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Thought Leaders Report 2019: Innovation in an Age of Disruption [PDF]

How do you think outside the box? In other words, how do you approach thinking differently about the world around you and your institutional and organizational challenges? More importantly, how do you go beyond just thinking differently to actually seeing things differently?

This question is what drove the entire 2019 APPA Thought Leaders symposium as they explored the mechanics of innovation. They drew on the experience of experts in innovation and entrepreneurship and discussed ways to protect experimentation and creativity from institutional forces dedicated to the status quo. They practiced developing innovative strategies for addressing the challenges facing higher education. And they learned that creativity must be fostered and encouraged within an institution, by modeling the entrepreneurial mindset to instill a curiosity to innovate.

Download this publication for the key takeaways from this thorough and engaging report.






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Building Commissioning Handbook, Third Edition

It has been more than 40 years since the inception of building commissioning (Cx) as a discrete profession. This third edition of The Building Commissioning Handbook captures the many changes in the building market that are – and will continue to be – advancing and accelerating the role and value of commissioning. The design, construction, operation, and optimization of increasingly complex building systems and assemblies requires unique and expanding skill sets along with broad and deep knowledge of building science.

 

Produced by APPA and the Building Commissioning Association, this handbook provides a sequential, phase-based approach to the building commissioning process for all who have a stake in understanding, participating, and delivering properly functioning higher education and other commercial and institutional facilities.






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Operational Guidelines Trilogy Package

This package includes all three softcover books in the popular APPA trilogy, Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities:

 

• Custodial
• Grounds
• Maintenance

All have been fully revised and expanded and include numerous figures, graphics, glossaries, and additional resources.

The Trilogy Package is available in softcover format only.






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Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Grounds

 

Fully revised and updated. Includes 5 Levels of Service for 6 standard spaces; 9 chapters; 4 appendices, including an extensive grounds/landscape operations glossary.
 

Please see the APPA Guidelines/GroundsOpsStaff Package which includes a free copy of this publication!






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Thought Leaders Report 2018: The Landscape, Framework, and Strategies for Managing & Mitigating Risk [PDF]

Risk, looks at enterprise risk management (ERM) from both a campus-wide perspective as well as how risks affect the facilities organization in its support of the institution. In assessing all types of risks to the institution--strategic, financial, operational, compliance, and reputational--the Thought Leaders symposium participants identified six major risk areas that must be considered for their campuses:

 

* Revenue and investments

* Brand and reputation

* Health and safety

* Innovation

* Facilities

* Changing political/cultural environment

 

Many thanks to sponsors Jacobs and Johnson Controls for their generous support.






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APPA 1000-2 – Part 2: Implementation and Data Elements [PDF]

This ANSI-approved standard builds on the work found in Total Cost of Ownership for Facilities Asset Management (TCO) – Part 1: Key Principles Total Cost of Ownership. The TCO formula and the interdependency and interrelatedness of each principle is critical to the success of TCO implementation.

TCO is a holistic approach that assists organizations by creating collaborative partnerships across an organization to join information, personnel, and resources to transform the facilities professional culture.  TCO rests on a framework that organizes the entire total cost of ownership of any asset. Successful implementation requires a TCO framework, to ensure all elements are included and used to make the best decisions for the asset management of objects, assets, facilities, and infrastructure.

TCO assists an organization with three major asset decisions:

• New product, facilities, and infrastructure asset selection decisions
• Existing facilities and infrastructure asset renovation or removal decisions
• Short- and long-term financial planning, budget analysis, and reporting.

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