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A Better Place to Put Your MoneyInvestments That Make Dollars and Sense     
As technologies advance, Owners are making critical investments in their facilities that pay back over the life cycle of their assets. The early returns are coming in from these investments in technology, and the future looks very promising! Building upon the APPA 2009 presentation "Paying It Forward-Building Information Modeling (BIM) and its Impact on the Total Cost of Ownership", the panel returns to share some of the early results achieved by taking a Total Cost of Ownership approach. Where is the best bang for your buck? Are these technologies here to stay? How difficult is this to implement? These and other questions will be answered as tangible results from design and construction and current impacts on the operations and maintenance costs will be provided and discussed.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will learn how to leverage technology in order to provide a return on investment.
2. Participants will see the benefits of tracking, managing and reporting results.
3. Participants will take away an understanding that proving the "Value Add" to their organizations.

SPEAKER(S):
Doug Christensen, BYU; Drew Yantis, Holder Construction; Scott Jennings, Holder Construction

Development of Facilities Security Index        
How can a capital budget convert an institutional commitment to improving building security, into a comprehensive, prioritized and sustainable facilities program of investment?  How can the prioritization system support decision-making that accommodates broad diversity of building ages, programming, designs, neighborhoods and expectations?  How can the resulting investment program ”normalize” security issues to facilitate an equitable and proactive distribution of resources?  This presentation will describe the process followed by Minneapolis Public Schools to define and assess the issues, opportunities and limitations of capital budgeting for security improvements in a systemic, data-driven way—the  Security Index.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will learn what is a security index.
2. Participants will explore what are the comments of a security index.
3. Participants will discuss how the components are assessed to determine the security index.

SPEAKER:
David Richards, Minneapolis Public Schools

Geothermal Technology: An Energy Efficient Solution for Schools  
According to the  Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. schools currently spend $6 billion a year on energy costs—more  than they spend on textbooks and computers combined.  An average of twenty percent of that energy purchases is lost through inefficient technologies and building design.  The lifecycle cost of heating and cooling systes are  an important economic consideration.  Schools must plan for long-term efficiency to maximize their resources.  geothermal heat pump systems are the most energy efficient, environmentally clean, and cost effective space condition systems available.  Ground source geothermal energy enables us to tap into the earth's stored renewable energy for heating and cooling facilities.  Geothermal systems provide cost efficient, comfort, safety, reliable, and quality learning environments, while freeing up tight budgets for quality educational programs.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will discuss how with the recent volatility in natural gas proves, energy efficient is an investment that will help protect their bottom line for years to come.
2. Participants will learn of the benefits of lower maintenance cost, more usable space, and better comfort for both employees and students.
3. Participants will take away that while geothermal system may be more expensive to install, they can pay back the difference in energy savings in just a few years.

SPEAKER(S):
Jim Knutson, Trane; Dave Button, University of Regina; Erik van de Boogaard, Adams State College

Strategic Capital Development: The New Model for Campus Investment        
The authors of APPA’s Strategic Capital Development: The New Model for Campus Investment describe the book’s concepts and methodologies for a new integrated capital planning and investment framework.  Following a summary of current and future environmental factors that will shape future development of the nation’s campuses, the authors present their ideas for a new planning model.  The model incorporates stewardship principles, on-the-ground management tactics, assessment methodologies, tools for prioritization, and an approach for integration with resource considerations.  The presentation will explain why this level of comprehensiveness and continuity is required in assessing needs and in prioritizing and funding capital improvements—fundamentally to sustain a physical plant that is responsive to institutional strategies and functions, remains attractive to faculty and students, and optimizes inevitably scarce resources.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will learn how our typical capital planning and master planning practices have evolved over time, and what may be missing.
2. Participants will be provided an overview of very significant change factors to which capital planning must respond—both those specific to institutions and those in the larger socio-economic context that institutions serve.
3. Participants will discuss a proposed new model for Strategic Capital Development—integrated with strategic planning; based on stewardship principles; including hard methodologies for needs assessment; and incorporating a more objective approach to priorit

SPEAKER(S):
Harvey Kaiser, HHK Associates; Eva Klein, Eva Klein & Associates

Energy Master Plans - From Here to a Zero Carbon Footprint
The presentation will show how to develop Energy Master Plans to move a facility toward genuine Climate Neutrality. Goals and objectives will be laid out and strategies detailed for achieving climate neutral facilities. Strategies will include minimizing maintenance and maximizing occupant comfort and performance so life cycle success is assured. Every advantage is used for minimizing operating costs and maximizing income and revenues. Participants will look at reducing energy use and turning buildings into energy producers rather than energy users.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will learn how to integrate Building Energy Master Plans with Facility Master Plans and Transportation Master Plans to form a comprehensive Climate Neutral Plan for facilities and communities.
2. Participants will work on developing an Energy Master Plans for net zero building energy systems.
3. Participants will take away best practices on how to develop Energy Master Plans for life cycle performance and preventive maintenance.

SPEAKER:
Grahame Maisey, Building Services Consultants, Inc.

Reducing Campus E-Waste Through Recycling Programs
College campuses are perhaps the most telling evidence of our culture’s love affair with sophisticated technology. From laptops and cell phones to digital cameras and portable gaming devices, electronic devices are omnipresent both inside and outside classrooms. Campus facility managers and sustainability officials are increasingly challenged with the issue of proper electronic waste disposal. Many campus administrators are now carefully examining ways to efficiently and cost-effectively dispose of e-waste on a campus-wide scale. Many universities have found that on-campus recycling programs can be a component of an overall e-waste management strategy that allows facility managers to provide an environmentally sound method for disposing of products that are potentially hazardous to the environment.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will discuss best practices of achieving zero-waste through on-campus recycling programs and leveraging existing infrastructure.
2. Participants will learn to incentivize participation among the campus community and merchandise results to garner ongoing support and program growth.
3. Participants will discuss how to integrate recycling initiatives program into other campus sustainability efforts .

SPEAKER:
Todd Ellis, Crenshaw Communications

Let the Sun Shine
Learn how San Diego Community College District is leveraging a 20-year third-party Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to incorporate renewable energy on its three main colleges and six continuing education campuses (without upfront capital costs or operational expenses,) and reduce carbon emissions by more than 5.5 million pounds annually.   This 2.4 MW system will generate more than four million kiloWatt hours of green energy per year – enough to power 650 homes per year – at rates approximately 18% below those of the local utility company: a savings of more than $110,000 annually.  The first 20 years of production will generate a number of environmental benefits, such as reduction of global warming emissions, reduction of fossil fuel consumption, reduction of other emissions and much more.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will learn what a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) entails.
2. Participants will discuss some of the advantages of a PPA.
3. Participants will learn about the specific advantages of a PPA for public entities such as community college districts and other institutions of higher learning.

SPEAKER(S):
David Umstot, San Diego Community College District; Mark Pearson, Borrego Solar

A Budget Neutral Approach to Achieving a Carbon Neutral Operations
The main focus of the session will be to communicate programs that have been implemented at Baylor College of Medicine.   Particularly focusing on those programs that provide income (energy and resource management) and how these programs can be used to support those programs that are not revenue generating (recycling).  We will also cover accounting methodologies for tracking sustainability program costs and revenues (including cost avoidance).

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will discuss how to sell a sustainability program to the University Finance Department.
2. Participants will learn the value of regular communications to all stakeholders.
3. Participants will explore how to take advantage of opportunities with new technologies.

SPEAKER:
Rock Morille, Baylor College of Medicine  

Taming the Green Monster
In this presentation, participants will learn about best practices for incorporating high levels of sustainability in a variety of project types while preserving budgets and schedules. Experts who oversaw a major construction project at Bates (in which the school simultaneously built the 60,000 sq. ft. Dining Commons, the 1,200 ft. Alumni Walk), made long overdue upgrades to the campus steam line, and identified ways to combine sustainability initiatives with these important improvements that were years in the making. For example, the campus steam loop upgrades include a heat recovery system that captures steam condensate to preheat domestic water, while the Alumni Walk and amphitheater feature shade trees and water efficient landscaping. The school made the decision to forgo LEED® certification for the Dining Commons in order to have greater financial freedom in how they approached the greenness of the building while still receiving positive media exposure for their accomplishments. This presentation will address methods for incorporating creative phasing, early buyout of subcontractors, student and faculty input in final design choices and making pragmatic decisions for obtaining realistic sustainability goals with high ROI.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will gain insight gleaned from allowing end‐users to directly influence design.
2. Participants will discuss lessons learned for shaping a schedule containing simultaneous projects.
3. Participants will take away how one should be pragmatic about sustainability: what you need versus what you don’t.

SPEAKER(S):
Paul Farnsworth, Bates College; Dave Thomas, Consigli Construction

Reducing Our Carbon Footprint
Collaborating with residents to go green can be the cheapest and most economical approach to cutting electrical cost in our residence halls. With new construction, initial cost often supersedes efficiency when purchasing appliances, fixtures, and building system equipment. It can be cost effective to add or change equipment immediately. Changing light bulbs to fluorescent or LEDs is still a quick and economical way to reduce electrical usage.  When fixtures are outdated or discontinued, the parts may be more expensive than upgrading to more energy efficient new fixtures. Building system controls allow us to program equipment to help reduce peak and cut our electrical rates.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Participants will discover how to involve residents in reducing our carbon footprint.
2. Participants will explore how to reduce cost by programming building systems.
3. Participants will discuss the benefits of adding a water side economizer.

SPEAKER(S):
Laurence Uphoffm, Georgia State University; Marilyn DeLaroche, Georgia State University