2010 School Facilities Management Conference & Expo
SFMI & SBGA proudly presents its annual Professional Development Conference & Expo - set for October 3-6, 2010 at the Saratoga Hilton & Saratoga Springs City Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
School Facilities Management Institute
Education and training opportunities for facility directors:
Energy 101: Tools, Tips & Tricks
Tool, tips and tricks to help your district save money on energy costs.
Information provided by the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA), the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA).
School Jobs
Looking for a job working in the facility department of a school? Visit our job board today!
We live in an evolving world of technology, which represents new ways of interacting with people. To give our great Association a personal face to everyone who visits our site, we created this video in Cooperstown, NY in May 2008. We send a special thank you to Walter Bennett, CDF, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds at Cooperstown CSD for allowing us to use your facility as the backdrop for the video. The following video helps school facilities directors tell their story.
During the 2008 School Facilities Management Professional Development Conference in Rochester, SBGA membership welcomed new leadership for the 2008-09 year. Congratulations to Joe Hammond, CDF,Liverpool CSD as he assumes the role of President. Joining him on the executive committee are:
Chris Ouderkirk, CDF, 1st Vice President, Sandy Creek CSD
Bill Blosser, CDF, 2nd Vice President, Monroe-Woodbury CSD
Brian Bentley, CDF, 3rd Vice President, GST BOCES
Peter Riggi, CDF, Treasurer, Schuylerville CSD
Tom Pollard, CDF, Immediate Past President, Horseheads CSD
Energy & Sustainability Showcase Sponsored by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
One of the biggest concerns for school facilities directors and their staff is energy efficiency. With fuel and heating costs skyrocketing, many school districts are looking for economic and environmentally friendly alternatives.
Visit our Energy 101 Section to find links to educational tools, informative tips, and quick tricks you can implement at your district immediately.
Webcast Training Opportunity: Energy 101: Tools, Tips & Tricks
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the School Facilities Management Institute (SFMI) are proud to launch our Energy Webcast series! We begin this exciting new training opportunity with the summer's Energy 101: Tools, Tips & Tricks program. This timely, thorough training program is now available to view whenever you have time.
This online training program includes the video of presenter Don Fudge, his comprehensive slide show and interactive tools to help you calculate potential savings. To make your training experience more efficient and convenient, the program is grouped by topic. This allows you to only view sections of interest, or break up it up into several mini training events. This is a great training tool for your next staff meeting, so gather your employees together and get energy smart!
Don Fudge joined TRC Energy Services in February to be a Project Manager helping the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) promote the New York High Performance Schools Guidelines - NY-CHPS. Don majored in architecture, but entered the education field and spent 25 years in schools - from teaching to being the Headmaster of three schools. During 11 years as a consultant, Don helped schools with space and facilities planning and developed and taught a five-day course on developing a comprehensive maintenance plan for school facility managers.
Don spent the last three years with Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships working with the High Performance Schools Exchange and the Building Operator Certification program. Don has made presentations on energy efficiency planning and technologies to school business officials, facility managers and architects of the Massachusetts Division of Capital Assets Management. As a TRC consultant he is familiar with the NY Benchmarking program and the Comprehensive Maintenance Planning Tool.
Since 1993, the NYS Association for Superintendents of Buildings and Grounds, Inc. (SBGA) has provided 100 children of SBGA members with scholarships totaling $150,000. Our congratulations to this year's Fred Hack Memorial Scholarship winners!
The 2008 New York State Association for Superintendents of School Buildings & Grounds, Inc. (SBGA) Directory & Buyer's Guide is a valuable publication that serves as a reference directory for directors of school facilities, the education community and corporate representatives. Over 2,000 copies of SBGA's annual directory are circulated each year. Readers include directors of school facilities, and other key school facilities personnel, industry suppliers, engineers and state officials.
Click here to download our 2008 Directory Advertising Brochure.
A reminder from NYS Education Department Office of Facilities Planning
Winter brings a heightened awareness of ice and snow problems. Ice and snow in our face and under foot cannot be ignored, but ice and snow on roofs is sometimes forgotten unless there is a leak or worse. With the large storms we have experienced recently in some areas of the state, excessive ice and snow loads can overload a building's structural members and sometimes even cause a roof collapse. Excessive snow loads are usually the result of wind creating large snow drifts. Snow drifts can create concentrated loads on roofs that are well in excess of the loads imposed by uniformly distributed snow. Winter rain storms and ice buildup can further increase roof loads.
In recent years, several studies have been published regarding the school facilities profession, including the affect a school's facility has on students' learning. Be sure to visit our Resources section and browse through these articles. This list is growing, so check back frequently, and please share any studies or articles you come across. Email us at sfmi@sbga.orgThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , we'd love to hear from you!
The New York State Association for Superintendents of School Buildings and Grounds, Inc. (SBGA) serves as a voice for more than 600 Directors of School Facilities, Facilities Managers, Head Custodians, Health and Safety Coordinators, and other key school facilities personnel.
