March/April 2022 • volume 39, number 2

The Science of Cleaning

The Scientific Measurement of Cleaning and Cleanliness

By Greg Whiteley, Ph.D., M Safety Sc, Eugene Cole, DrPH, and John Downey

[Ed. Note: The following is an excerpt from the chapter of the same name in the forthcoming APPA publication, Operational Guidelines in Educational Facilities: Custodial. The complete chapter includes sections on Cleaning Process Indicators for Environmental Surface Cleaning and ATP Testing for Cellular Soils. APPA thanks its colleagues at CIRI, Cleaning Industry Research Institute, for […]

Feature

Why Do Facilities Management Professionals Join APPA? How Do They Benefit from APPA Membership?

By Carol Shuchman and Rena Cheskis-Gold

“Making friends and colleagues at APPA has been terrific; sharing trade info and expertise has been invaluable.” In 2022, Demographic Perspectives (DP) conducted a study of institutional and affiliate membership for APPA to gather insights on the value of the organization to its members, members’ workplace challenges and pain points, and how those challenges can […]

Feature

What is Best for a Facilities Culture of Care: Mentor, Facilitator, Manager, or Leader?

By Dr. Ayodele Akinola, DBA, MBA, LSSBB, NCBITL, NCTITL

The COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing inflation have brought many anxieties and risks to facilities management that have culminated in disruptions to norms. An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that a mental health crisis is currently ongoing (Lopes, Kirzinger, Sparks, Stokes & Brodie, 2022), with no end in sight. Consequences of this mental health crisis expand […]

From the Editor Mar/Apr 2023

By Steve Glazner

Facilities Digest Mar/Apr 2023

By Anita Dosik

The Bookshelf Mar/Apr 2023

By Theodore J. Weidner, Ph.D., P.E., RA, NCARB, DBIA, CEFP

New Products Mar/Apr 2023

By Gerry Van Treeck

Membership Matters

APPA’s Selling Point: Professional Development

By Glen Mathieu

Sustaining and engaging membership at the chapter, regional, and national/international levels during the 2022–2023 year has been both challenging and refreshing. Despite limitations related to retirements, budget reductions, and professional development (PD) travel, the APPA Member and Community Engagement Committee managed to maintain good spirits and, through collective efforts, positively affected the professional APPA and […]

Perspective on the Profession

Clean Campuses Promote a Positive Learning Environment

By Dija Ziane

Due to the increase in COVID-19 cases and other diseases such as influenza the level of cleanliness becomes a priority for Americans at Universities, Schools, and public spaces. Five years ago, mopping the floors and cleaning the restrooms of educational institutions used to be the standard of a “clean space.” As pandemic protocols are left […]

Code Talkers

Campus Decarbonization Through FM Leadership

By David Handwork, PE, CEFP; Stephen Harris; and Douglas Powell

Higher Education has been a primary leader of environmental sustainability, specifically facilities decarbonization, for over two decades. Actual net-zero decarbonization of higher education facilities and campuses, however, is rare, even with over 20 years of environmental sustainability initiatives. This observation is not a critique of institutional commitments and successful construction of high-performance buildings. Rather, it […]

Facility Asset Management

Revolutionizing the Parking Experience: How Smart Technology Can Improve Efficiency, Sustainability, and Revenue

By Stan L. Bochniak

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed many industries, and parking is no exception. While the pandemic-driven slowdown in normal life has provided an opportunity to improve the parking experience, the post-pandemic world presents new challenges and opportunities for facility managers. Now that people have returned to their normal routines and activities, they are opting for personal vehicles […]

Technology + Trends

Using Early Stage, Foresight-Driven Planning to Address Technology Challenges

By Andrew J. Milne, Ph.D.

Each new building project brings an opportunity to move a campus community towards its envisioned future. The focused attention that accompanies a new building or major renovation can be an opportunity to reexamine current best practices and consider exciting new directions, particularly when it comes to technology. These projects often bring together faculty and staff, […]

Power Tools

Lessons Learned from Last Year’s Power Outages: How Campus Blackouts from 2022 Can Teach Education Institutions to Improve Disaster Preparedness

By Ed Spears

It’s safe to say downtime just isn’t an option in today’s technology-driven education landscape. With IT networks serving as the backbone for modern higher learning environments, nobody earns a passing grade when power is interrupted. When outages bring down campus networks, both online and in-person classrooms that rely on the internet or digital programs grind […]