AFE Silicon Valley Chapter Newsletter August-Sept 2013

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Aug-Sept 2013

Meeting and Tour Oct 16

Tour NetApp’s High-Efficiency Data Center

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On October 16, the AFE will meet at NetApp for a tour and a discussion of the sustainability programs and activities used by this leading data management and storage firm.With $6.3 Billion Revenue, 13,000+ employees, and 150 offices, NetApp Data ONTAP is the world’s #1 branded storage OS, the #1 storage provider to the U.S. government, and one of the top companies to work for according to two prestigious workplace surveys.

Brian Glazebrook, Senior Global Sustainability Manager, will discuss the challenges in setting a forwardlooking strategy for companies that are experiencing rapid growth and whose environmental footprint are not driven by manufacturing activities.

He will highlight sustainability practices in play for NetApp facility management, the metrics NetApp tracks, and the tools they use. Corporate culture is an important facet that drives sustainability at Continued on page 7

September Event: Half Day Overview of

California’s NEW 2013

Codes

A Joint Meeting of AFE and ISPE Bay Area Chapter Presented

by Reinhard Hanselka, PhD, Director of Code Compliance, CRB

Join colleagues from the ISPE Bay Area Chapter (International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering) for a half day session on the new 2013 California Codes. Attendees will be provided with a clear understanding of the many changes to the codes.

A special emphasis on the legal requirements of handling potent compounds will be included in the presentation.

About the Presenter: With 39 years experience in hazardous material and fire code compliance, Dr. Hanselka has made enormous contributions to numerous jurisdictions and industries. He currently serves as Consultant to

the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy and the department of Defense.

He recently joined CRB as Director of Code Compliance and will provide his specialized knowledge to CRB’s domestic and international clients. He will join the company’s nationally recognized team of industry experts working in CRB’s Carlsbad office.

Dr. Hanselka is a member of the AFE Silicon Valley Chapter and writes one of this newsletter’s most popular columns (see page 3) in which he answers AFE members’ questions on the code.

Registration for this meeting can be done online or via fax.The fax registration form can be found at www. afe39.org/events.

To register online visit http://www. atdeveents.net/register.php.

AFE Silicon Valley Chapter Meeting Half Day Overview

California’s NEW 2013 Codes Presented by ISPE Bay Area Chapter and AFE Silicon Valley Chapter Thurs., Sept. 26 Noon–5 pm Noon Registration 12:30-1:15 Lunch 1:15 - 5 pm Presentation Location:

South San Francisco Conference Center

255 South Airport Blvd.

South San Francisco, CA 94080 Cost: $100 AFE & ISPE Members; $140 Non-Members To Register: http://atdevents.net/register. php

Questions? Contact Rob Fleming 800-869-9621

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From the President’s Desk

What to Expect in Q4

By Raffy Espiritu FMP, President, AFE Silicon Valley

Raffy Espiritu, AFE Silicon Valley Chapter President, is also President and CEO of the Impec Group in Santa Clara, 408-3309350, respiritu@ impecgroup.com

Thus far, the chapter’s programs • Northern California Facilihave progressed quite nicely ties Expo at the Santa Clara from the January kick-off at the Convention Center Sept 25 & LinkedIn campus in Mountain 26. Please visit the AFE Booth View. Q3 was memorable for (#351) to engage our volunthe Lunch & Learn educational teer leaders about why it pays sessions that brought subject to be a part of this dynamic experts on recent code ordiorganization (see page 5). nances on lighting control, cost saving techniques in operations • Release of a special publication by the Silicon Valley Jourand maintenance and life safety nal on Facilities Management and fire suppression systems. which the chapter supported It was also the period where together with BOMA and members and their guests spent IFMA. The publication hightime on the greens at San Jose lights the vital contributions Country Club to relax while facility managers and engiraising funds to support our neers make in the built envichapter’s educational and memronment (see page 11). bership expansion programs.

Q4 will be a great treat for • Launch of a certificate program on Facility Management more exciting educational and at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo relationship building opportuniwhich the chapter loudly enties as one can glean from the dorsed. See calpoly.edu and parade of events as follows: search for facilities management).

• Joint AFE-ISPE educational session on the new California Code – More than 100 attendees are expected for this much sought educational session to be conducted by Reinhard Hanselka, a subject expert on code compliance who is regular contributor to our award-winning chapter newsletter. For the first time AFE will join hands with ISPE, the largest trade organization in life science and pharmaceutical sectors. (See page 1.)

• NMFT Show, Sept 17-18, in Las Vegas where the national AFE Board will be meeting and plotting the direction of AFE of the next year and the balance of the decade.

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Reinhard’s Code Corner #99 2013 Code Classes & Seminars Summer is finally over, the new Bay Bridge is on line, and traffic is once again at its normal heavy levels. September is the month of code classes. The first session on the new 2013 California codes will be an educational class for the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) on September 12 in Los Angeles. It will be followed, most importantly, by a four-hour session sponsored by ISPE and AFE at the South San Francisco Convention Center on September 26. The session will kick off with lunch and CEUs will be awarded.

I urge you to attend. Several major changes have been adopted in the new Building and Mechanical Codes; and our new California 2013 Fire Code has undergone a complete renumbering and reformatting experience. I have invited our state Fire Marshal, Tonya Hoover, to participate and share some wisdom with the ISPE and AFE groups.

protection whenever flammables are used or stored. This changed in 2006. Plastic piping was never permitted to transport flammable liquids. Good luck with your upgrades.

If you have a question on the Reinhard Hanselka, PE, REA of CRB Consulting code, send it to: Engineers

Reinhard.Hanselka@ Reinhard Hanselka, PE, REA crbusa.com CRB Consulting Engineers 75 East Santa Clara St. Suite 350 San Jose, CA 95113 Reinhard.Hanselka@crbusa.com

Question #1: We are a small biotech startup looking to expand.

We are in a multi-tenant structure that was once a strip mall. We were told by our architect that the building is compartmentalized and each unit has a one-hour separation.There are eight contiguous spaces. We are getting several different versions of how much chemistry we can have in our 2000 sq. ft. space. Can you help?

Spend half a day learning how California’s new Codes will affect you and your business when they begin in 2014. see page 1 for the september 26 event.

Wow, you have several questions that all beg an answer. I am assuming that the strip mall is a one-story structure. In that configuration you may have four control areas. The first four tenants with any chemistry will make the only four control areas allowed. Outside of those control areas, no chemistry is allowed, other than incidental janitorial materials.

When it comes to Commercial HVAC,

If you need chemicals above the allowable amounts, they may not be permitted in this building. You should speak to the landlord and the local fire department to see what will be permitted.

P e r s o n a l l y

As always we have a few good questions:

Question #2: We are an existing business that has been in operation for over 15 years. We recently had a small chemical spill in a fume hood that started a fire. The fume hood contained the fire and our operators assisted in extinguishing it with portable fire extinguishers.

We had a subsequent fire inspection and they wrote us up for every deficiency in our facility, including some that were allowed like our fume hood without sprinklers and even our plastic DWV piping. Are we being singled out?

Yes you are being singled out. Since you had a fire, which can be an escalating event, you have opened the door for your inspection. Flammable liquid laws and standards are absolutely retroactive. Your fire just took you to the top of the list. The new Fume Hood Standard NFPA 45 requires automatic fire

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Welcome Back to the Students!

by Stan Nakaso, AFE-SV Student Affairs Chair

Stan Nakaso, AFE-SV Student Affairs Chair, works at Lockheed Martin as Project Manager. Contact Stan at 408-742-8084 or, stan.nakaso@lmco. com

Summer has come to an end. College students are welcoming old friends, shuffling class schedules and gearing up for a step closer towards graduation. Many students will be seeking internships, and permanent positions. I hope that membership in their local AFE campus club is included in their Fall list of “must dos.”

ters. “Evening with Industry”; Lunch and Learns; and Facility Campus talks are just a few events, which bring facility professionals and students together.

I encourage students to take these opportunities to ask questions and learn more about these “hidden” job opportunities. Start by joining your local student chapter of the AFE at your school.

Participate in club activities and be willing to view facility engineering problems as an opportunity to broaden your classical study with problem-solving techniques that will require a combination of engineering, business, and collaborative approaches for solutions not always found in traditional engineering jobs.

The AFE Silicon Valley Chapter is working with San Jose State, Santa Clara University and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to provide students with opportunities to interact with local Facility Engineering professionals through several club activities. We believe it is important to introduce students to facilities representatives for informal introductions to the variety of facility careers available. Local AFE professionals are always willing to share their Most AFE Silicon Valley chapter members are hapexperiences with students throughout the year. py to help students see the world of the facility Many engineering students do not realize their ed- professionals and the opportunities that are out ucation prepares them for several rewarding op- there. Get ready! The first student/professional portunities that may not commonly be advertised event of the new academic year is “Evening with on internet job sites and college recruiting cen- Industry” in October at San Jose State. Stay tuned for more details.

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Conference Schedule

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SANTA CLARA CONVENTION CENTER SEPTEMBER 25 & 26

All conference sessions are FREE to attend!

Session 7: Wednesday, Sept. 25 The Basics of Fall Protection Session 1: How to Ensure That Your Back- 1-2pm up Power Won’t Fail Andy Bull, President, C.H. Bull 8:25-9:25am Company Chuck Schalk, Peterson Power Session 8: Systems A Look at the City of Palo Alto’s Impressive Carbon Neutral Session 2: Electric Supplies and SustainThe LED Retrofit Challenge ability Programs 8:25-9:25am 1-2pm Dean Trinh, SoLED Energy, Inc. Shiva Swaminathan, Senior ReSession 3: source Planner, City of Palo Alto Proper Maintenance of PolUtilities ished Flooring Surfaces 9:35-10:35am

Session A Josh Jones, President, Substrate Special Film: Business Continuity Planning - What You Need Technology, Inc. to Know Session 4: 2:10pm-3pm Effective Use of Building Automation Systems to Reduce Thursday, Sept. 26 Utility Bills and Energy ConSession 9: sumption: a Panel Discussion Industrial Wastewater Pre9:35-10:35am treatment and Stormwater Moderators: Shiva Swaminathan Regulations: What You Need and Christine Tam of City of to Know 8:25–9:25am Palo Alto Utilities Panelists: Larry Morgan, SAP; Napp Fukuda and Sharon NewDave Ham, Palo Alto Research ton, City of San Jose, EnvironCenter; and Bob Stevens, Ste- mental Services Department vens Development Company Session 10: LEED for Schools - What It Is Session 5: and How It Helps Improve How to Set Up the Optimum PdM Program For Your Facility Educational Facilities

Session 11: Facilities Roofing Update Building Code Compliance, OSHA Regs and Energy Conservation Requirements 9:35–10:35am

Joseph Fricke, CentiMark Corp.

Session 12: How to Achieve Energy-Efficient Lighting Retrofits 9:35–10:35am

Milena Simeonova, Lighting Program Coordinator, PG&E Pacific Energy Center Session 13: Impact Power Quality Reports - Their Value For Your Facility

11am-Noon Andrew Taylor, CEO, Applied Power Technologies Session 14:

ISO14001 - How Advantest Corporation’s Environmental Management System Became Certified, and the Benefits of Certification for Green-Focused Companies 11am-Noon

Werner Haberstock, Senior Director, FSE Operations and EMS Representative, Advantest America, Inc.

Session 15: Is Your Building Automation System Secure From Hackers?

Linda Mao, Sugimura-Finney ArPaul Richey, Redline PdM chitects and John Diffenderfer, 1-2pm Session 6: Aedis Architects; members of Billy Rios and Terry McCorkle, How Google’s Campus Became Technical Directors, Cylance a Regional Leader in Supplying USGBC NCC Green Schools Committee Session 16: Electric Vehicle Charging StaPervious Concrete tions for Employees Maintenance Guidelines 11am–Noon 1-2 pm Rolf Schrieber, Technical ProDavid Liguori, President, Bay gram Manager for Electric TransArea Pervious Concrete portation, Google, Inc. 11am-Noon

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Stop by and greet your chapter board members!

Session B FEMA Film: Business Continuity Planning - What You Need to Know 2:10 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

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October 16 Meeting and Tour at NetApp (continued from page 1) NetApp, and Mr. Glazebrook will weigh that in Tour Highlights: comparison with financial constraints used by the company’s WPR teams.

He will also look at current trends in sustainability that impact NetApp in particular and facilities organizations in general, along with an interesting new initiative to report sustainability metrics on corporate 10-K reports and how that will affect what information NetApp tracks and how the company manages energy.

About the Presenter

720 Racks @ 8kVA/Rack Power usage effectiveness: PUE - 1.24 Retrofitted existing building for 100% economizer operation 144 Racks (20%) Critical Equipment – 3 MW back up generation – 1440 kW to the racks / 1 MW to HVAC Energy Efficiency Measures: – (4) 600T high efficiency chillers – (4) high efficiency cooling towers – (14) computer room air handlers with economizers – 720,000 CFM exhaust relief fan – 7500 kVA of efficient transformers – (2) 900kVA flywheel UPS

Brian Glazebrook joined NetApp in May 2012 as the Senior Global Sustainability Manager. His role at NetApp is to work with organizations throughout the company to create a cohesive sustainability message and program. Currently, Mr. Glazebook’s work is focused on rolling out a global energy and greenhouse gas strategy and develop- Schedule: ing messaging around the environmental aspects 4:30–5 pm Registration and check-in of NetApp’s products.

5-5:10 pm Welcome by Ralph Renne, Brian Glazebook has been involved with sustainNetApp Director, West ability issues for over 18 years. Prior to NetApp, Region Tech Sites he was at Cisco, where he led the creation of a comprehensive social responsibility program 5:10-5:50 pm Sustainability Presentation

by Brian Glazebrook, managing the social and environmental impacts Senior Manager, Global affecting Cisco’s supply chain. Before moving to Sustainability Programs, the corporate side, he spent 11 years as a sustainNetApp ability consultant, working with a wide variety of industries on different issues - from greenhouse 6-6:30 pm Tour of NetApp’s High gas management to sustainable product design to Efficiency Data Center led corporate reporting. He has a Master’s Degree

by Rick Turner, NetApp in Environmental Science and a Master’s in Public Senior Manager, Site Affairs from Indiana University.

Operations and Alex

AFE Silicon Valley Chapter Meeting

Sustainability Programs and Tour of NetApp Wed., October 16 4:30 - 8 pm 4:30 pm 5 pm 5:10 pm

Registration Welcome Sustainability Presentation 6 pm Data Center Tour 6:30-8 pm Networking Reception Location:

NetApp Headquarters 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale CA 94089 Cost: $25 AFE Members; $35 Non-Members; $15 Student AFE Members To Register: http://afesiliconvalley.eventbrite.com

Questions? Contact Alex Mandrusov 408-504-7400

Mandrusov, NetApp Program Manager, Site Operations (and AFESV Education Chair)

6:30-8 pm Networking Reception with complimentary appetizers, beer & wine

Membership Corner

By Steve Woods Membership Chair, steve.woods@amer-tech.com Want to learn how to SAVE and MAKE money at the same time?

By becoming a Certified Plant Maintenance Manager (CPMM), Certified Plant Engineer (CPE) or Certified Plant Supervisor (CPS), you could earn up to $11,000 more a year than your co-workers without certification. The great thing is, your AFE membership provides you with discounts on educational events that will assist with your certifica-

tion or recertification process. For example, you can save as much as $200 on your CPMM Certification program or $100 on the CPMM Recertification program.

Take advantage of your Member Benefits today! Go to www.afe.org and click on “Certification and Training” at the top of the page for more details.

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Golf Tournament Another Success

by Michael Bordoni, Chair, AFE Golf Classic 2013 On August 5th AFE 39 hosted its second annual golf tournament at San Jose Country Club.

As with last year, the tournament was a roaring success and enjoyed by all. Beautifully clear skies and temperatures in the eighties accompanied the nearly sixty golfers throughout the day on a gorgeous private course in the hills above San Jose.

The golfing honors went to the team from American Technologies (ATI), who carded a scramble score of 62 to edge out a few other teams in the mid-60s. The low scores unfortunately did not yield a hole-in-one on the day: the prize for which ranged from a Mini-Cooper on Hole 10 to a set of irons elsewhere. The ATI team were not the only winners on the day: raffle prizes ranged from golf balls, wedges, and putters to bottles of wine and a good number of the golfers were able to leave with some sort of prize.

Congratulations to Jason Pickett, Brian McClure, Kevin Campbell, Steve Woods – the foursome that won by a card-off at -8. The group is joined by Stan Nakaso, of Lockheed Martin, pictured on the far right.

Group (Preferred Hole Sponsor), Barry Swenson Builder (Hole Sponsor Plus), Technical Buidlers (Hole Sponsor), Bay Area Builders (Hole SponThe post-round cocktail hour and awards cersor), American Technologies (Hole-in-One Sponemony provided an excellent chance for all the sor),Tico Construction (Long Drive Sponsor) and golfers to interact and a great time was had by all.

Integrated Engineering Services (Closest-to-Pin It was a resounding success for the chapter and Sponsor). If you couldn’t join us this year we look for all who participated. Thanks to all our golfers forward to seeing you out at San Jose Country and a special thank you to our sponsors: Impec Club next summer.

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AFE SV Chapter President Raffy Espiritu (right) congratulates Golf Tournament Co Chairs Steve Woods and Mike Bordoni

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Lunch & Learn: August 22

Identification & Evaluation of Energy, Maintenance and Operational Savings Opportunities

By Raffy Espiritu Gary Shamshoian, PE, LEED AP, addressed AFE members and guests during the August Lunch and Learn held at the Santa Clara Builders Exchange.

He presented several case studies and some “tips and tricks” for financial analysis that can be used as a “business case” to convince upper management of the savings and return on investment.

• Switching to High Performance Air Filters • Adding VFDs to Lab Supply Fans • Adding VFDs to Lab Exhaust Fans • Identifying Operations Cost Savings in Clean Rooms

He highlighted a number of key factors as follows: • Switching to a High Performance HVAC System Mr. Shamshoian has worked for 30 years in tech1. Always operate in the context of a team; nical construction management, including20 years in biotech and pharmaceutical engineering roles.

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Silicon Valley Business Journal Features AFE SV Board Members In a special section of the Silicon Valley Business Journal on Facilities Management, AFE SV Chapter President Raffy Espiritu and Education Chair Alex Mandrusov were featured.

Raffy Espiritu, CEO of the Impec Group, wrote of the increasingly complex role that facility managers are now playing in cutting-edge Silicon Valley companies. He depicted the “full life cycle engagement of facility managers” as key to achieving corporate goals and objectives and to support the corporate mission.

Alex Mandrusov told his own success story of how he came to earn his position as Program Manager, Site Operations at NetApp. Both Raffy and Alex extolled the virtues of being a

From the President (continued from page 2) Center Tour, October 16. Take this unique opportunity to have an inside look how NetApp creates innovative ways to control energy use in one of the largest data centers in the Bay Area. Watch for details in this newsletter.

• Corporate planning in November, 2013. The chapter leadership will meet to plan for policies, programs and initiatives for next year (see page 1 and 7).

• Announcement of the new leadership for our chapter for 2014 • AFE Holiday Party – Join this joyful event in December to celebrate the fruits of the season and a year of bountiful benefits accruing to AFE members through education, networking and creative engagement with thought leaders all throughout the year.

As we pledged, the chapter works for you to enhance your career essentials whatever you do as a professional creating value for the built environment. Do join the very distinguished group of volunteer leaders who will move forward the noble goals of elevating the image and reputation of facility engineering in Silicon Valley year after year.

member of the AFE. Alex said that as AFE Silicon Valley Professional Education Chair his goal, “is to help people enhance their careers in the facilities engineering and management field by providing cutting edge educational events and networking opportunities.” Concluding with “I benefitted tremendously from AFE association and now it is my turn to give to the community.”

Raffy pointed to the AFE as one without which the facility and property would not run effectively.

“The AFE plays a critical role in ensuring the safety and efficiency of buildings that house the people who drive innovation and prosperity in the Silicon Valley,” he wrote.

For the entire section, see http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/feature/facilities_management/2013/08/grow--developing-future-professionals.html?page=all

STEM Takes Flight for Kids

AFE members and their families are invited to the 5th annual Take Flight for Kids at the San Jose Reid Hillview Airport, Saturday October 19, 2013 9 am–5 pm.

Last year 205 exhibitors and nearly 10,000 people attended making it Silicon Valley’s biggest free STEAAM festival (science, tech, engineering, arts, aviation, math). And big upgrades are planned for this year’s event, which is expected to draw a crowd of 20,000.

A project of the Valley Medical Center Foundation, this science and aviation festival features airplane tours, NASA exhibits, robot competitions, hands-on science and technology projects, exotic animals, live entertainment and delicious barbeque and ethnic food.

The Reid Hillview Airport Association will host its annual Airport Open House that day, which means that dozens of historic and exotic aircraft, war birds, helicopters and more will be on display. Plus, from noon-1pm, the radiocontrolled aircraft show is scheduled, complete with the Flying Lawnmower, Snoopy’s Flying Doghouse, and more.

The emphasis is on STEM, STEM, STEM and engineers, pilots, and scientists are being sought as volunteers, speakers and sponsors. For more information, visit the website.

Admission is free for those who register online, www. takeflightforkids.org. Questions? Contact Dean McCully, Take Flight for Kids, dean@dmccully.com.

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Members Helping Members The Silicon Valley chapter of AFE is an all-volunteer organization. Board members listed below work together to bring top quality events to members. Please consider doing business with them.

AFE SV President Raffy Espiritu, Founder, Pres.& CEO, IMPECGroup, 408-3309350, respiritu@impecgroup. com, www.impecgroup.com Impec Group is a one-stop shop for solutions needed by a facility from staffing to full operations and maintenance services that include building maintenance and repair, HVAC, custodial, office services, energy management and related facility solutions.

AFE VP James Elder, CAPS, 408-855-1105, jamese@caps4ups.com, www.caps4ups.com CAPS Sells/Rents: Auxl Generators,Transformers, SPD, UPS Systems, UPS Service, UPS Battery Replacements, PDUs, Server Racks, Rack PDUs, CRAC’s, Central Monitoring & Control Syst. Project support to Engineers/Contractors/Users at design, install, & operations typically at no cost.

AFE Membership Chair Steve Woods (510) 750-0159 steve.woods@amer-tech.com, www.ATIrestoration.com American Technologies, Inc. (ATI) is a restoration, environmental and reconstruction specialty contractor. Services include 24-hour emergency services for water, fire and smoke damage, asbestos/lead removal, mold remediation, biohazard clean-up, contents cleaning/storage and reconstruction services.

Education Chair Alex Mandrusov 408-504-7800 malex@ netapp.com

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Program Chair Jennifer Farmer, 408-353-1236, jen@ greenworks.com Since 1979, Greenworks AFE SV Past President Bob Workplace Finishes Inc. has Adamo, 408-370-6080, bad- established a reputation as the amo@technicalbuilders.com. premier living plant and floTechnical Builders is a commer- ral display purveyor for Silicon cial general contractor special- Valley corporate campuses and izing in fast paced technically has developed an integral set challenging design-build projects of core-competencies providsuch as clean rooms, biotech & ing “value-added” benefits in art medical labs, R & D, and corpo- consulting services, way-finding rate offices. Our facilities based signage and Holiday displays. expertise delivers a turnkey, Chapter Secretary Linda cost effective solution for our Fung, Contract Administrator, clients.

IMPECGroup, 408-330-9350 Programs Committee l f u n g @ i m p e c g r o u p . c o m , Kim Tamayo 510-277-2646 www.impecgroup.com Impec Group is a one-stop shop for Ktamayo@pyrocomm.com Pyro-Comm Systems is a fully solutions needed by a facility licensed Fire Alarm Contrac- from staffing to full operations tor; specializing in commercial and maintenance services that applications, office buildings, include building maintenance and hospitals, industrial complexes, repair, HVAC, custodial, office campuses, hotels, airports and services, energy management retail properties. Services in- and related facility solutions. clude Fire/Life Safety system Student Affairs Chair, Stan design, engineering, installation, Nakaso 408-742-8084 programming, tenant improve- stan.nakaso@lmco.com ments, monitoring, testing and UL Certification.

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AFE Silicon Valley 2013 Event Calendar VENUE

DATE

LOCATION

SPONSOR

AFE Kick-off Meeting at Linkedin

January 9

Linkedin

Linkedin and Impec Group

Tour San Jose Airport with BOMA

February 13

SJ International Airport

TBD

The New California Codes, Joint Meeting with ISPE, presenter: Reinhard Hanselka

September 26

South San TBD Francisco Conference Center

Buildings Sustainability and Tour of Energy Efficient Data Center

October 16

NetApp

TBD

November

Meeting / Facility Tours:

NetApp TBD

Lunch & Learns: Electric Rate Structures: Where they’re going and what to do about them

January 24

Echelon

Echelon

Innovations in High Performance Commercial HVAC Systems

February 28

Fenwick & West

Western Allied Mechanical

Hazardous Materials Regulatory Compliance

March 28

Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments

Transformer Efficiency

April 25

BD Biosciences

CAPS, PQI

Lighting Controls and Upcoming Changes to Title 24, by Cori Jackson, Program Director, California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis

June 27

One Workplace, Santa Clara

TBD

Fire Protection Systems, Patrick Hallett, Sabah

July 25

McAfee, Santa Clara

TBD

Identification and Evaluation of Energy, Maintenance and Operational Savings Opportunities, Gary Shamshoian, P.E., LEED AP

August 22

Santa Clara County Builders Exchange

TBD

Day with a Facility Professional

May 3

Linkedin

Linkedin

Golf Tournament

August 5

SJ Country Club

TBD

Evening with Industry

October

SJSU

Student Chapters

Holiday Party

December

Mixers and Special Events:

Day with Facilities Pro 2014

Mark your calendars for the 2014 DWFP student & young professional event on February 28. John Lucas, Vice President of Real Estate & Workplace Services of Juniper Networks will be hosting event at the newly constructed offices in Sunnyvale Calif.

TBD

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