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features N NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013 Volume 29 • Number 6 TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 18 Reimaging the Future of Higher Education—Technology is Changing the Delivery of Knowledge By Anita Blumenthal The Internet and constant advances in technology have radically changed higher education delivery. They are moving the industry to evaluate not only what new facilities are needed and how to equip them, but also what facilities are less in demand and how to repurpose them. 26 28 By Steve Glazner Empowering Facilities Teams through Technology By Scott Cormier Facilities departments at colleges and universities are facing the same challenge: how to do not just the most projects, but also the right projects with the limited funds they are given. In order to make the best decisions, they need more control over the capital planning process, which requires accurate, current facility condition data. Times are changing and so are the methods for facility condition assessments. 32 VFDs A Sampling of APPA Firsts Using Control Charts to Monitor Room Temperature: The Case of Slippery Rock University By Albena Ivanova and Scott Albert In 2009, Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania installed a new Building Automation System (BAS) to monitor and control the room temperatures in multiple spaces. Monitoring room temperatures provided useful insight into the process and identified ways to improve customer satisfaction and save money at the same time. 40 VFDs—Are They Electrical Parasites? By Ned (Scott) Frank Since Nikola Tesla applied for patents in 1888, the induction electric motor has seen a number of changes. In the past 100 years the electric motor has been scrutinized and reconfigured many times to create an extremely efficient workhorse that transfers electrical energy into mechanical energy. 61 APPA Thought Leaders Report 2013, Part 2 The Rising Cost of Higher Education Facilities Manager | november/december 2013 | 1

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