Manaswini Rao

Curating content to help O&M teams deliver high-performing building portfolios. Also, chasing dark skies, strong coffee, and breathtaking landscapes.

What is equipment reliability? Ways to improve it

Improving Operational Efficiency with Enhanced Equipment Reliability

Learn how equipment reliability impacts productivity, downtime, and competitiveness in industries. Discover the history, examples, metrics, techniques, and ways to enhance equipment performance and operational efficiency.

How to create and enforce asset management policies effectively

The Complete Guide to Creating Asset Management Policies

An enterprise asset management policy serves as a guiding document that outlines the principles, procedures, and best practices for managing and optimizing assets throughout their lifecycle. In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, the importance of effective enterprise asset management cannot be overstated. It is a critical factor in

How to determine and minimize fugitive emissions in commercial facilities

Connected Buildings

A Guide to Determining and Reducing Fugitive Emissions

Uncover the importance of reducing fugitive emissions in commercial facilities. Learn types of emissions, methods to assess and reduce them, and follow a step-by-step guide for your building.

Digital twin technology

Internet of Things Featured

From Concept to Creation: Steps to Develop Digital Twins

A digital twin is a virtual model that mirrors the functions of a physical asset, allowing businesses to monitor and improve performance. Learn how digital twins work, the different types, and real-world examples in this post.

Exploring the relationship between maintenance and reliability

Maintenance Management

Exploring the Relationship Between Maintenance & Reliability

Maintenance encompasses asset, equipment, and system management to prevent failure and sustain operational continuity. Reliability is the outcome of effective maintenance, which gauges an asset's ability to function as intended for a specific period.

Step by step guide to conducting a commercial energy audit successfully

Energy Management

How to Conduct a Commercial Energy Audit?

A commercial energy audit evaluates a building's energy use, identifies areas of inefficiency, and recommends energy-saving measures. The purpose is to reduce energy waste, save costs, and improve the building's energy efficiency.

Autonomous Maintenance

Maintenance Management

Autonomous Maintenance (AM): Meaning, Benefits, 7 Steps to Implement

Autonomous maintenance (AM) relies on giving front-line employees the responsibility for maintaining and keeping track of equipment to improve reliability and decrease maintenance costs.

Digital transformation guide for commercial real estate (CRE)

Digital Transformation Guide for Commercial Real Estate Businesses

In 2023, digital transformation is critical for CREs to meet the evolving expectations from occupants, boards, and compliance authorities. With the fast-paced changes in technology, increasing competition in the market and the evolving nature of demands from CREs, companies that do not adapt, die.

Deferred Maintenance

The True Cost of Deferred Maintenance in the Long Run

Deferred maintenance refers to infrastructure and asset repair and maintenance work that you delay because of budget limitations, lack of resources, or time.

Best energy management software for businesses in 2023

Energy Management

Best Energy Management Software in 2024

We share a list of 15 of the best energy management software available to enable both a good customer experience and optimum energy utilization.

best field service management software in 2023

Maintenance Management

Best Field Service Management Solution 2025

Field service software streamlines and automates field operations. This solution centralizes and simplifies your operations if you want to manage and optimize field service tasks.

Leading Accruent CMMS Alternative

Competitor Article

The Best Accruent Alternative

Most building operations and maintenance software offer more or less the same features and capabilities. However, not every solution fits the bill for your unique business needs. The best operations and maintenance management platform will offer enterprise-grade features with an easy interface, streamline processes, deliver accurate data analytics, and delightful

Step-by-step guide to building a preventive maintenance (PM) checklist

How to Build a Preventive Maintenance (PM) Checklist?

If you are in charge of operations and maintenance (O&M) for a large asset and buildings portfolio, you know the challenges of working with large teams, vendors, and technicians. You may have a computerized maintenance management system software (CMMS) that helps generate work orders automatically, planned maintenance schedules,