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Articles by Erin McDannald
Transforming Workspaces With The Biohacking Revolution
By Erin McDannald T he concept of "biohacking" has become popular amongst celebrities and athletes as a way to optimize their health and physical performance through lifestyle modifications and treatments. These interventions aim to optimize physiological markers that contribute to overall well-being and longevity.
How AI and Smart Systems are Creating a New Era for Facility Managers
From energy savings to occupant health and wellness, embracing these technologies have huge benefits for facility managers. Employee well-being is a top priority in modern workplaces, and smart building systems, including AI-integrated IoT devices, are revolutionizing how facility managers optimize indoor environmental quality (IEQ), operational efficiencies, and costs. These technologies offer significant benefits in valuation, tenant retention, and market competitiveness.
Creating smart campuses to transform student life
Key points: The right tech can help create safe, efficient, and engaging learning environments Tech investments determine school success Taking K-12 education transformation from pipe dream to pipeline For more news on district trends, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Imagine a school where learning isn’t confined to the classroom. The curriculum is adaptive in real-time, and technology is used intuitively to ensure every aspect of student life is safe, connected, efficient, and supportive.
How To Create Healthy Work Environments: A Guide for Empowered Employees
Employees play a crucial role in advocating for organizational change that emphasizes workplace wellness. Rather than looking at iterative or individual-need-based mental and physical health interventions, employers can have the most impact by addressing environmental factors on the whole.
IoT Can Enhance Workplace Indoor Environmental Quality
Smart systems can monitor and optimize air quality, lighting conditions and climate controls, and encourage employee mobility In today's rapidly evolving workplaces, where the well-being and productivity of employees are paramount, the role of technology in shaping indoor environments has never been more critical. The advent of IoT has unlocked a wealth of opportunities to optimize Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in ways previously unimaginable.
Erin McDannald
Erin McDannald is the CEO and co-owner of Lighting Environments and its sister companies, Elevated and Environments. Elevated, a proprietary building management application, grants users unmatched access and awareness of their built environments. Elevated’s all-in-one interface supports interactive, engaging spaces and supports real estate ROI. Prior to launching Elevated, Erin has guided clients throughout the lighting design and construction process for over two decades.
Achieve Optimal IAQ With Human-Centric Analytics
By Erin McDannald Smart building systems lean on IoT networks, artificial intelligence (AI), equipment sensors, and heat mapping to optimize spatial utilization and energy efficiency. Occupant-level data and controls can extend performance benefits to the occupants - the humans - themselves. The next generation of building management software gives facilities managers the ability to optimize their space and the wellness and engagement of the people within it simultaneously.
How Mobile Technology Leads to More Sustainable Hotels
Smart technology continues to be at the forefront of conversations, for hotel owners, customers, and designers alike, due to its ease-of-use for both guests and hotel staff and the possibilities it creates for an enhanced hotel experience. Successful hotel design includes offering a series of touchpoints throughout the property that create memorable experiences at arrival and check-in, in guestrooms, food and beverage areas, meeting spaces, and amenities such as spas and fitness centers.
The Metaverse is Here: How Should Facility Managers Handle It?
As hybrid and remote work continue to hold firm, these digital environments are vital in helping create and maintain company culture and improve mentorship. Metaverse and miniverse environments — digital replicas of the physical world where coworkers can collaborate and engage with each other better than with the alternative remote work options — have made tremendous strides in the past year, securing their place as increasingly helpful tools for corporations embracing the future of work.
Paving the Way for the Future of the Workplace with the Metaverse
Environments‘ Erin McDannald shares why expanding business into the metaverse is one of the most innovative ways to adapt within the hybrid work era. There has been a lot of metaverse buzz over the past few years, but the public’s understanding of the technology is overwhelmingly different from how it will ultimately transform the future of the workplace.
2023 Trends: Optimizing Office Space With Smart Technology
Erin McDannald of Environments shares how smart technology, utilized in a few key ways, can positively transform the future of work. – Stay tuned as we share more 2023 trends for the entire month of December & beyond – In this new era of the workplace, it’s up to business leaders to determine how to move forward and optimize their physical office space. Employees depend on them to ensure balance and wellness and create a worthwhile experience for in-person work.
Keeping the Office Collaboration Alive in Metaverse Environments
Erin McDannald of Environments explores how metaverse environments will prove to be a versatile solution in hybrid workplaces. As the workforce approaches a third year of hybrid work, some businesses find that collaboration and mentorship still suffer. If the office is good for one thing, it’s having easy access to co-workers to discuss ideas or work through challenges.
How the Metaverse can Benefit Physical Retail Stores
With industries around the world showing interest in the metaverse, retail leaders are facing the exciting opportunity to follow suit and provide customers with the ease of online shopping without compromising the benefits of the physical experience. For example, Forever 21 is getting involved by collaborating with the popular online game Roblox, allowing users to customize virtual fashion stores using Forever 21 products and then purchase the physical equivalents on their website.
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