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Cleanliness & Learning in Higher Education
Author: Campbell, Jeffrey L.
Date: 2008-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Sanitation,Higher Education,Educational Facilities,Academic Achievement,Health,Student Surveys,College Students,Environmental Influences

In 1992 APPA published a seminal work titled "Custodial Staffing Guidelines for Educational Facilities." The work was based on a concept that was in the embryonic stage in 1986 and then grew in momentum through 1988 when the APPA Board of Directors commissioned a task force to address custodial staffing issues at institutions of higher education. The "Guidelines" became so popular that it was revised in 1998. The two editions addressed a critical need in facilities management at educational institutions. Even though institutions were growing in size and in delivery of services, custodial staffing budgets were either staying static, or in many cases, decreasing. The research for the "Guidelines" shows the impact of decreasing custodial staffing: Less staff results in dirtier spaces. Even though the "Guidelines" addressed staffing levels and the impact of staffing levels on cleanliness, "it did not address the impact of cleanliness on the students that were involved in higher education." If there was an impact of staffing levels on cleanliness, could the case be made that there was an impact of the levels of cleanliness on an individual student's ability to learn? This article describes the study conducted to determine if there was any correlation between the levels of cleanliness and student performance and offers recommendations and conclusions based upon the literature review and analysis of 20 questions.
Engagement and Legacy: A Profile of President Bill Elvey
Author: Dessoff, Alan
Date: 2008-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Presidents,Professional Associations,Educational Facilities,Facilities Management,Participation

When Bill Elvey became APPA's new President at the association's conference in San Antonio in July, he was at home in more ways than one. A native Texan, he grew up in San Antonio and met his wife-to-be there--in the seventh grade. Last fall, after an absence of 31 years, he came back to Texas as director of facilities management at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), a young, dynamic research institution on the cutting edge of science, technology, medicine, business, and the arts. As he begins his term as President, Elvey believes APPA is "doing quite well." In the third year of implementing its 7 Key Strategies, the association has made "tremendous progress" on three of them, including rebranding. By dropping "higher education" from its tag line, the association is moving actively to  recruit members from within the community college and K-12 sectors because "they face many of the same challenges that higher education facilities managers face," Elvey says.
FPI Lights the Way for the UNC System
Author: Kinnaman, Maggie
Date: 2008-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Facilities,Facilities Management,State Universities,Financial Support,Investment

Educational facilities professionals are entrusted with the stewardship function of the largest capital asset on their campus, buildings and infrastructure. However, that stewardship role is only as effective as the institution's strategy of investment that supports it. To be an effective steward one must also be an effective educator and facilitator. To perform the functions of an educational facilities professional, the first step is to understand the facts about buildings and infrastructure and how those facts can be woven together to create a compelling story. APPA's Web-based Facilities Performance Indicators (FPI) report tool and Essential Question Set are certainly an effective way to do this. In this article, the author discusses how the FPI was used to address the University of North Carolina System's PACE (President's Advisory Committee for Efficiency and Effectiveness) initiative.
Geothermal Energy: Tapping the Potential
Author: Johnson, Bill
Date: 2008-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Energy,Power Technology,Educational Facilities,Energy Management

Ground source geothermal energy enables one to tap into the earth's stored renewable energy for heating and cooling facilities. Proper application of ground-source geothermal technology can have a dramatic impact on the efficiency and financial performance of building energy utilization (30%+). At the same time, using this alternative energy resource can provide significant contributions to an institution's carbon reduction goals. How can one take advantage of this potential energy source to meet campus carbon footprint reduction goals, capital budgets, and return on investment? This article reviews the state-of-the-practice and the kinds of engineering and programmatic expertise that are required to properly scale geothermal applications up to the institutional level and provide optimized benefits. Some pitfalls of poorly-designed systems are described, and approaches to avoid these are presented.
Integrity-Based Budgeting
Author: Kaleba, Frank
Date: 2008-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Budgeting,Educational Facilities,Facilities Management,Data,Reliability,Costs,Models

The central problem for the facility manager of large portfolios is not the accuracy of data, but rather data integrity. Data integrity means that it's (1) acceptable to the users; (2) based upon an objective source; (3) reproducible; and (4) internally consistent. Manns and Katsinas, in their January/February 2006 Facilities Manager article "Capital Budgeting Practices in Higher Education," pointed out two major failings in capital budgeting practices for higher education: states (large portfolio managers) lack comparative data, and formulae are not used by state higher education agencies (large portfolio managers) to request funds from their legislatures. One of the largest facilities portfolios in the U.S. is that of the U.S. Department of Defense with over 800,000 facilities. Nearly a decade ago, it faced problems similar to those highlighted by Manns and Katsinas: there was no comparative data between the individual military departments, and no formula was used to request funds from the U.S. Congress. This led the Congressional committees with oversight and funding responsibilities to question the "integrity" of the data. In this article, the author explores important issues critical to the evolution of data integrity.
From Here to There: Effectively Managing Organizational Change
Author: Wick, Casey J.
Date: 2008-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Organizational Change,Change Strategies,Resistance to Change,Administration

Throughout organizational history it has been witnessed and written of time and again just how difficult initiating and leading change, as it relates to human behavior, can be. Initiating and implementing organizational change can be, and very often is, a journey characterized by periods of temporary progress followed by slow regression back to old habits and operating practices. Countless challenges and barriers rooted in individual and group perceptions lay around each and every bend in the road to effective and lasting changes. More importantly, the journey of organizational change is one in which the pressure influencing change can shift rapidly and without warning making the destination seem unattainable. Fortunately, with firm commitment and thorough planning, the initiation and implementation of pressure-driven changes can be successfully made within an organizational setting. In this article, the author explains how commitment and thorough planning can lead to successful changes within an organizational setting. (Contains 6 notes.)
Multi-Tasking: Protecting Your Facilities from Infectious Diseases
Author: Torry, Chris
Date: 2008-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Communicable Diseases,Educational Facilities,Sanitation,Disease Control,Hygiene

When October 2007 dawned, the only thing that Catherine Anne Bentley, Shae Kiernan, and Ashton Bonds had in common was that they were in the process of winding their way through various stages of their educations. By October 15, all three had lost their lives as a result of contracting Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an extremely virulent strain of staph infection that does not respond well to antibiotics like methicillin. The deaths of three students in 2007 became a landmark year for MRSA and its affect on educational communities. According to a "New York Times" report, elementary and secondary schools from Connecticut to Mississippi, New Hampshire to California, and North Carolina to Washington had to be closed at some point during the school year as cleaning crews disinfected buses, lockers, restrooms, and classrooms in the response to the threat of a MRSA outbreak. The level of personal hygiene will always be at the whim of the individual, but when it comes to facilities, operators and managers have no recourse but to provide the most hygienic surroundings possible for their patrons. While the rate of reported Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreaks continues to grow alarmingly, the high-profile events of 2007 have shed some much-needed light on the importance of cleanliness in educational facilities. In this article, the author discusses how to protect educational facilities from infectious diseases.
Engaging Our Community Colleges
Author: Meyer, Darrel W.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Community Colleges,Facilities Management,Professional Associations,Workshops,Conferences (Gatherings)

The United States and Canada have a long tradition in recognizing that there are considerable social and economic benefits of providing high quality education to as many people as possible. Community colleges made a significant contribution in expanding educational opportunities for the masses. Attendance at one of these institutions is associated with higher wages, even if a degree is not completed. As the United States and Canada recover from the global economic crisis that began in 2008, it has become readily apparent that community colleges enjoyed tremendous growth. The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) reports that between 2008 and 2010 community college enrollment increased an average of 15 percent. The rapid growth of community college enrollment along with the economic downturn has placed a tremendous importance on the operation of the college facilities. Reduced federal and state aid to colleges and universities, increasing concerns over the cost of college education, budget cuts, and future spending issues--targeting spending, major cutbacks, and travel restrictions--are all reasons that community colleges need new and effective leadership more than ever. In this article, the author discusses how APPA leadership has taken action by developing several specific initiatives to increase recruitment and engagement of community colleges.
Building a Business Case for Going Green
Author: Harris, Bill
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Community Colleges,Sustainable Development,School Buildings,School Construction,Energy Conservation,Facilities Management

Community college enrollments usually rise during tough economic times and the recent recession and slow recovery are no exception. According to the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the number of students attending community colleges has grown dramatically in the last decade to about 12.4 million last fall. The AACC says that 1.4 million more students were enrolled in two-year colleges in the fall of 2010 than in the fall of 2007. No wonder many community college buildings are busting at the seams. Without large capital budgets at their disposal, few community colleges have the luxury of building their way out of their overcrowding problems, at least in the near term. But when they do get a chance to expand, make renovations or update building infrastructure, astute facilities managers often recommend that their schools embrace high performance "green" building concepts. The high performance schools approach can help administrators and facilities managers meet the pressures of growing enrollments and shrinking capital and operating budgets head on and focus on their most important mission--creating a better, more comfortable environment for students to learn and professors to teach.
Streamlining Your Emissions Inventory Updates
Author: Stokes, John
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Community Colleges,Pollution,Climate,Conservation (Environment),Facility Inventory

Of the 677 school presidents that have signed on to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), approximately 200 of them are presidents of community colleges. This measure of involvement at the community college level is promising  for two reasons: (1) these schools have emerged as a major provider of public higher education, enrolling nearly as many students in their programs as public four-year universities; and (2) community colleges are often uniquely positioned to promote change within and across communities. However, the challenges in meeting the ACUPCC commitments are substantial--for all types of institutions. As reported by Adams, a small number of signatories have actually left the program and many others continue to fall behind the deadlines for submitting required plans and updated emissions inventories. Regardless of the enormous savings needed to meet a neutrality goal, many schools continue to struggle with the basic act of creating and maintaining an accurate emissions inventory. Strapped with competing demands, leaders must find ways for small colleges to make the most with few resources. This article revisits the idea of an Inventory Management Plan (IMP)--a somewhat tedious but highly effective tool that can be particularly valuable for community colleges, where there is an elevated need for efficiency and continuity of knowledge from one year to the next. (Contains 6 endnotes.)
The SEED Initiative
Author: Teich, Carolyn R.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Community Colleges,Sustainability,Energy,Labor Force Development,Institutional Cooperation

Committed to fulfilling the promise of the green economy, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) launched the Sustainability Education and Economic Development (SEED) initiative (www.theseedcenter.org) in October 2010. The project advances sustainability and clean energy workforce development practices at community colleges by sharing innovative models and resources and building the capacity of college leaders, faculty, and staff to grow the green economy. Through initial funding from The Kresge Foundation and Surda, and support from ecoAmerica, AACC is helping colleges and others navigate an increasingly green world. To date, more than 360 community college presidents have pledged to support the goals of SEED. The SEED Center includes more than 300 curated green jobs resources, community college program and course descriptions, in-depth success stories, instructional guidance for colleges on developing and advancing green focused programs on campus, and a Wiki to incorporate curricular materials submitted by colleges.
The Community College Perspective in the Emerging Green Economy
Author: Sharp, Leith
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Community Colleges,Partnerships in Education,Economic Development,Energy,Conservation (Environment),Labor Force Development

Almost half of all students entering higher education now do so through the community college sector. These institutions are a trusted and vital source of education, training, and information for their communities. They are also at the front-line in the society's never ending battle to provide the skills and capacities necessary to ensure economic, social and environmental well being. One of today's most important battles involves preparing society for the emerging green economy. The United States is falling behind in realizing the job growth potential that other nations are realizing. Many cost-effective and viable green innovations are failing to take hold due to a lack of related training and education. By addressing this problem, the community college sector will provide a vital stimulus to the green economy. In Illinois, the community college presidents have created one of the most important green economy initiatives in the country, the Illinois Green Economy Network, a partnership of the 48 community colleges of Illinois. In this article, the author describes the structure of the Illinois Green Economy Network, the importance of IGEN to Illinois, and the strategy of IGEN.
Three Community College Case Studies
Author: Wojtysiak, Joseph
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Community Colleges,Case Studies,Educational Facilities,School Buildings,Conservation (Environment),Energy Conservation

This article presents three case studies that focus on specific projects that are underway or have been completed. In the first case study, Joseph Wojtysiak and William J. Sutton, II discuss the Green Center of Central Pennsylvania, which is designed to serve as the state's preeminent source for education, training and public information about green technologies and sustainable living. The second case study, presented by Tommy Wright, describes green efforts at Cleveland State Community College. Finally, the third case study, described by Linda Brantley, features North Shore Community College's new Health Professions and Student Services building. When it opens in fall 2011, North Shore's $32 million, 58,000 square foot, three-story project will be the first state-owned &quot;zero net energy&quot; building in Massachusetts and a prototype of green design that will be used to prepare students with cutting-edge skills for growing healthcare professions.
APPA's New Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities
Author: Bigger, Alan S.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Facilities,Facilities Management,Guidelines,Publications,Professional Associations

Nearly 25 years ago a group of APPA members and facilities managers started to discuss an idea and to plant a seed about the need for a document, or series of documents, that would explain the need for staffing facilities operations and the implication of such staffing on levels of service. As the demand for increased budget cuts reached seismic proportions, facilities managers scrambled for assistance to validate their staffing requirements and the impact of budget cuts on levels of service. APPA's "Custodial Staffing Guidelines for Educational Facilities" was published in 1992, then updated and expanded in a second edition published in 1998. This was followed shortly thereafter by APPA's "Operational Guidelines for Grounds Management" in 2001, and APPA's "Maintenance Staffing Guidelines for Educational Facilities in 2002." These have become indispensible source publications for proactive leaders that seek to operate and provide efficient and effective services to stakeholders on campuses across the world. The new and improved "Operational Guidelines" for Custodial, Grounds, and Maintenance are an outgrowth of that support. Not only are these books distinctive, there are themes that flow through each book to include staffing guidelines, sustainability, benchmarking, position descriptions, use of computerized maintenance and management systems, and outsourcing options. The revisions to these books was based upon an APPA survey and task force member inputs, and chapters were added, deleted, or modified based upon that input.
What Constitutes Maintenance
Author: Becker, J. Thomas
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Facilities,Facilities Management,Maintenance

In most cases the facilities inventory of an educational institution is its largest fiscal asset. The physical plant or facilities management department is the steward for keeping that asset from becoming a liability. Its principal charge is to make sure that the building inventory maintains its ability to function as intended, that it is safe and legal, and that its life is perpetuated to the greatest extent possible. In most cases, facilities management departments have evolved uniquely within their institutions. Some schools reside almost independent of their surrounding community; others are more interdependent. In this article, the author first looks at the kinds of activities that many facilities operations perform. He presents illustrative samples of typical tasks expected of the facilities department, followed by the type of maintenance within which the tasks most likely fall. (Contains 2 figures.)
Designing the Successful Grounds Organization
Author: Gratto, Fred
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Campuses,Gardening,Maintenance,School Personnel,Administrative Organization,Supervision

The most important component of any service organization is people. This is especially true of grounds management, because effective maintenance is dependent on good supervision  and knowledgeable people. The grounds management function, therefore, must have personnel who are competent and committed. They must fully understand the scope of their  duties and responsibilities and know the mission of the entire organization. People can do things better when they have opportunities to do the many different and important tasks  necessary to maintain campus grounds. Genuine cooperation results when supervisors encourage employees to identify and solve problems. Supervision through cooperation and empowerment requires a fair exchange of responsibilities and benefits so that all can share the fruits of sustained efforts. There are several ways to organize departments, but three are mostly commonly used. In this article, the author discusses these three strategies for successful grounds organization: (1) zone maintenance; (2) broadcast maintenance; and (3) a combined approach.
No Such Thing as "Good Vibrations" in Science
Author: Lancaster, Franklin D.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Facilities Design,Science Laboratories,Structural Elements (Construction),Architecture,Equipment,School Buildings

A facilities manager must ensure that a building runs as smoothly and successfully as possible. For college, university, and school managers dealing with laboratories and other spaces for scientific study and research, this means making sure that nothing disrupts experiments and other scientific endeavors. Such disruptions can wreak havoc, negatively impacting research or funding. Vibrations caused by mechanical equipment, by people walking across a floor, or by outside traffic can be annoying to the occupants of any type of building. Campus facilities managers must understand the impact of vibrations on science buildings, and work with their architects and engineers to establish what special measures must be taken to ensure that laboratories resist vibration problems. Design considerations include tailoring architectural, structural, and mechanical elements for the needs of laboratory buildings, and simply planning spaces with vibration in mind. The three primary factors involved in assessing a vibration problem are the vibration source, transmission path, and the receiver. The key to mitigating vibration problems begins with understanding these factors, and knowing how to adjust design practices and construction methods for specific science building uses.