ERAPPA 2009 - Portland

Sustainable

Developing a Climate Action Plan with the Campus Carbon Calculator 

Anne Stephenson, Clean Air-Cool Planet

The Campus Carbon Calculator^TM is the leading tool for assessing campus greenhouse gas emissions. The newly-released version 6 includes new Projection and Solutions Modules designed to help campuses evaluate and strategically bundle their emissions reductions options based on quantitative analyses of the financial and emissions-related impact of potential policies and projects.  Participants will learn how to use the new planning module of the Campus Carbon Calculator^TM to compile their own climate action plans in a structured, rigorous way that ties back seamlessly to their GHG inventories. 

Facilities Planning 

The Facilities SOS: Smart Opportunities for Savings

Norman Young,  University of Hartford; Janet Waldron & Steve Peary,  University of Maine; James Kadamus, Sightlines, LLC

The unprecedented financial crisis has facilities and finance professionals sending out an SOS, looking for help on how to identify savings and efficiencies without reducing services and falling into a cycle of more rapid deterioration.  Learn how two campuses use data to gain knowledge to implement smart opportunities for savings.

People        

Responding To Emergencies On Campus - An Easier More Effective Way

Robert J. Gleason, STV Security Solutions Group

This session will focus on the complexities of critical incidents and innovative ways to more effectively respond to those incidents on campus.  The audience will take away an array of meaningful technology enabled solutions and best practices currently being used by emergency and crisis response organizations.  The solutions discussed will deal with all aspects of the response process to include formulating the campus crisis plan, implementing the plan, the importance of checklists, and the crisis management team.  The presentation will be applicable to personnel in every office on campus.  Anyone who is concerned about the safety of the campus and who will assist when a crisis occurs will benefit from the presentation.  Level of complexity is for beginners

Potpourri

A Decade of In-filled Synthetic Turf: Did They Perform As We Imagined, And What Do We Do Now? 

William Seymour, P.E., Gale Associates, Inc.; Jean Robinson, University of Massachusetts Lowell

A decade ago, facilities managers "imagined" safer, more durable athletic fields. "Infilled" synthetic turf was introduced in 1998 with claims of more grass-like appearance and performance. Despite a lack of data, infilled turf systems quickly displaced AstroTurf-type carpets. Gale Associates and the UMass Lowell will discuss the infilled turf installed in 2000 and replaced in 2009. The presentation will detail actual performance data, maintenance costs, safety data, and replacement planning.

Utilities/Energy    

Sustaining Campus Utility Load Growth: Infrastructure Upgrades versus Load Reduction Strategies

David Madigan, van Zelm Engineers; Stephen Shadford, P.E., CEM, LEED AP, Dartmouth College

Significant operating cost savings can be realized using energy conservation projects as a strategy to eliminate increasing the capacity of utility infrastructure. This presentation examines the use of energy conservation projects as "Demand Side Management" tools to eliminate or minimize costs associated with increasing the capacity of campus utility systems.

Sustainable

Imagine Energy Efficient Campus: Benchmarking Energy Use Through ENERGY STAR 

Maureen Roskoski, REPA, LEED AP, Facility Engineering Associates, PC

Are your buildings operating efficiently? How can you benchmark your portfolio's energy consumption?  We will show you how you can use ENERGY STAR's online Portfolio Program to benchmark your buildings' energy performance across your campus.  This session will show you how to calculate your score you and prioritize energy initiatives.

Facilities Planning

How to Stay Lean and Mean in a Down Economy

David Slomsky, William A. Berry & Son, Inc.; Marylou Batt and George Smith, Lesley University; Simeon Bruner, RA and Jason Forney, AIA, LEED, Bruner/Cott Architects

How do schools spend construction dollars wisely without sacrificing their competitive edge? Those involved with campus construction will be interested to hear an economic outlook with regards to construction, as well as hear from a New England University on how their school is constructing through this down economy. (All Levels)

People

Using The Power Of Students...Case Study of The University Of Vermont Engineering Intern Program

            Salvatore Chiarelli, Richard Wolbach,  University of Vermont

The University of Vermont's Physical Plant Department has partnered with the College of Engineering and Mathematical Science with a use of an available viable resource, the Engineering Students.  Developing a list of meaningful, real, and challenging projects, Physical Plant has tapped into this resource as a way to get some engineering studies performed as well developing a potential applicant pool for introduction of young talent into an aging Facilities work force.

Potpourri

Cost Effective Management & Quality Assurance Strategies for Pavements

Robert Christman, P.E., Vanesse Hangen Brustlin

Significant resources are directed to the ongoing operation and maintenance associated with campus pavements. Most important is to properly manage what you have, and, assure what you actually get. In this session, a nationally recognized expert in pavement engineering will offer a case study that illustrates new approaches to cost-effective management and quality assurance of pavements and identify benefits, key principles and lessons learned.

Intended Audience: Pavement facility planners, engineers, operations managers; facility pavement infrastructure asset managers.                                                                  Technical complexity: mid-level supervisors, managers, or senior technical staff

Utilities/Energy

Commercial-Scale Outdoor Solar Powered Area Lighting is Becoming Mainstream. What's Driving It and What are the Do's and Don'ts (AIA/LU, HSW, SD)

            Moneer Azzam, SolarOne Solutions, Inc

Lighting is a key factor in selecting a college campus.  Security, energy

issues and green-branding has catapulted interest in solar powered lighting.  New products and claims are flooding the market.  Quality, performance and price vary widely, creating confusion for facility managers.  This presentation brings clarity through discussion of basics and case studies.

Sustainable

The Development and Application of Policy-Based Tools for Institutional Green Buildings

Anthony Cupido, McMaster University

This presentation highlights the outcomes of a quantitative survey and qualitative interviews that were undertaken with senior APPA facility professionals to determine if policy is essential for sustainable building practices and the implementation of LEED®. This non-technical topic will interest all facility managers who want to have a sustainable campus.

Facilities Planning

Making Existing Buildings Environmentally and Educationally Relevant to the 21st Century Campus  (AIA/LU, HSW, SD)

Matthew Broderick, AIA, LEED AP & Peter Larson, AIA, LEED AP, Ashley McGraw Architects, PC; Eric Beattie, MBA, Syracuse University

Does it make sense that students in the 21^st century should learn in classrooms designed for the mid-20^th century? Or that these buildings should be seriously energy-wasteful? Since they go hand-in-glove, why compromise on either count? This program presents results of research by a team of Syracuse University facilities staff, faculty, and the initiating architectural consultants that answers these questions. Selecting a real, typical post-WWII SU campus building that is neither optimal educationally nor in any way fossil fuel energy-efficient, they explored ways to renovate the interior, provide vibrant classrooms, and establish a net zero fossil fuel energy strategy. 

Target Audience - Campus architects, facilities directors, administrators and finance officers;   Technical Complexity - Intermediate

People

Creative Parking Solutions

            Christopher Brennan, P.E., Walker Parking Consultants

Walker's discussion will explore various methods for addressing campus parking issues in a challenging economy. We will collaborate with the audience, tailoring our areas of focus to their particular parking problems. Discussion topics will be chosen from the following list: supply/demand analyses, space optimization, access control practices, and use of shared-car parking.

Potpourri

Current and New ADA Campus Access Obligations

Denis Pratt, RA, AIA , Alpha One

The 2004 Accessibility Guidelines issued by the Access Board address a wider range of facility types than the current 1991 ADAAG standards.  They now include recreation facilities, boating facilities, swimming pools, and new assembly requirements.  This workshop reviews the current standards and new accessibility guidelines that campus facility managers should know about and highlights the significant changes.

Technical Complexity:    Intermediate

Utilities/Energy

Wind Power - Reducing Campus Energy Costs at the University of Maine, Presque Isle 

            James Wilson, P.E., Woodard & Curran

Woodard & Curran worked with the University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI) to realize their vision of a working wind turbine on campus.  The 600 kW turbine went online in May of 2009.  This presentation is a beginner's introduction to the various phases of implementing a similar project.

Sustainable

Imagine Your Institution an Environmental Leader! An Insider's View of the Rutgers University Recycling Program and Communications Strategies

David DeHart & Dianne Gravatt, Rutgers University

Rutgers University presents its award winning recycling program and communications strategies.  This presentation will detail how our recycling program developed from its infancy to the environmental forerunner among academic institutions that it is today.  For experts and beginners alike, see how Rutgers is leading the way toward a sustainable future.

Facilities Planning 

Attainable Goals- Breaking Down A Master Plan (AIA/LU)

Rob Klinedinst AIA, LEED AP & Mark Lee, LEED AP, Harriman, Nancy Whitehouse, University of Southern Maine

A Master Plan must be realistic because often needs are greater than available resources.  A realistic picture must be created within the bounds of a short-term plan which makes clear what is achievable within the next 5-10 years.  A systematic process for prioritizing will help achieve the visionary long-range plan.

People

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Visualize Your Emergency Planning

            Tim McLean & Laurie Green, Accruent, Inc.

The threat of large-scale emergency incidents continues on campuses. In recent years, the information on facilities and location references for personnel, key equipment and other assets have begun to play a more significant role. This session will demonstrate how you can provide all users - whether CAD licensed or not - the ability to get a visual representation of sites, buildings floors, quickly through the web. This session will show you what is possible if you dare to imagine.

Potpourri

Our Energy Future: The Imaginings of a Concerned Architect

Gary Moore, SAE

We have always considered our planning for the future to just being an extension of the past.  Now, perhaps for the first time, this is not the case.  This presentation is a discussion of how campus administrators can meet the basic needs of heat, light, and electricity in the next 20 years.

Utilities/Energy

Imagine Sustainable Geothermal Heatpump Applications In University Buildings 

            Panel Discussion: William Turner, M.S., P.E., The H.L. Turner Group, Inc.;  David Early, P.E., C.E.M, C.C.C. A., University of Southern Maine; Robert Lawrence, University of Maine Farmington;

The use of watersource heatpumps to both environmentally & economically sustain the transfer of energy to and from the earth for Heating and Cooling University Buildings has rapidly increased. With earth source temperatures in the range of 30ºF to 70ºF the design parameters and constraints for accomplishing this in a truly sustainable manner depend upon the local hydrology, the building envelope, the use of the facility, the energy cost, and a designers' skills. We will provide a review of the theory of geothermal heatpump operation regarding reliability and efficiency and highlight parameters that will most likely affect the outcome of the performance for a sustainable design.  Two buildings on the USM Portland Campus will be available for tours.

Target Audience: Those with technical and financial interests in the sustainable (green) heating and cooling of buildings with geothermal heatpump technology.

The Question Of Greenwash And The Environmental Benefits Of LEED Building Construction And Certification. Are The Benefits Real Or Imagined? (AIA/LU, HSW, SD)

David Early, P.E., C.E.M., C.C.C.A., University of Southern Maine

The LEED Certification program has become the target of increasing criticism.  Has LEED created the illusion of environmental sustainability, rather than actual sustainability?  Is the true goal and mission of the USGBC an economic, business centered effort about promoting their own agenda, prestige, and financial worth?  Can this be true? What is the right or wrong emphasis on Green?  This presentation will be of interest to everyone interested in green construction, renovation and the LEED process. 

Facilities Planning

"Bright" Green Buildings Provide Significant Return on Investment for the Higher Education Market (AIA/LU)

William MacGowan, P. Eng., Delta Controls

The presentation summarizes the benefits of converging Green Technologies and Building Intelligence.  To date there has been tremendous talk about the value of this convergence.  Missing for Facilities Managers has been the detail required for proper evaluation.  This presentation provides highlights of a recently completed industry research study entitled "Bright Green Buildings". 

Target Audience: Facilities Managers

Technical Complexity: Mid-Level

People

Improving Your Electronic Communication: E-Mail Do's and Don'ts

            Michelle Frederick, American University

E-mail is the most common, convenient, and potentially the most costly means of business communication today. With all this e-mail traffic, the potential for disaster is huge if you are not careful to write messages that are as safe and secure, as they are clean and clear.  This session will help participants at every level in an organization avoid e-mail liabilities while creating electronic documents that are as persuasively and powerfully written, as they are risk-free. 

Potpourri

Getting Answers - How to Slice and Dice Data Using Excel Pivot Tables

(Session 1 of a 2 session series-- requires preregistration)

Phillip Rouble, Algonquin College

This hands-on workshop looks at the basics of pivot tables to slice and dice large tables of information into meaningful summary reports. Pivot tables are fast, easy to use and can yield surprising results. This workshop will be useful to anyone trying to dig answers out of tables or databases.

Basic Microsoft Excel skills are assumed and all participants must bring a laptop with Excel, either Excel 2003 or Excel 2007 may be used.

Utilities/Energy

Utility Master Plan-Look Back to Look Ahead 

            Howard McKew, P.E., CPE, RDK Engineers

Campus growth doesn't necessarily mean campus growth.  Aggressive campus operations management can actually eliminate the need for central plant growth.  While there is not a lot of documented experience on campus air conditioning capacity and system diversity, it is possible to manage the chilled water system distribution based on 45% to 65% diversity of the cooling load.  The target audience is experienced facility managers responsible for central chilled water plants, as well as other operations management personnel.  The discussion is based on recent campus master plan projects and energy auditing assessments.

Sustainable

A Systematic Approach To Managing Construction and Demolition Waste On A University Campus

Michelle Smith, University of Vermont; Jesse Robbins, LEED AP, Freeman French Freeman, Inc.

Learn about a systematic online approach to implementing and managing a C&D waste reduction program. Supported by an EPA grant, with the participation of a diverse stakeholder group, this presentation includes take-home templates that can be adapted to fit the needs of any institution, organization, or company. 

All technical levels.

Facilities Planning

Creating Capital Budgets in an Uncertain Economy

Anthony Chamberas VFA, Inc.

This presentation will discuss best-practices for creating capital budgets that objectively balance concerns of diverse functions while aligning with strategic business goals. Strategies for ranking and budgeting capital improvements will be presented.  The presentation is intended for executives responsible for budgeting, planning and facilities management.  Little technical knowledge is required. 

People

From "Me" to "We": How the University of Toronto Imagined and Created a New Work Environment and Its Impact on the Institution

Ron Swail, University of Toronto

Faced with "expropriation", Facilities and Services/Real Estate Operations knew an imaginative and creative implementation of their new work space would be challenging.  The space was substantially smaller; staff believed their space and privacy was being eroded.  Hear how leadership in space design and utilization has influenced how work gets done at the University of Toronto.

Intended Target Audience: facilities management professionals, capital project managers, senior administrative managers

Technical Complexity:  Beginner and beyond

Potpourri

Getting Answers - How to Slice and Dice Data Using Excel Pivot Tables

(Session 2 of a 2 session series-- requires preregistration)

Phil Rouble,  Algonquin College

See Session 6 for description

Utilities/Energy

Geothermal's Carbon Footprint: How Hybrid Designs Can Impact Program Performance

            Kathleen Dorsey & Wayne Chadbourne, Haley & Aldrich Inc.

Haley & Aldrich has developed an engineering evaluation, design and modeling protocol which is used to effectively identify high-value, geothermal resource installation scenarios. The results of this rigorous protocol are used by colleges and universities to make informed go/ no-go decisions about how to take advantage of geothermal resources in conjunction with existing and planned building and central plant systems to improve carbon footprint reduction performance. Case studies of campuses using this scenario planning tool will be presented, and an example of how this process led to the implementation of multiple geothermal systems to reduce carbon footprint will be discussed in detail.