AFE Region 8 New England - All Comments

re: Are you coming to NFMT this year?

Harryk1527 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:34:05 GMT

I am going to be at NFMT, and will be participating in the COBIE Challenge

re: What can we do to elevate the Facilities Engineering Function?

MajorMark — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:30:54 GMT

Our industries are facing some difficult times. It seems that young people are not entering the skilled trades at a rate that will satisfy our growing commercial and industrial needs. Indeed, the shortage of skilled trades’ people is bordering crisis proportion. Where will we find tomorrow’s engineers, electricians, HVAC technicians and plumbers? Young people need to be encouraged to participate in our trades. We need to demonstrate to them that we are proud of who we are and what we do. We can’t just stand up and talk about it. We need to live it. We need to show our respect for others, and respect for ourselves in how we live our lives. Through example, we can illustrate to young people that our career path and vocation is a worthy one.

Upon his election to president of the National Association of Power Engineers (NAPE) at the assocation's first convention, Henry Cozen’s stated, “Let us engineers elevate ourselves and our standards: improve ourselves socially, morally and intellectually, and the day will come when the engineer will be recognized as one of the important factors in any industry. To this end, the united effort of this whole body should be bent.” The message of Mr. Cozen’s vision is as alive today as it was in 1882.

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Chappy9joe — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:07:36 GMT

HVAC systems, chillers, cooling towers and related systems including a plethora of Energy Management Systems have become seriously complex. As a consequence such skilled HVAC techs have become indispensable to manufacturing, business areas and any other space requiring conditioned air or heat. They can and will require better pay packages as our society moves forward in technological leaps and bounds.

re: Why be a member of AFE?

gilmagna — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:45:31 GMT

AFE is the only association that gets you behind the scenes of plants , universities , manufacturing plants, bio tech, etc . This is invaluable if you are responsible for implementing the right technology at your facility. Plus you get access to network with your peers that are in the same positions and a nice dinner and technical presentation after the tour. All for only $200 annual membership, you can get the back in value at your first meeting

Don Gillis

Facilities Manager