IFMA 2014 Volunteer Day

On Saturday, May 3, thirty-one IFMA Atlanta members, family, and friends turned out to assist our Nonprofit Partner Atlanta Community ToolBank with renovations in their new warehouse. ToolBank is using volunteers to help demolish interior walls and rooms in their new facility, which will save them approximately $25,000 on their renovation costs.  Skilled IFMA volunteers…

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June 2014 President’s Letter

To all my fellow Chapter members: As my presidential term comes to a close, I look back in awe at what the chapter has accomplished. I have been fortunate to preside over a year when a number of chapter activities came to fruition that had been ongoing, in some cases for years, beforehand. I cannot…

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GT Corner

Time for a quiz! Often when IFMA members think of facility management students, they envision young people who are full-time students and need to learn about working world in addition to the specialties of facility management. But non-traditional students make up the majority of Georgia Tech’s FM students. How many members of IFMA Atlanta have…

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Sustainability Corner

http://www.doi.gov/greening/energy/cottonwood.cfm Case Study – Department of Interior – Solar installation and other energy saving measures – Cottonwood Visitor Center – Joshua Tree National Park – Twenty-nine Palms, California If you would like to read more about the Department of the Interior Federal Energy Saver program – and how the DOI is Greening our National Parks,…

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May President’s Letter

Dear fellow Chapter members: Just saw the photos from the Spring Classic – looks like a great time as always, one of the highlights of the IFMA year when members, family and guests can get out and enjoy a day of healthy activity as well as build and strengthen their business and social networks. Congratulations…

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Sustainability Corner

Case study – Department of Interior – Solar installation – National Park Service – Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore – Michigan http://www.doi.gov/greening/energy/north-manitou-island.cfm If you would like to read more about the Department of the Interior Federal Energy Saver program – and how the DOI is Greening our National Parks, click here: http://www.doi.gov/greening/energy/efficiency.cfm  

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