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Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Facilities Weekly – July 9, 2024

Developing Facilities’ 3-year Road Map | New internal communications functionality in Planon | Facilities’ Ice Cream Social | VPFO Lunch with a Leader winners |…
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Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Facilities Weekly – July 2, 2024

Be mindful of work impacts on classrooms | Developing Facilities’ 3-year road map | Facilities Ice cream social | Upcoming Engineering Road closure | Noise…
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Facilities Weekly – June 25, 2024

From identifying a maintenance issue to changing the fancoil industry | Building Operations reduces aged work orders by 73% | VPFO Day survey and video…
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Friday, June 21, 2024

Understanding how operations and maintenance are funded at UBC

Over the past decade, UBC has grown considerably and now is similar to a city or town, in addition to being a university campus. With…
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Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Facilities Weekly – June 19, 2024

See you at VPFO Day! | MOA reopening featured in the news | Building Emergency Response Plan for USB | Custodial team celebrate Filipino Independence…
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Continuous optimization of buildings

Building Tune-Ups While a building may perform as intended immediately after it has been built, the truth is that like anything else, a building’s systems…
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

The Museum of Anthropology reopens to the public

The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) seismic upgrades are complete and the museum reopened to the public last week. The reopening weekend coincided with the museum’s…
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Sharing power between your car and campus: UBC’s Smart Hydrogen Energy District (SHED)

If you drive an electric car, your battery power sits unused most of the day, while the city’s energy grid is at peak use. What…
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Facilities Weekly – June 11, 2024

A message from John CIMS Green Building certification | MOA reopening | Updates on construction | Countdown to VPFO Day: 1 week | Thermal units…
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

UBC Facilities recognized as an industry leader

We are extremely proud to announce that UBC Facilities has achieved the Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS) Green Building (GB) advanced by GBAC, with Honours…
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