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IFMA recognizes First SFP™ Credential recipients
The International Facility Management Association is pleased to honor the first group of professionals awarded the association’s new Sustainable Facility Professional™ designation.
IFMA member William D. Broome, CFM, SFP, The Westminster Schools, was the first to receive the credential in April. He was joined in May by Joseph M. Drew, CFM, SFP, State of Connecticut; Sharon M. Jaye, SFP, The Westminster Schools; John Marhong, SFP, Woodbine Entertainment Group; and Vic Reece, CFM, FMP, CFMJ, SFP, Mecklenburg County.
In total, 10 people now hold the credential.
“The SFP program enhanced my sustainability knowledge and provided a global perspective,” said Broome. “Acquiring the SFP helped me gain new knowledge that I can now transfer to my employees and employer to advance our growing sustainability efforts.”
“As a requirement of my job, the SFP program not only provided the education and tools necessary to meet the challenges of implementing and advancing a sustainability program, it also changed the way I view the world,” said Marhong. “I definitely recommend this program to anyone with interest in the field of sustainability.”
“I believe our move toward sustainability is the most profound initiative undertaken by an international professional association in recent years,” said Drew. “It is encouraging that, as the leaders in facility management, we have chosen to accept responsibility for the effect our actions have on future generations.”
Other professionals receiving the SFP designation include Mark D. Andrews, SFP, Faceo FM UK; Katherine E. Martin, CFM, AIA, SFP, Jacobs; Steven R. Mortensen, FMP, SFP, National Security Technologies; John J. Pisano, CFM, SFP, Dunwoody Village; and Camille A. Williams, SFP, AGA Medical.
A complete list of details about IFMA’s SFP credential is available at: www.ifmacredentials.org
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IFMA & Intl. Institute for Sustainable Labs sign memo of understanding
The International Facility Management Association and the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories have signed a memorandum of understanding between the two organizations outlining plans to collaborate as partners in promoting facility management education, credentials and research for sustainable laboratories and related high-technology facilities.
The agreement calls for a two-year period of collaboration where both parties will:
- Commit to work together to promote good facility management practices, education and research and magnify the importance of facility management as it relates to sustainable laboratories and related high-technology facilities;
- Evaluate their existing educational programs and credentials to identify potential joint offerings;
- Actively participate in each organization’s facility management conferences;
- Offer facility-related knowledge and benchmarking information about sustainable laboratories and related high-technology facilities to each other’s members; and
- Look for opportunities for greater networking and collaboration between the members of each organization.
“IFMA has long recognized the important role sustainability plays in quality facility management practices,” said IFMA President and CEO Tony Keane, CAE. “Our recent facility management forecasting report recognized sustainability as one of the top trends impacting the profession, both today and in the future. With this memorandum of understanding, IFMA will have more opportunities to provide sustainability education and research to facility professionals working in laboratories and similar facilities.”
“I2SL is delighted to have entered into a collaborative agreement with IFMA,” said Philip J. Wirdzek, president and executive director of I2SL. “The agreement provides I2SL a strong partner with whom to pursue a number of common objectives that are key to the energy and environmental sustainability of laboratories and related high-technology facilities. Together, I2SL and IFMA will be able to address a variety of topics, from operations and maintenance training for high-tech facilities to using building information modeling as a facility management tool. I2SL is actively working with IFMA and its Research & Development Council, the National Institute of Building Sciences and others to begin addressing these topics at the upcoming Labs21 2011 Annual Conference.”
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IFMA & GEFMA announce international partnership agreement
HOUSTON—The International Facility Management Association and the German Facility Management Association are pleased to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two organizations outlining plans to work together to promote facility management education, credentials and research internationally.
Executives from the two organizations met in Vienna, Austria, during the 2011 European Facility Management Conference to sign the agreement. Representing IFMA were Tony Keane, CAE, president and CEO; Francis Kuhn, CFM, CFMJ, board chairman; and Kathy Roper, CFM, CFMJ, LEED AP, IFMA Fellow, board first vice chair. Representing GEFMA were Prof. Michael May, Ph.D., board member, and Elke Kuhlmann, Ph.D., general secretary. The MOU was drafted with the assistance of IFMA board member Joachim W. Hohmann, MSc, Ph.D., CFM.
The agreement calls for a five-year period of collaboration where both parties will:
- Work together to promote good facility management practices, education and research, and magnify the importance of the profession worldwide;
- Influence facility- and workplace-related issues under consideration in the European Union;
- Identify potential joint educational offerings, certifications, guidelines, white papers and surveys, and work together to translate program materials;
- Offer facility-related knowledge and benchmarking information to each organization’s members;
- Actively participate in each organization’s facility management conferences;
- Publish joint books and articles on relevant topics in each organization’s publications and websites; and
- Look for greater networking and collaboration opportunities in education, research and practice.
“With the enactment of this memorandum of understanding, we strengthen a unique and valuable partnership that benefits both organizations’ respective members and serves to advance the profession worldwide,” said Kuhn. “We look forward to capitalizing on the tremendous opportunities to improve FM education, credentialing and research that this agreement presents. IFMA is proud of our relationship with GEFMA and pleased to extend our knowledge and best practices to our fellow facility professionals in Germany, as well as the rest of the world.”
More information about GEFMA is available at www.gefma.de
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Housekeeper’s Association releases the master’s program
Westerville, OH — The Board of Directors of the International Executive Housekeepers Association (IEHA) recently met and approved the program framework for two new prestigious IEHA educational designations, Master Certified Executive Housekeeper (Master CEH) and Master Registered Executive Housekeeper (Master REH).
These credentials are designed to raise awareness of the knowledge, professionalism and skill levels achieved by designation holders, and to highlight their premier role as leaders and educators within IEHA and the housekeeping field.
“Just as a master's degree is an academic recognition granted to persons that have undergone a course of study showing mastery of a specific field of professional practice or study, IEHA's Master's Program will be for IEHA’s elite members committed to continuous improvement and propagating professionalism,” says IEHA CEO/Executive Director Beth Risinger.
Through a reciprocal arrangement, IEHA will work with Master designation holders in order to benefit themselves and all IEHA members by promoting the collective knowledge of these most experienced and accomplished members of IEHA through educational initiatives and mentorship.
Interested CEH and REH members wishing to pursue this additional designation can get more information and to download the Master CEH or Master REH application, please visit www.ieha.org
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UGL hires Associate Director
BOSTON—UGL Services, a division of UGL Limited, has announced that Jessica Beers, Senior Director of Business Development, has been named an Associate Director of the Board of Directors of CoreNet Global, the world’s leading association for corporate real estate (CRE) and workplace professionals, service providers and economic developers.
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ISRI hires communications VP
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI) has hired Melissa Merz as joined ISRI as vice president of communications and marketing. A veteran communications professional, Merz has worked at the national, state, and local levels of government, including more than a dozen years on Capitol Hill and four years serving as the chief spokesperson for the Illinois attorney general.
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Alliance notes its 2011 Stars
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Alliance to Save Energy has awarded its 2011 Stars of Energy Efficiency Award Winners. The winners are:
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Coal miners looking into wind energy
ANAHEIM, Calif.—Marshall University’s Center for Environmental, Geotechnical, and Applied Sciences (CEGAS) is using Second Wind Triton® Sonic Wind Profiler and SkyServe® satellite wind data service to evaluate the wind energy potential on former surface mine sites.
Working with the West Virginia Division of Energy and the Appalachian Regional Commission, CEGAS has used the Second Wind technology to evaluate two former surface mine sites around the state, and is evaluating a third. The university's goal is to help surface mine property owners determine whether they can make strip-mined land productive again by converting it to renewable energy uses, with wind being one of the primary energy resources.
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ISSP selects Pinnacle Award finalists
PORTLAND, Ore.—The International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) has selected the finalists for the professional association’s first ISSP Pinnacle Award. The award program was launched this year by ISSP to recognize individuals who have contributed significantly to the advancement of the profession by promoting the adoption of sustainability and by helping to prepare others to do the same.
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