Webinars/Podcasts on Campus Operations

Valuable Webinars on Campus Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Better Buildings Initiatives from the U.S. Dept. of Energy

• Better Building webinars from the U.S. Dept of Energy Better Buildings, free,and on multiple subjects

Small Water Systems Webinar Series from the U.S. EPA

Second Nature Webinars Business & Energy Topics

Indoor Air Quality from the U.S. EPA

Integrated Pest Management from the U.S. EPA

Tools and Resources Webinar Series from the U.S. EPA

Sustainable Materials Management Webinars from the U.S. EPA

• Bringing Higher Efficiency to Higher Education  
• Solar Energy on Campus, AASHE w/NREL, Center for Resource Solutions
• Submetering for Higher Education Campuses, EPA ENERGY STAR
• University of Chicago New Construction Procurement Case Study (Setting Energy Performance Requirements), AASHE, Second Nature & U Chicago
• Fault Detection & Diagnostics BBA EMIS team webinar w/ Michigan State, U Iowa
• 2016 Better Buildings Summit sessions:
  1. Is the Second Time the Charm? Higher Education Success Stories with ESPCs
  2. Make Space! Curbing Campus Growth and Using Space WIsely
  3. From Numbers to Action: Using EMIS to Detect Problems and Solve Them
  4. Engaging Building Occupants: How to Reduce Plug Load Energy Use
  5. Energy Storage: Is it Right for Your Building?
  6. Saving Energy in Labs: The Chief Campus Consumer

NACUBO Webcasts

• Deferred Maintenance Strategic Approaches to Success, Date Recorded January 17, 2018 
• Preparing for Campus Protests and Civil Disobedience, Date Recorded: March 15, 2017.
• Public-Private Partnerships and the Elusive Off-Credit Treatment, Date Recorded: November 15, 2016.
• Managing Escalating Construction Costs in Higher Education, Date Recorded: October 27, 2016.
• Containing Cost and Risk with Renewables - the Power Purchase Agreement Story, Date Recorded: April 14, 2016.
• Turning Deferred Maintenance Challenges into Savings, Date Recorded: January 4, 2016.
• Bending the Deferred Maintenance Curve, The Value of Whole-Building Energy Retrofits, Date Recorded: December 1, 2015:

U.S. Department of Energy Better Buildings Higher Ed Sector Opportunities - document and tech demo opportunities, and encourage you to view newest Implementation Models:

• UC Berkeley IM: Tying Energy Costs to Building Occupants
• Emory University IM: Water Hub

Finance and Facilities Leadership Win Win Strategies

After compensation costs, the second highest expense at most campuses is operating the physical plant (meaning the maintenance, repair of campus buildings and grounds). With specialized knowledge of capital asset management and budgeting, chief business officers, as well as their staff, have a unique perspective that can make valuable contributions to improving facilities and student-led initiatives on-campus.

Learn how you can expand your knowledge base to create a conceptual facilities framework that can impact your campus for years to come. Tune into these 30-minute videos, by yourself or in a group, to discuss potential opportunities and challenges facing institutions today.  The videos are designed to help you gather nuggets of wisdom on issues that pertain to the expanding campus financial duties beyond the balance sheet.

• NACUBO Members: Free!
• Non-Members: $49 Join Today!

Note - the informative sessions below are in the process of being loaded to a different platform - so check back after April 2018 to view them:

• Turning Deferred Maintenance Challenges into Savings (January 2016)
• Bending the Deferred Maintenance Curve, The Value of Whole-Building Energy Retrofits (December 2015)
• A Facilities Primer (March 2015)
• Strengthening University Environmental Leadership (December 2014)
• Food Recovery Network: How Campuses Can Fight Waste and Feed People (November 2014)   OR check out Food Recovery website - as of 2018 added over 230 communities.
• Definitions and Strategies for Sustainability (October 2014)