Sustainability Facility Professional (SFP) Training

Introduction

Optimum “sustainability” for savvy CEOs and facility professionals goes beyond certifying the premises with the preferred building rating system. It is a commitment to improving the facility’s impact on the environment, productivity, and people — not just today, but tomorrow too. Become an SFP and play a key leadership role in creating, managing, and operating sustainable facilities. The SFP is the credential for FMs seeking a higher level of sustainable performance. This course will provide Facility Management (FM) professionals, related industry professionals, and product and service providers with a complete picture of how SFPs can improve the sustainability of facilities in all eight major categories of sustainable facility management as defined by IFMA: energy, water, materials and resources, workplace management, indoor environmental quality, quality of services, waste and site impact. The SFP program is made up of three focus areas designed to equip professionals to integrate sustainability efforts with the organization’s values and strategies, present a business case for a sustainability initiative, evaluate initiatives from a financial point of view, and track and report accomplishments.

Objectives

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Learn how key sustainability initiatives and tasks can be identified.
• Learn how sustainability tactics can be integrated and aligned with organizational values and strategies.
• Learn how sustainability initiatives can be evaluated, tracked, and reported.
• Learn how facility operations and maintenance can contribute to a facility’s environmental and corporate social sustainability goals.
• Prepare for the SFP exam.

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals who are will greatly benefit: 

• FM professionals with an interest in sustainable FM practices and increased facility efficiency.

• Related industry practitioners such as architects, designers, and safety engineers.

• Facility-related product and service providers.

• LEED Professionals seeking complementary knowledge and CE hours.

• CFMs and FMPs interested in expanding their depth of expertise in the area of sustainable FM.

Course Outline

Strategy and Alignment for Sustainable Facility Management

• Organizational strategies

• Developing a strategy

• Sustainability considerations

• Establishing goals and initiatives

• Communications and reporting

Organizational Strategies

• Introduction to Strategic Planning

  • Is Sustainability a Factor for the Organization?

  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

  • The Role of the SFP

• Developing a Sustainability Strategy

• Aligning FM Strategy with the Organization’s Sustainability Goals

• Developing the Sustainability Strategy

Managing Sustainable Facilities

• Sustainability policy development

• Applying sustainability to FM plans

• Program development and implementation

• Change management

• Performance management tools

• Finance for sustainable facilities

• Purchasing and procuring for sustainable facilities

• Standards, systems, and support

Sustainability Goals and Initiatives

• Sustainability Goals

  • Sustainability Initiatives

• Communicating and Reporting on Sustainability

• Communications Strategy

• External Reporting Strategy

Operating Sustainable Facilities

• Energy

• Water

• Materials and resources

• Workplace management

• Indoor environmental quality » Quality of services

• Waste

• Site impact

Finance for Sustainable Facilities 

• Sustainability Financial Concepts

• Capital and Operating Budgets

• Basic Accounting

• Financial Tools and Calculations

Purchasing and Procuring for Sustainable Facilities

• Sustainable Purchasing Practices

  • Sustainability Claims

• Sustainability Standards, Systems, and Support 

• Sustainability Standards

• Building Rating Systems

• Continuous Education and Training Programs

Quality of Services

• Quality of Services and Sustainable Facilities

  • Quality of Services Metrics

  • Quality of Services Initiatives

  • Triple Bottom Line Considerations

  • Examples of Sustainable Quality of Services

• Waste

• Waste and Sustainable Facilities

• Waste Metrics

• Waste Management Initiatives

• Triple Bottom Line Considerations

• Examples of Sustainable Facility Waste Management Initiatives

• Site Impact and Sustainable Facilities

• Site Impact Metrics

• Site Impact Initiatives

• Triple Bottom Line Considerations

• Examples of Sustainable Facility Transportation Initiatives

• Site Impact