records is critical for fast, accurate processing. Contact DRS for secure &amp; affordable document management &amp; data storage.

Climate activist douses government building in orange paint

A photo showed the glass doors of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy dripping with orange paint

See the cutting-edge tech turning government buildings into lean, green machines

The federal government has 300,000 buildings, and they’re massive energy hogs. New tech being piloted could slash their carbon footprint.

From hosiery factory to school to apartments, a building is reborn

In the life cycle of a building, a few years’ time can mean the difference between being at the center of a community and…