Will Your Building Survive
July 11, 2023
Natural disasters and weather events, including those made more extreme by climate change, can have a significant impact on our built environment. While these events have increased in intensity and frequency, so have they increased in costs for damages and loss of business continuity. Building codes have been based on historical data and reactive to extreme events, but resiliency requires looking to future potentials and changes in the environment as well. How does a facility manager know their existing building is prepared and able to withstand and recover from what could come? Watch the recording from our recent webinar, “Will Your Building Survive?” hosted through APPA - Leadership in Educational Facilities, that provided an overview of the process for conducting a risk assessment, the evaluation of property-specific vulnerabilities, and the identification of potential resilience measures.
Meet The Presenters:
Nick Derr, Client Services Leader,
FOS of CannonDesign:
Nick is a third-generation builder, designer, consulting facility planner, and software implementation specialist. With over 20 years of technically focused experience, he excels at creating data centered programs that empower clients to realize new goals. Nick is responsible for engaging FOS clients as a partner in the total process, ensuring stakeholder satisfaction and valid results – all while driving meaningful and measurable improvements in the built environment throughout our communities.
Ilene Mason, Founder & CEO,
Rethinking Power Management (RPM):
Ilene started Rethinking Power Management with a vision of reducing the impacts of climate change by helping commercial clients turn an interest in energy conservation and sustainability into realities. Previously, Ilene worked with the Consortium for Energy Efficiency organizing utilities, government entities, manufacturers and other stakeholders in support of efficiency-related market-transformation initiatives across the U.S. and Canada.
Steve Murphy, Senior Energy Engineer, RPM:
Steve has broad experience is various industries. His expertise in electrical power factor and power quality, lighting and control systems has benefited companies in both private and public sectors. He brings a unique perspective to RPM clients having been an in-house engineer and a consulting engineer. The common thread throughout his career has been a passion for sustainability.
