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Actively incorporating energy efficiency into a facility master plan can help facility managers get the most out of system upgrades to maximize a facility's potential and cost-saving to the benefit of the students and community. Rather than waiting for something to go wrong and not having allocated...

I'm interning at the University of Connecticut and we are currently in the preliminary stages of gathering pertinent information for a facilities/operations overhaul particularly regarding strategic sourcing, inventory and supply chain management processes. Have you or any others you know of recently...

Give Your Building a Boost with Retro Commissioning that Helps it To Go Maximize its Performance For Your Staff Endurance And Have Lots of Savings to Show "In the area of Energy Efficiency in Buildings, there is a lot of low hanging fruit. In fact, I'm fond of saying there is a lot of fruit...

One of the biggest and most difficult obstacles to outsourcing a facilities support service (custodial, grounds, or other) in the public sector is the ability of staff and community to accept the change, or even the consideration, in spite of current budget pressures and economic realities. The survivors...

Increasing public education funding shortfalls and cuts are having a cumulative deteriorating effect on facilities readiness from support services…custodial, grounds, and overall general maintenance. The one up-side to our support services cuts, … if there can be one…., is that our...

5824.MTCS - Sample Report- Water Spray Rack Test.pdf

2677.1- MTCS - Roof Brochure2.pdf

Looking to build a green school or renovate to green standards? The Northeast Collaborative for High Performance Schools (Northeast CHPS) is a set of building and design standards for all schools from pre-K through community colleges. It is a guide for the building of energy efficient, environmentally...

Lander Medlin, Executive Vice President and CEO of APPA, discusses stimulus funds for educational facilities at the NFMT conference in Baltimore. You can view the video here .