Surplus Furniture Program
Our Surplus Furniture Program simplifies repurposing furniture within the university, reducing our environmental impact while creating a surplus inventory where departments can reduce furniture costs and the university can create revenue while increasing its resilience amid COVID and supply chain interruptions. Two critical elements necessary for this program’s success are furniture standardization and warehouse space … Continue reading "Surplus Furniture Program"
June 15, 2022
The Future of Academic Events: Integrating a virtual strategy into our business practice
With restrictions imposed on our operations and work from home measures due to the ongoing pandemic, Hospitality Concordia had to evolve its offering to meet the needs of its community for events. We quickly recognized that we had to support virtual events as a means for academics to further their research and starting in spring 2020 … Continue reading "The Future of Academic Events: Integrating a virtual strategy into our business practice"
June 15, 2022
Encouraging Staff Engagement with the Sustainable Workplace Certification
The McGill Sustainable Workplace Certification program encourages all members of the university community to live, work, and engage in establishing a culture of sustainability on and beyond campus. Originally launched in 2017 and redesigned to accommodate remote work in 2021, the program guides participating teams through four levels of certification (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum) … Continue reading "Encouraging Staff Engagement with the Sustainable Workplace Certification"
June 15, 2022
Concordia University Centre for Creative Reuse (CUCCR)
The Concordia University Centre for Creative Reuse (CUCCR) is a community-based initiative housed in the department of Facilities Management, in partnership with various departments and student groups, and is a key initiative of the Zero Waste Concordia program. CUCCR collects and diverts materials that would otherwise be treated as waste, and makes them available to the general public, … Continue reading "Concordia University Centre for Creative Reuse (CUCCR)"
June 15, 2022
Low Carbon District Energy System (LCDES)
The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) Low Carbon District Energy System (LCDES) will enable TRU to economically and resiliently achieve carbon neutrality before 2030, securing TRU’s place as one of the most sustainable universities in the world. This 10-year building project is forecasted by its developer, Creative Energy, to realize a 95% reduction in greenhouse gas … Continue reading "Low Carbon District Energy System (LCDES)"
June 15, 2022
Risk Based Emergency Response
Following the onset of a global pandemic in 2020, Sheridan closed its campuses and retooled over 3,000 courses for over 25,000 students and all student support services for virtual delivery, to comply with provincial directives preventing in-person teaching and learning on postsecondary campuses. To enable business continuity and retain the engagement of students and employees, … Continue reading "Risk Based Emergency Response"
June 15, 2022
Climate Change
Canadian post-secondary institutions are contributors to climate change due to their large geographic, economic and environmental footprint, and also face a number of emerging environmental risks. As such, institutions have a significant role to play in mitigating the impacts of climate change and enabling the transition to a low-carbon economy through their institutional operating practices, community engagement, … Continue reading "Climate Change"
Tags: Carbon Footprint, Carbon Measurement, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Investing, Operations and Maintenance, Policies, Responsible Investing and Divestment, Sustainability, Threat Assessment
January 25, 2022
Facilities Management Seminar – June 7, 2021 (Recorded Session)
Tags: 2021, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Facilities, Financial Management, Presentations, Space Management, Space Planning, Sustainability
September 13, 2021
CAUBO 2021: Main Conference Presentations
Click below to download available CAUBO 2021 Main Conference presentations. Looking for the functional seminars? Visit the presentations page for CAUBO 2021’s functional seminars. PLENARY SESSIONS TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2021 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021
Tags: 2021, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics, Automatisation robotisée des processus, Best Practices, Business Continuity, Change Management, CLOUD Computing, Communication, Continuous Improvement, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Deferred Maintenance, Gestion de la performance, Gestion du changement, Gestion financière, Human Resources, Information Technology, Institutional Planning, Integrated Planning, Investissement responsable et désinvestissement, Investissement responsable et désinvestissement, Leadership, Planification institutionnelle, Pratiques exemplaires, Presentations, Risk Assessment, Services auxiliaires, Space Management, Student Housing, Sustainability, Technologies de l'information, Technologies de l’information, Threat Assessment, Viabilité, Viabilité
June 30, 2021
Promoting Engaging, Accessible, and Sustainable Virtual Events
In response to the increase of virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the McGill Office of Sustainability launched its Sustainable Virtual Event certification program with the goal of promoting sustainability and accessibility for virtual events. An adaptation of the successful McGill Sustainable Events certification program, which has certified more than 300 events since 2017, … Continue reading "Promoting Engaging, Accessible, and Sustainable Virtual Events"
June 15, 2021
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