Building Operating Management September 2011 - FacilitiesNet

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SEPTEMBER 2011
EDITORIAL
STAFF
Brad R. Ehlert
Vice President/Publisher
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Dick Yake
Vice President – Content Development
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Edward Sullivan
Editor
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Greg Zimmerman
Executive Editor
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Casey Laughman
Managing Editor
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Naomi Millán
Associate Editor
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Sandy Mannix
Database Coordinator
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Wayne Winter
Vice President of E-Media and
Creative Services
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Jeff Giencke
Creative Director
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Emily Hawkins
Graphic Designer
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Jon Warner
Electronic Production Coordinator
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Bobbie Reid
Production Director
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Wendy Melnick
Production Manager
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Eric J. Muench
Director of Audience Development
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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Lindsay Audin – EnergyWiz
Desiree Hanford – Writer
Karen Kroll – Writer
James Piper, PE, PhD –
Consultant and Writer
Loren Snyder – Writer
Rita Tatum – Writer
Karen Warseck – Building
Diagnostics Associates
Magazine
Renovation
What I want to ask all of you,
of course, is, “Well, what do
you think?” We’ve spent months
working to improve Building Operating
Management, and now, ta-da,
here it is. I imagine you feel much
the same way when you renovate a
building or upgrade space. But as
editors we can’t even see the expressions on your faces as
you move through the redesigned pages of the magazine.
As a substitute for seeing you in person, I’ll point out
some of the principles that guided us as we worked to
make a good magazine better.
• One thing facility managers always want to know is
what other facility managers are doing. We’re going to focus
more attention on the experience and expertise of individual
facility managers. We’ll tap other knowledgeable
sources as well, but we want to make sure that we’re sharing
the current practices of leading facility managers. To
that end, we also updated our Editorial Advisory Board,
listed on this page. We’ll use that distinguished group as
a sounding board for our ideas as well as for feedback on
topics we should be addressing.
• From square feet to kWh to ROI, numbers fill a facility
manager’s day. To reflect the environment you work
in, we’re going to highlight numbers that can help shape
your decisions, including numbers from our own surveys.
• Over time, magazine designs, like building furnishings,
start to show their age. We’ve given the magazine a
cleaner and more contemporary look.
So what do you think of the redesigned Building Operating
Management? Take a minute to shoot me an email
or post a comment at myfacilitiesnet.com/edsullivan.
Even better, let me know what challenges you’re facing,
what successes you’ve achieved. Think of it as a postoccupancy
evaluation. Your feedback will help us know
what we’re doing right and where we can improve.
Edward Sullivan
Editor • edward.sullivan@tradepress.com
Post comments at myfacilitiesnet.com/edsullivan
CORPORATE
Robert J. Wisniewski
President/CEO
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Jeff Schenk
Chief Operating Offi cer/
Chief Financial Offi cer
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ADVISORY BOARD
John Balzer
Vice President, Facility Planning and
Development, Froedtert Health
Nancy Bechtol
Director, Offi ce of Facilities Management
and Reliability, Smithsonian Institution
Jim Cooke
National Facilities Operations Manager,
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.
Stormy Friday
President, The Friday Group
Robert F. Lang
Assistant Vice President, Strategic
Security and Safety, and Chief Security
Offi cer, Kennesaw State University
Jean Lupinacci
Chief, Energy Star Commercial and
Industrial Branch, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Robert Pearlman
Senior Facilities and Administration
Offi cer, International Finance Corp.
Allan Skodowski
Senior Vice President, LEED and
Sustainability Services, Transwestern
Peter Strazdas
Associate Vice President, Facilities
Management, Western Michigan
University
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