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Educating FMs about Concrete Recycling
For many facility managers, it is becoming increasingly important to find cost effective yet environmentally friendly ways of developing buildings. Many may not be aware of alternative building products, such as recycled concrete, that are readily available in the marketplace and fill a much needed void in today’s construction fields.
Designing with Excellence
Warehouse 7, a drab former military structure, sat on the 138-acre General Services Administration’s Auburn, Washington Campus as an underutilized relic from the distant past. One of eight virtually identical World War II-era warehouses comprising the federal government’s GSA regional complex, the structure, for all practical purposes, appeared to be at the end of its useful life. However, when GSA was faced with finding a new home for the Social Security Administration (SSA) “800”-number call center serving residents of the Pacific Time Zone, the building received a rare gift. The GSA recognized that an adaptive reuse of the existing structure represented a unique opportunity to fulfill their mandate to provide sustainable government buildings, while giving taxpayers added value by transforming a minimally used federal asset into first-class, contemporary office space.
Environmental Initiatives for Federal Buildings
The federal government is the largest consumer of energy in the United States, and about 30 percent of that consumption is in federal buildings. With about 1,513 federal assets in its inventory, the U.S. General Services Administration is the civilian government’s largest building owner. GSA is keeping step with the federal government’s ever-increasing efforts to conserve energy and is leading the way in many areas of building design, construction and management.
Tools & Resources
IFMA Sustainability Member Community
Sustainability SIG discussion forum for IFMA members only
Sustainability “How-To Guide” Series: Getting Started
First in the IFMA Foundation Sustainability How-To Guides Series.
Facility managers have been inundated over the past several years with information about green and high performance buildings. Most of the attention of the green movement in buildings has been on the design and construction of new facilities. However, the facility manager is faced with the challenge of ageing facilities that are much more costly and time consuming to make more energy efficient and sustainable. The purpose of this guide is to provide the facility manager with a roadmap for developing a sustainability program in existing buildings.
Sustainability Knowledge
Browse a variety of sustainability-related content for the facility practitioner including the IFMA Foundation’s “Sustainability 'How-To' Guide Series,” recent research publications and helpful links.
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