Education and Training

FEA's senior engineers and facility management consultants are industry leaders that teach the best practices we employ at facilities around the world. Our workshops and seminars share the latest facilities management technologies, trends, practices, and benchmarks tempered with real world experience. Each of our educational and training programs has been developed following IACET guidelines and is tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients across various market segments. We have also developed and teach core competency courses for International Facility Management Association (IFMA), The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers (APPA), and within the Facility Management Professional Certification Program at George Mason University.

A representative sample of courses developed and taught by FEA's senior leaders includes: 

• Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
• Facilities Asset Management/Capital Investments
• FM Technologies/Automation
• Business Process Improvement/Re-Engineering
• Performance Measurement and Benchmarking
• Organizational and Staffing Approaches
• Building Codes and Regulations
• Sustainable Facility Management
• Use of the Balanced Scorecard in Sustainable Facility Management
• ...for a complete list, download our Education & Training catalog!

FEA's educational and training programs have helped facilities staff become successful facilities professionals. The goal of our workshops and seminars is to encourage facilities professionals to move beyond their comfort zone and achieve real technical and business performance improvement. Our programs encourage participation through interactive learning activities built around case histories.
 

Whether you have an association looking for valuable instruction or facility managers looking to benchmark state of the art processes, FEA's experienced trainers can provide the right solution.

"How-To Guide" Series from the IFMA Foundation

FEA, in partnership with the IFMA Foundation, has released the first two guides in the "How-To Guide" Series. The Getting Started (with Sustainability) guide, the first in the series, has been 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. The second guide entitled EPA’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager has been created to help facility managers and owners understand how to maintain a successful energy management program. Download the guides for FREE below.

Getting Started with Sustainability "How-To-Guide"

EPA's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager "How-To-Guide"

U.S. Green Building Council Education Provider (USGBC EP)

FEA is proud to be a USGBC Education Provider!  Currently, FEA is sharing our knowledge of energy and sustainability through two different courses, with the expectation of adding more as each is approved.  These courses are eligible for Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) continuing education credit hours that are needed to maintain LEED Professional credentials.
 

Practical Strategies for Calculating & Reducing Your Carbon Footprint introduces participants to the carbon footprint and the elements needed to calculate the footprint for their facilities and their organizations.
 

Sustainability Scorecard: A Roadmap to Sustainability in Existing Buildings discusses how to develop a sustainability strategy that aligns with your organization’s mission and most importantly, how to implement that strategy.
 

For more information on these courses you can visit the USGBC website catalog or click here to download an informational brochure.

To request pricing or schedule a workshop, please call (703) 591-4855 or email.