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Oct. 1, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Brittany K. Higgins
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FEA Releases Getting Started, the First in the Sustainability “How-To Guide” Series from the IFMA Foundation

October 1, 2009 (Fairfax, VA) – Facility Engineering Associates (FEA), in partnership with the IFMA Foundation, is pleased to announce the release of the first of the Sustainability “How-To Guide” Series. Chris Hodges, principal of FEA and an active member of IFMA, has authored this first guide, entitled Getting Started. 
 
The Getting Started guide was created to assist facility managers with a step-by-step process for assessing an organization; finding a starting point; identifying initiatives; evaluating their value; and implementing, measuring and monitoring their effectiveness. With more than 30 years of experience in engineering and facility management, Hodges has served on the IFMA board of directors, as chapter president of the IFMA Capital Chapter, and in many other roles within IFMA, giving him the necessary experience and expertise to provide beginners with the essential tools they need to get started with sustainability.
 
“In IFMA’s quest to equip and enable facility management professionals through education, this guide will clarify and lead them through what can be a very complex issue,” said Teena Shouse, senior facility management consultant at FEA and a past IFMA chair. “Now, when someone asks you ‘How do I get started?’ you can refer them to this informative and well-designed guide to sustainability.”
 
“This is the first of the Sustainability ‘How-To’ Guide Series to be published by the foundation, and we’re very excited to see its release and know it will be a success,” said Will Rub, executive director of the IFMA Foundation. “Hodges’ Getting Started guide provides the perfect approach to start out this important series on sustainability.”
 
Eric Teicholz, executive editor of the guides and a member of the IFMA Foundation’s board of trustees, indicated that by the end of the current calendar year, there will be a minimum of four additional guides hosted on the foundation’s Web site, www.ifmafoundation.org, with another eight scheduled for completion in  2010.
 
To obtain your own copy of the Getting Started guide, please visit FEA’s Web site at www.feapc.com.
  
About FEA
FEA is a nationally based consulting engineering firm specializing in existing facilities.  Their services provide solutions to help extend the life cycle of facilities.  FEA’s mission is to make buildings last by implementing practical and cost-effective strategies.  FEA is headquartered in Washington DC, and has additional office locations in Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; and San Francisco, CA.
 
About the IFMA Foundation
The IFMA Foundation promotes and supports scholarships, educational and research
opportunities for the advancement of facility management worldwide. Established in
1990 as a non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation, the IFMA Foundation is supported by IFMA
members, chapters, councils, corporate sponsors and private contributors.

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