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By Stephen Ashkin
Four steps will help a school or university launch a sustainability program or improve an existing one....
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Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the number of students, total M&O expenditure, amount spent annually on energy (gas, electricity and other fuels), number of buildings, amount spent annually on transportation, and amount spent annually on custodial and maintenance supplies by responding school districts....
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Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the mean FTE enrollment of survey respondents, total M&O expenditure, square feet maintained per custodian, square feet maintained per maintenance worker, square feet of building maintained per student, amount spent annually on energy (gas, electricity and other fuels), and number of motor vehicles by responding colleges....
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By Joe Agron (jagron@asumag.com)
The nation's colleges are feeling the pinch of the economic downturn, and maintenance and operations budgets especially are under pressure....
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By Joe Agron (jagron@asumag.com)
Despite the worst economic environment in generations, spending by K-12 institutions on maintenance and operations held its own — defying historical trends that have shown M&O spending among the most affected in times of budget tightening....
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By Stephen Ashkin
How does a four-day work week affect the environment? A few ways: drastic reductions in crude-oil imports, greenhouse-gas emissions, employee exposure to pollutants, traffic congestion and auto accidents....
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Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including square feet maintained per full-time custodial worker, square feet maintained per full-time maintenance worker, acres maintained per full-time grounds worker, square feet maintained per building, and square feet of building maintained per student....
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Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the median salary for custodial and maintenance personnel at school districts....
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Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the mean number of full-time custodial, maintenance and grounds personnel at school districts....
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Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including square feet of buidings maintained per student, square feet maintained per custodial employee, square feet maintained per maintenance employee, acres maintained per grounds employee, and total reported maintenance & operations budget....
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Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the median M&O salaries and number of employees at colleges...
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Additional information from the 38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study for Schools and Colleges, including the amount of square feet of building maintained per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student at colleges over the past decade (in median square feet)....
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By Robert M. Brandon and Arthur A. Spruch
With effective materials-management plans, education institutions can embrace the concept of "the invisible campus."...
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By Mike Kennedy
10 key concepts that administrators and planners must consider as they build, maintain, manage and improve education facilities.
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By Douglas W. Kincaid, Eric T. Dillinger and Michael Clayton
Education institutions can benefit from a modeling approach to facility budgeting....
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By Joe Agron
Maintenance and operations spending by school districts continues to hover around historic lows, even as facility needs escalate....
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By Joe Agron
Colleges increase maintenance and operations spending as a percentage of total budget in the current school year....
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By Mike Kennedy
Schools can be recognized for managing maintenance programs effectively....
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By Stephen P. Ashkin
Improving the school environment for students can provide a noticeable return on investment....
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Q: Can you give us some suggestions on assembling a feasibility study for putting an elementary school on our campus? submitted by Stephen F. Austin State...
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The state's maintenance role; Maintenance scams lead to prison; Grade is better, but not good...
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Q&A about green maintenance ...
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By Joe Agron
As school district budgets remain under pressure, maintenance and operations spending continues to suffer....
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By Joe Agron
Colleges continue to allocate a larger percentage of their budget to M&O than their school district counterparts....
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Facilities Inventory question...
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