Professional Development Sessions

Monday, October 4
10:30 to 11:30 a.m. – Education Session #1

1. Utilizing Software and Web-Based Technologies in Resource Allocation for Custodial Services 

Jason Luke
Jason Luke, associate director for custodial and support services, has worked at Harvard University for University Operations Services since his graduation from Harvard in 1994. Jason manages the in-house custodial services operation of 250 cleaners at Harvard University, and manages operations for many campus events including Commencement. Jason started working in the custodial field as an undergraduate to earn money for tuition.

Description:
This presentation demonstrates the appropriate use of available technologies in the development of custodial department staffing and service levels for a university campus in an ever changing economic and budgetary climate. This presentation shall discuss the development, implementation, and outcomes experienced at Harvard University by the Custodial and Support Services Associate Director while incorporating the technology into their department's fiscal and operational planning model. The presentation shall include a demonstration of the technology.

2. How to Measure, Assess, and Lead Your Institution to Greatness!

Lander Medlin
Lander Medlin is executive vice president of APPA “Leadership in Educational Facilities.” APPA, an international association representing more than 1,600 educational institutions, is the strategic leader on significant facilities issues. Lander is the voice of APPA, leading its mission of elevating facilities professionals into higher-performing leaders who transform their institutions into more inviting and supportive learning environments.

Description:
Presented by APPA, this session provides a no-nonsense, pragmatic look at facilities performance measurement systems: how they work, what they accomplish, and how successful facilities managers use performance and evaluation data to identify needed resources and execute positive change at their educational institutions. The session will utilize successful case studies, coupled with practical guidance from experts on how to effectively coordinate facilities performance and facilities management evaluations on your campus. An overview on two key APPA services, the APPA Facilities Performance Indicators (FPI) program and the APPA Facilities Management Evaluation Program (FMEP), will also be provided in this session.

3. University Uses of Job Order Contracting, Procurement Tool for Coping with Today’s Pressures

Vince Brennan
Vince Brennan is the safety programs manager at the University of Vermont (UVM). He has more than twenty-five years of experience in asbestos and lead abatement. Over the last twenty years, Vince’s responsibilities at UVM have expanded from administering the Asbestos and Lead Management Program to managing mold and other safety programs. He is EPA-trained and certified in multiple asbestos and lead disciplines and is an Authorized OSHA Trainer for construction.

Paul R. Schreyer
Paul Schreyer is the Northeast regional manager for The Gordian Group, Inc. He has a bachelor of science degree in construction from Bradley University and a law degree from Quinnipiac School of Law. He has fourteen years of experience in developing Job Order Contracting systems for large facility owners such as the State University of New York System and Pennsylvania Department of General Services.

Description:
The University of Vermont’s Job Order Contracting program saves time and money while improving the quality of work for small to medium-sized construction and asbestos, lead, and mold abatement projects. Learn how the university dramatically decreased response times, increased administrative efficiency, and is able to keep their internal clients 100 percent satisfied.

4. Energy, Life, and Light, The Facts about Lighting and New Technologies

Shawn Good
Shawn Good is the principal in charge of the Brinjac Lighting Studio. He's a practitioner instructor in the Architectural Engineering Department at Penn State. He received the 24 International Illumination Design Award 1 and an AIA award of excellence.

Description:
This presentation will shed some light on the dark secrets about lighting technologies and techniques. With so many products claiming to reduce energy and maintenance costs, how do you know what to believe? We will look at new technologies, such as LED’s, induction lamps, and improvements to old standards as we attempt to dispel some of the misinformation. Additionally we will discuss common sense techniques and practices to lower energy and maintenance costs.

5. Rallying Resources to Protect a Unique Campus Icon; The Elm Yellow Story at Penn State 

Jeff Dice
Jeff Dice is supervisor of grounds at the Office of Physical Plant at Penn State. He has a degree in forestry from Penn State, twenty-four years of experience with the Office of the Physical Plant at Penn State, and thirty-eight years of consulting experience working with residential, municipal, commercial, and institutional customers. He is an ISA-certified arborist and an ITCC (International Tree Climbing Championship) Rules Chairman. His primary responsibilities include the University Park campus trees, horticultural displays (including the Arboretum at Penn State), and campus landscape construction.

Description:
The University Park Campus at Penn State is home to a unique and historic collection of American Elm Trees. Collectively the elm trees create an idyllic campus aesthetic that is revered by Penn Staters. Jeff Dice, supervisor of grounds, will discuss how the Penn State community, faculty, alumni, and staff have rallied together to save this unique campus treasure. Visit the yellow elm page at http://elmyellows.psu.edu/story/35814.

1:00 to 2:00 p.m. – Education Session #2

1. Personal Rapid Transit: Case Study of Ithaca, New York 

Aileen Maguire Meyer
Aileen Meyer is a licensed engineer and certified planner with C&S Companies. She provides traffic engineering and multimodal transportation planning services to municipalities, campuses, and developers. Her work focuses on addressing the land use–transportation relationship early in the planning process with a goal toward providing sustainable transportation systems. 

Description:
Personal rapid transit (PRT) is an emerging technology that has the potential to reduce VMT and associated GHG emissions. College campuses and small and mid-size cities are ideal locations for PRT due to lower transit densities and the need for long service periods. This presentation will introduce PRT and its development status through a case study in Ithaca, New York. 

2. Sustainability Implementation Is the Only Way to Make A Campus More Sustainable

Mr. Qvale
Mr. Qvale is a sustainable services consultant with national experience in developing high-performance public educational facilities. He has a BARCH from the University of Southern California and and MBA from Cornell University.

Description:
To implement sustainability in a higher education facility today, it is critical that educators, facility directors, administrators, and students work together as a unit. This is often accomplished by assembling a diversified "Green Team" with members from each sector as participants. This session will be a panel discussion that will explore this idea in detail.

3. The Green Innovators Project – A Community-Driven Adaptive Reuse, Pittsburgh Vo-Tech School

Dr. Deno De Ciantis
Deno De Ciantis is the director of the Penn State Center: Engaging Pittsburgh, which connects Penn State with Pittsburgh stakeholders. He has worked twenty years with Penn State Outreach and holds a doctorate in educational leadership from Duquesne University.

Description:
The Pittsburgh Green Innovators Project is creating a state-of-the-art sustainable complex that will meet the increasing demand for workforce training programs in sustainable industry sectors; offer business incubation and support services for early-stage companies commercializing sustainable technologies; and support expansion of the region's capability of current university-related research. The building will employ an integrated energy generation system that includes geo-thermal, solar, wind, and micro-turbine equipment powered by a variety of fuels. The building infrastructure will be fully accessible to the public and serve as an educational platform for exploring various alternative and renewable technologies.

4. Campus Energy Management Using Computer and Internet Technology

William Hartigan is director of Providence College.

Description:
Providence College is forging ahead with a campus-wide building automation system master plan that networks each building back to a computerized management system, and offers as well, an Internet off-site access to this system to improve space comfort while focusing on a 30 percent reduction in campus energy consumption. This master plan, in Phase 1, involves collecting the various building automatic control systems that are ready for interface now with the head-end computer no matter which ATC manufacturer's systems are in the buildings. Phase 2 will convert the remaining building's ATC systems to the head-end computer after making ATC upgrades to these existing controls.

5. Why Sustainability Is Important for Your Organization

Leslye R.  Kornegay
Leslye R.  Kornegay has more than twenty-nine years of comprehensive experience in all aspects of business management. She has extensive experience in executive-level leadership with custodial and facilities maintenance operations and hospitality and conference services. Leslye currently serves as the director of custodial services at the University of Vermont (UVM). Leslye led the restructuring efforts of this traditional custodial services department, which became the backbone of the reinvention of business process and customer delivery improvements for her department. Leslye most recently served as associate director of housing facilities operations and services for the University of Massachusetts. Prior to escaping to the Green Mountains, Leslye worked for The North Carolina State University as the deputy assistance director of facilities operations. Leslye is a doctoral candidate in the college of Educational Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Vermont. 

Description:
The three things to consider when it comes to sustainability are the environmental impacts, economical impacts, and the social impacts. All three areas must be evaluated in order to truly be sustainable. Today’s leaders are challenged to produce leaner operations, our customers and environmental groups demand we be green. Learn how the UVM Custodial Services Department made some very dramatic changes to improve its “Carbon Footprint” and how adjusting our economical impact had positive impacts on our social and environmental processes.

3:00 to 4:00 p.m. – Education Session #3

1. Security Technology – How Do We Get to the Future? 

Bob Waldhuber
Robert M. (Bob) Waldhuber, CFE, CPP, is the manager of Access Controls and Electronic Security Programs(A.C.E.S.) at Penn State. He holds a bachelor's degree in law enforcement and corrections from Penn State and an M.P.A. from the University of Baltimore. He is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He has thirty-seven years of law enforcement and security experience.

Description:
In order to develop and implement a successful security program in an academic, research, and outreach institution, the security program stewards must develop several underlying core elements, including:

  • a strategic security plan which is consistent with the institution's mission, culture, and resources
  • a broad-based policy mandate which prescribes the security program measures to be implemented
  • stakeholders from across a broad spectrum of the institution's landscape
  • a suite of forward-looking, integrated, sustainable technology solutions which optimize utilization of legacy systems

 

2. More Than Just a Job Description; Bringing Employees Together in a Decentralized Campus

Judy Clay
Judy Clay was named the staff development coordinator for UF&S in 1998. Prior to becoming a full-time trainer/coordinator, she spent twenty years in facilities management on the college level as a housekeeping director and supervisor. As staff development coordinator, Judy serves more than 1,100 members of University Facilities and Services.

3. On the Edge: Why Off-Campus Development Is a Smart Move

Edmund Klimek
Edmund Klimek, AIA, a partner at KSS Architects, has design and planning expertise in academic, commercial, industrial, and pharmaceutical campuses, brownfield redevelopment, and property repositioning. Currently, Ed is a consultant for the U.S. Green Building Council on the development of sustainable design guidelines for commercial and industrial buildings.

John Ziegler
John Ziegler, AIA, the director of off-campus development at Princeton University and has more than thirty years of experience within architecture firms, as an owner’s representative at corporate and educational institutions and as manager of an in-house professional architectural service organization. His experience includes residential, municipal, ecclesiastical, hospitality, and higher education projects.

Robert Rittenhouse
Robert Rittenhouse, a partner at Aegis Property Group, has more than twenty-seven years experience in real estate development and project management. With expertise in projects with complex technical or financial requirements, Bob is responsible for the company’s development management activities in the corporate, R&D, higher education and institutional market sectors.

Description:
As institutions seek to accommodate burgeoning enrollment and infrastructure needs in our current environment of physical, financial, staffing, and scheduling constraints, off-campus development offers ample opportunities in building design and financing. This presentation demonstrates how institutions can partner successfully with private developers to address campus expansion efficiently and economically.

4. The Real Lessons and the Real Data and the Real Costs of a Solar PV System (a case study)

Carl Salas
Carl Salas is founder and principal of the firm of Salas O'Brien Engineers, Inc., in San Jose, California. Carl has been evaluating and redesigning existing facility infrastructures and power systems since 1974.

Description:
Photovoltaic (PV) systems are installed to generate electricity and to avoid electric costs. This presentation will cover, in detail, the financial sensitivities associated with PPAs and the real, operational data from a number of installed solar PV systems.

5. Sustainable Asset Management – Reaching the Pinnacle

William (Bill) Roth
Bill Roth, P.Geo., has been with Stantec Consulting Limited since 1995, working in the Ottawa and Greater Toronto Area offices. Bill currently looks after Stantec’s facility assessment and indoor environments practice across Canada and is helping to build the practice throughout the United States. Bill has firsthand experience working with institutional, commercial, and government in managing facilities, occupant issues, and stakeholder expectations. Bill has helped numerous institutions design and execute portfolio-wide programs to develop strategic capital plans. The consistent, defensible building data provided by Stantec have helped clients secure more than $4 billion in additional renewal funding. Bill is currently the client manager for many large institutions, national commercial real estate firms, and financial institutions. Bill is also an experienced presenter at real estate conferences, including Council for Educational Facility Planners International, BOMA International Real Estate Congress, BOMEX, PM Expo, Construct Canada, Toronto Land Conference, and the Real Property Institute of Canada National and regional workshops.

Description:
Higher education asset and facility managers face an increasing list of priorities that compete for their attention, time, and limited capital and maintenance dollars. Determining where to spend money to receive the highest and best return on investment is becoming more complex each year. Balancing the competing priorities of renewal, code, environmental, functional/program, and the ever-increasing need to be “green” can leave asset managers’ heads spinning.

We will introduce a framework for sustainable or integrated asset management which can be applied to organizations in conjunction with consistent, defensible building information that can aid in prioritizing capital spending while attempting to balance the competing priorities. The framework is broken down into two parts, each consisting of two separate competing factors. The first we call “Have to do,” which consists of the foundation of renewal capital and the subsequent requirements to address code and environmental factors (hazardous materials, asbestos, etc.) that are triggered by renewal activities. The second half of the hierarchy, which we call “Want to do,” consists first of the functional and program aspects of a building that help to create the best possible learning environment for students, followed by the integration of sustainable or “green” principles into the recapitalization of a portfolio.

We will explore the factors individually and how we can better create synergies among them to help build toward a truly sustainable asset management strategy.

Tuesday, October 5
10:15 to 11:15 a.m. – Education Session #4

1. Improving Operational Efficiency and Engaging Your Community through LEED – EB Certification

Maureen Roskowski
Maureen Rowkowski has worked with facilities on LEED certification, energy management, and sustainability for more than fourteen years. Maureen has presented in her area of expertise at several leading conferences including IFMA’s World Workplace, Greenbuild (2006 and 2009), and NFM&T.

Description:
The LEED for Existing Buildings (EB) certification process has become a tool to guide facility managers through operational changes to reducing water and energy consumption, minimize waste, and minimize the negative impact of their operations on the environment. In addition, it is a tool to engage population and community. This session will present the real-world examples with of two organizations that have been through the LEED – EB certification process and how the steps they’ve taken along the way have improved the way they operate. We will show you the real costs and benefits of LEED – EB certification.

2. Special Program – Managing for Success in the Multigenerational Workplace (Session 1) 

Dr. Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor is a nationally recognized expert, consultant, speaker, and educator who has helped many companies, organizations, schools, and colleges work more effectively with the generational groups. Building on more than twenty-five years of experience in higher education, management, and the helping professions, Mark has worked with more than 150 schools in 38 states, made presentations at state, regional, and national events, and has offered programs to business clients like 20th Century Fox, Wal-Mart, FEMA, the University of Tennessee Hospital, and the U.S. Army. He has been licensed as a psychotherapist since 1982. Among his many publications is the article “Generation NeXt Goes to Work.” Mark holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and biology, a master's degree in social work, and a doctorate in counseling, all from the University of Arkansas. Mark’s pragmatic information, grounded in data, offers clear and immediately applicable suggestions for improving workplace success.

Description:
Today’s workplace can be an exciting, though not always harmonious, mixture of four generational cohorts: older Traditionals, mature Boomers, early to mid-career Xers, and our youngest workers from Generation NeXt. Understanding the generations is becoming more important as demographic changes anticipate the forthcoming mass retirement of the still-working the Traditionals and leading-edge Boomers, with insufficient numbers of Xers available to fill their slots, leaving gaps in institutional knowledge, organizational loyalty, and mission orientation, not to mention raw numbers of leaders. Many managers today are reporting issues with the knowledge, skills, and values readiness and workplace integration of Generation NeXt. Successful management will increasingly require being able to understand, communicate with, and lead everyone, from each generational group. Understanding typical generational values, traits, preferences, and styles can improve recruitment management and workplace effectiveness, harmony, and employee satisfaction and retention. This workshop will address the generational traits, and issues and dynamics in the workplace with specific, immediately applicable suggestions for developing the most productive, positive, and effective work setting for all workers.

3. Special Program – Managing for Success in the Multigenerational Workplace (Session 2)

Dr. Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor is a nationally recognized expert, consultant, speaker, and educator who has helped many companies, organizations, schools, and colleges work more effectively with the generational groups. Building on more than twenty-five years of experience in higher education, management, and the helping professions, Mark has worked with more than 150 schools in 38 states, made presentations at state, regional, and national events, and has offered programs to business clients like 20th Century Fox, Wal-Mart, FEMA, the University of Tennessee Hospital, and the U.S. Army. He has been licensed as a psychotherapist since 1982. Among his many publications is the article “Generation NeXt Goes to Work.” Mark holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and biology, a master's degree in social work, and a doctorate in counseling, all from the University of Arkansas. Mark’s pragmatic information, grounded in data, offers clear and immediately applicable suggestions for improving workplace success.

Description:
Today’s workplace can be an exciting, though not always harmonious, mixture of four generational cohorts: older Traditionals, mature Boomers, early to mid-career Xers, and our youngest workers from Generation NeXt. Understanding the generations is becoming more important as demographic changes anticipate the forthcoming mass retirement of the still-working the Traditionals and leading-edge Boomers, with insufficient numbers of Xers available to fill their slots, leaving gaps in institutional knowledge, organizational loyalty, and mission orientation, not to mention raw numbers of leaders. Many managers today are reporting issues with the knowledge, skills, and values readiness and workplace integration of Generation NeXt. Successful management will increasingly require being able to understand, communicate with, and lead everyone, from each generational group. Understanding typical generational values, traits, preferences, and styles can improve recruitment management and workplace effectiveness, harmony, and employee satisfaction and retention. This workshop will address the generational traits, and issues and dynamics in the workplace with specific, immediately applicable suggestions for developing the most productive, positive, and effective work setting for all workers.

4. Data Centers and Green Initiatives – The Focus of Energy Efficiency and of LEED Certification 

Mark Evanko
Mark Evanko is a principal and one of the original founders of BRUNS-PAK. BRUNS-PAK’s 30-year, 4,500+ project experiences in design/building high technology data center projects serve as the basis for the evolution of the ultra-reliable facility.

Description:
I. Data Center Green Initiatives
II. Reliability vs. Redundancy vs. Uptime – “The Data Center Green Initiatives” – Are They Compatible?
III. The Role of “LEED”
IV. Data Center Cost Impacts and Trends
V. Sample CFD Slides VI. Questions and Answers

5. Finding the Way: Designing Wayfinding Friendly Architecture and Signs

Scott Saunders
Designing wayfinding systems that balance the needs of visitors and stakeholders is Scott’s forte. Mastery of wayfinding principles allows him to identify existing wayfinding obstacles in complex environments and to develop corrective strategies while coordinating various elements including signs, maps, lighting, architectural finishes, landmarks, room numbers, brochures, and electronic technologies to create environments that are more intuitive to self-navigate.

Description:
This presentation will provide knowledge and information to make quality and valuable decisions; it will provide tools to help navigate the complex codes and regulations affecting signage; and Scott will provide insight regarding various aspects of planning, design, wayfinding and implementation of an effective, wayfinding-friendly, code compliant, and long-term maintenance-friendly hospital signage program.  

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Education Session #5

1. Managing Campus Assets in a 3D World

Martha Averso
Martha Averso, P.E., a vice president of Gannett Fleming with twenty-nine years of facility design experience, is responsible for the firm’s implementation of BIM. 

Steve Korzekwa
Steve Korzekwa, Gannett’s director of advanced technology, has twenty years experience managing GIS projects.

Description:
The ability to integrate CADD, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) data provides a valuable opportunity to managers responsible for campus operations. Several applications from a university campus that demonstrate the potential of these integrations will be presented, with a focus on energy efficiency, security, and facility management. The demonstrations will highlight the ability to include facility and infrastructure data in real time, and provide a first-person walk-through visualization of 3D data and how it might be used by a campus manager. Spatial queries will demonstrate the unlimited potential inherent in this combination of technologies.

2. Special Program – Managing for Success in the Multigenerational Workplace (Session 2)

This session is a continuation of Mark Taylor’s program and will compliment Session 1 along with welcoming new attendees for this time period.

3. Special Program – Managing for Success in the Multigenerational Workplace (Session 2)

This session is a continuation of Mark Taylor’s program and will compliment Session 1 along with welcoming new attendees for this time period.

4. Energy Awareness – Transforming the Energy Culture  

Daniel Weeden
Daniel Weeden is the president of ENERActive Solutions, an independent energy consulting and advising firm specializing in the development and implementation of energy conservation and efficiency programs that balance technology solutions with cultural transformation programs in the higher education sector. 

Description:
ENERActive Solutions introduces the concept of helping colleges and universities develop enduring sustainability initiatives through leveraging engineered solutions and technology with cultural transformation programs and gaming education. This aggregate approach to a successful environmental program ensures institutions looking to achieve climate neutrality have a long-term pathway to success.

5. Insulation, The Forgotten Technology

Ronald (Ron) L. King
Ron King has an extensive career in the insulation industry. He recently retired as chairman and CEO of one of the United States’ largest insulation distributors. He is a past president of the National Insulation Association (NIA) and currently serves as an NIA consultant and, in that capacity, chairs the National Institute of Building Sciences’ National Mechanical Insulation Committee.

Description:
Lack of knowledge and recognition for mechanical insulation being a core competency in building and energy management, sustainability, safety, and building performance has resulted in this technology being undervalued and an underappreciated. No facilities, government or private, are immune from this characterization. There has never been a more important time to think about insulation differently.

2:15 to 3:15 p.m. – Education Session #6

1. Virtualizing the Facilities Emergency Notification Process

Joe Remillard
Joe Remillard is the manager of facilities customer service at Cornell University, a department that dispatches trades personnel to more than 25,000 service requests per year for 290 facilities at the Ithaca, New York, campus. Joe is also a facilitator for the University’s organizational development program and recently contributed to the development of Cornell’s new performance management process

Description:
Use technology to create a “virtualized” facilities customer service and dispatching operation that can function remotely from any location at any time. Learn from a non-IT perspective how process mapping, the Internet, and wireless technology can help your organization respond to increasing customer expectations around the gathering, retention, management, and sharing of information in emergency situations. This beginner’s level presentation will help managers, supervisors, and operations personnel from organizations of any size take their first steps toward the increased level of service and flexibility a virtualized customer service function can provide.

2. How Can a Duck (yes, we said duck) Play a Positive Role on Your Project Team? 

John Shenette’s
John Shenette is the executive director of facilities management at Smith College. John has more than twenty-two years of experience in higher education managing people, facilities, construction, and maintenance.

Warren Cochrane
Warren Cochrane, a principal of RDK Engineers since 2000, designs mechanical and electrical systems in markets such as higher education, hospitality, and senior care.

Description:
Are we losing the art of face-to-face communication and team-building in today’s highly technological environment? Learn what one successful team (with a little help from one very effective duck) did during their three-year design/build project at The Clark Science Center at Smith College to create a strong and collaborative environment.

3. Strategies for Future Proofing Your New Buildings  

Robert Kennedy
As EYP's Director of Energy Services, Robert Kennedy, PE, CEM, delivers comprehensive energy consulting services that reduce energy consumption, lower costs, and improve performance in a variety of building types. A respected industry leader, he is a frequent lecturer at regional and national conferences. 

Howard Holden
Howard Holden has led by example through his positions as director of facilities at three greater Philadelphia Colleges over his career. A particular passion for the environment, Howard is actively involved in community organizations, including DVAPPA.

Todd Holland
Todd Holland is the energy manager for the Five Colleges, Inc., consortium in Western Massachusetts. As a representative of the schools, Todd has spoken extensively on the work they have done to reduce energy consumption, including previous presentations at ERAPPA.

Description:
This dynamic session examines strategies for making the most of future proofing new buildings from an energy perspective. Presenters will reveal effective methods for keeping projects on budget during the design phase. Additionally, attendees will learn how to analyze actual vs. designed use to inform strategic adjustments for optimizing energy budgets. 

4. Water Conservation – Innovative Opportunities in Higher Education 

Tony Cupido
Tony Cupido is the assistant vice president of facility services at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and under his leadership, McMaster became the first Ontario university to develop a sustainable building policy. Tony is the past-president of OAPPA, and he is currently a doctoral candidate performing research on policy and sustainable buildings.

Description:
In cooperation with CFaR, a formal study (survey and interviews) was conducted to determine the best water conservation practices used by APPA member institutions. The outcomes of the study are highlighted in this nontechnical presentation and will be of interest to all individuals who value water as a precious resource.

5. Beyond Benchmarking – Implementing Change After You Have the Facilities Performance Data

Dr. Cornelius Wooten
Cornelius Wooten serves as vice president for administration and finance at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). Cornelius earned his bachelor’s degree from Savannah State College, his master of business administration from Atlanta University’s Graduate School of Business, and his doctor of philosophy degree from Florida State University.

Mark Geletka
Mark Geletka serves as associate vice president for facilities management at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Mark is a registered professional engineer and has worked in higher education for more than twenty-two years. He is an electrical engineering graduate of Penn State and a master’s degree graduate of The University of Pittsburgh.

James Kadamus
Jim Kadamus is the vice president for Sightlines, LLC, where he is the company’s lead in working with public university systems and flagship campuses across the country. Jim has more than thirty years working in K–12 and higher education. He is a graduate of Union College (NY) and has a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina.

Description:
So you’ve gone to the trouble and expense of benchmarking your institution against your peers; now what? Armed with a comprehensive set of statistically comparative metrics, the presenters describe how they took benchmarking to the next level to form the basis for Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) Facilities Management Department’s strategic initiative. Institutional leaders responsible for positioning their facilities and services in total support of their university’s academic mission may be interested in learning how IUP is addressing challenges from capital budgeting methods to operational efficiency issues.

3:30 to 4:30 p.m. – Education Session #7

1. Beyond Energy Conservation Measures, How to Create an Institutional Energy Strategy

Jerry DeSantis
Jerry DeSantis, P.E., recently retired as associate vice president for Facilities Services at SUNY Oswego. His contributions to the campus include the planning and implementation of a ten-year, $250 million capital program that incorporated faculty, staff, and student participation in transforming the campus configuration and image. Jerry also led SUNY Oswego's sustainability initiative and was the principle author of the campus’ first climate action plan. He currently serves as an adjunct instructor in sustainable business planning.  

Glenn Heyer
Glenn Heyer, P.E., LEED AP of C&S Companies is responsible for managing multidiscipline campus facilities projects including all aspects of design development and construction administration, while also acting as the lead mechanical/HVAC design engineer. Glenn has successfully managed the SUNY Oswego central heating plant upgrades, and is currently managing the SUNY Oswego campus-wide infrastructure study and sustainability plan. 

Description:
Traditional energy conservation practice has focused on energy conservation measures. Deregulations and a need for climate change as embodied in the ACUPCC have changed the focus to a strategic and policy issue that requires a systems analysis approach. We will discuss how this affects facilities and energy managers and present tools and processes that can be used to develop an energy strategy that benefit both financial and institutional perspectives.

2. The Power of Leading through Relationships in the Workplace

Jim Barbush
Jim Barbush is the Pennsylvania state system’s facilities contracts manager, providing contracting policy, procedures, and assistance to staff at fourteen universities for procurement of professional services and construction. Jim provides leadership training to staff and provided twenty-five leadership presentations at major conferences since 2005. He is an Advanced Communicator Bronze speaker with Toastmasters International.

Description:
Effective Workplace Relationships (EWRs) produce connectivity that drives successful goal achievement for you and your organization. Discussion will provide tools to develop EWRs and answer these questions: (1), What is an EWR between co-workers?, (2) What prevents EWRs, resulting in diminished success?, and (3) How can EWRs lead to goal achievement?

3. Supporting the Educational Mission and Sustainability Initiatives with Effective Capital Planning 

Daryl Boyce
Daryl Boyce spent twelve years at the University of Western Ontario as associate director of facilities engineering and construction where he directed the activities related to alterations, new construction, energy management, and the utilities operations.

Description:
With increasing enrollment and limited funding, higher education institutions are always looking for innovative ways to prepare their campuses for the future. In this presentation, learn how Carlton University developed a Facility Condition Assessment Program to accurately collect and analyze data and optimize the facility capital planning process.

4. Power Quality Solutions and Energy Savings – What Is Real?

Daniel J. Carnovale
Daniel J. Carnovale, P.E. is the power quality solutions manager for Eaton’s Electrical Group. Dan is responsible for developing strategies and tools for reliability and productivity solutions across the electrical group’s equipment divisions and engineering services group.

Dr. Gregory Reed 
Gregory Reed is the director of the power and energy initiative in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh and an associate professor in the Swanson School’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.

Description:
Power systems are becoming more sophisticated with advances in power electronics, controls and monitoring solutions. Issues related to Power Quality (PQ) and Energy Management (EM) are more prevalent and the cost of poor reliability can be staggering. In many cases, experts are required to diagnose and apply cost-effective solutions to power systems. Leaders in this area have created a facility — Power Systems Experience Center (PSEC) — to demonstrate, teach, and research power quality and energy management problems and solutions. This facility, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is used to exhibit, test, and highlight advancements made in the field of power quality, energy management, and power system analysis. The unique multimillion dollar facility showcases solutions under extreme power system conditions and scenarios. The safe, controlled environment is the ideal venue for training, testing, and product demonstrations.

5. Streamlining the Physical Plant at Penn State Berks with Internet Maintenance Management

Mark Dawson
Mark Dawson earned an electrical engineering degree from Penn State. He has fifteen years of electrical construction experience, twelve years of facilities management experience, nine years of construction management experience, and eight 8 years of CMMS experience using SchoolDude.com.

Description:
This is a case study on Penn State Berks implementing an easy-to-use and low-cost maintenance and preventive maintenance software which has resulted in saving the facilities department time while improving customer service levels. All facilities, maintenance, and operations professionals, at all technical levels, are invited to attend this session.