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ence and credibility throughout the entire educational enterprise; and ultimately, • Increase overall value to you, our members. Our programs, products, and services provide both a professional development career continuum and an institutional development pathway that is unparalleled in the industry. Our role is to elevate educational facilities professionals into influential leaders in education who, in turn, create inviting and supportive institutional learning environments, thus increasing the credibility and influence of the facilities profession. Hence, our vision: "to become a global partner in learning by fostering competency, collaboration, and credibility for the facilities professional and their organizations in support of the institutional mission." The 3 Cs—competency, collaboration, credibility—remain a key and consistent focus for the association. COMPETENCY The guidelines and standards established by your colleagues over the past several years remain invaluable tools for resource allocation and strategic planning. Most notable is the significant revision of the Operational Guidelines Trilogy—consisting of the maintenance trades, custodial services, and grounds man- agement—and the alignment of the online BOK (Body of Knowledge), which updated and replaced the Facilities Management manual as an institutional member benefit. This gives any and all individuals at your institution full access (24/7) to this wealth of information. In addition, if your resource library does not include the Web-based Facilities Performance Indicators (FPI) report and dashboards and our books Strategic Capital Investment, The Green Campus, the Environmental Compliance Assistance Guide (published in collaboration with the Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association-CSHEMA), along with Buildings. . .The Gifts That Keep On Taking: A Framework for Integrated Decision-Making, The Impact of Facilities on Student Recruitment and Retention, and Stewardship & Accountability in Campus Planning, Design & Construction, you should quickly ensure that it does. Further, it is noteworthy that our FPI data, ratios, and benchmarks are being used more widely than ever before. Several large higher education systems and associations (such as CAUBO) have established cohort groups and are taking advantage of APPA's FPI tools and training to make their data collection and benchmarking efforts extremely meaningful and valuable. In addition, we are pleased to announce the addition of another powerful module for energy and sustainability assessment (ESAT). Institutions will be able to utilize this new FPI tool to monitor and manage individual building energy data. Decision-making strategies based on solid ROI data are but one positive aspect of this new tool. Don't hesitate to contact us for more information on this invaluable resource. And, yes, these tools and reports are available free to member institutions who participate in the data collection survey phase. An incredible member value! The availability and flow of relevant inly formation regularly occurs via APPA's bimonthly maganzine, Facilities ManWATER MANAGEMENT ager; Inside APPA, & SUSTAINABILITY our biweekly electronic newsletter; our website, www.appa.org; PUBLISH ED BY APPA MAR/APR 20 AR/APR 2013 INSIDE Why Water Conservation Matters to Business Water Recycling Capturing and Reusin g Air Handler Condensate 36 | september/october 2013 | Facilities Manager