North Atlantic 2023 Regional Conference

2:00 PM-7:00 PM | Governor Ballroom Lobby | Hilton Albany

4:15 PM-5;15 PM | Kelsey’s | Hilton Albany

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SUNY, Capital Planning, and the Importance of Data

5:30 PM-6:45 PM | Governor Ballroom | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Nora McCabe, Deputy General Manager, Administration and Operational Services, State University Construction Fund | Joseph Rourke, Chief Information Officer, State University Construction Fund

This keynote will explore the system of colleges and universities that make up The State University of New York (SUNY), identify SUNY’s current campus planning challenges, and discuss tools and strategies for meeting those challenges most effectively in our current reality. Full life cycle modeling is one such powerful tool SUNY uses to forecast future capital spending proactively and intentionally. Join us on a walk through SUNY’s physical footprint growth and demographic trends and learn how life cycle modeling can use data to support capital project planning and investment to meet the campus mission.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe the nuance of integration project selection and prioritization into SUNY’s capital program.
2. Identify strategies and tools for matching strategic capital investments to meet you campus mission.
3. Detail the process and benefits of life cycle modeling as a tool for capital planning.
4. Explain how life cycle modeling can help your institution benchmark the condition of its facilities.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23P001)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

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7:00 PM-8:00 PM | Kelsey’s | Hilton

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7:30 AM-3:00 PM | Governor Ballroom Lobby | Hilton Albany

7:30 AM-8:15 AM | Governor Ballroom AB | Hilton Albany

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8:00 AM-8:15 AM | Governor Ballroom AB | Hilton Albany

8:15 AM-12:00 PM | Gallery | Hilton Albany

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A Data-based Planning Strategy for Campus Living Facilities

8:20 AM-9:20 AM | Empire AB | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Jen Borgesi, Manager of Planning & Design Services, Trudeau Associates | Lachlan Squair, Assoc VP Facilities, SUNY College at Oneonta | Bart Trudeau, President, Trudeau Associates

Campus living programs, whether flourishing or struggling, must channel their financial resources as effectively as possible. Knowing how to use your campus data productively will improve investment outcomes in campus living. This session will detail how campus data can better inform your planning and design process for campus living facilities as well as tailor your design team’s project requirements to the campus’s needs and strategic vision. Come learn how you can strategically plan your campus living programs, define better project scopes, and more confidently and effectively analyze project design proposals.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Complete an information request to your institutional research department with the specific data that informs the planning and design of campus living facilities.
2. Prepare your departmental data and files in a manner that is optimized for analysis.
3. Request a meaningful examination of campus records that informs the experience of professional campus staff with data and statistical analysis.
4. Explain how to write project scopes with detailed project requirements founded on experience and analytical data tailored to your campus.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2158)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Data; Facilities Assessment; Facilities Planning; Student Life / Student Affairs

A Practical Approach to Carbon Neutral Master Planning

8:20 AM-9:20 AM | Chambers | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Daniel Abrahamson, Energy Manager, University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Adam Baacke, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Campus Development, University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Dennis Carlberg, Associate Vice President, Boston University | Michael Swenson, Senior Associate, BR+A Consulting Engineers

Many higher education institutions have set goals to reduce emissions, achieve carbon neutrality, and become fossil fuel-free in the next twenty-five years, but have constrained sites and budgets. Using the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) and Boston University as case studies, this session will guide you through a planning how-to for executing a carbon neutral master plan for urban institutions in colder climates. We’ll share our replicable carbon neutral master plan framework and offer strategies for reducing campus energy use and emissions as well as achieving your master plan’s goals for a more sustainable environment.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Discuss how to develop a request for proposal for a campus carbon neutral master plan.
2. Identify the key elements of a successful framework for a campus carbon neutral master plan.
3. Plan practical steps and find opportunities for campus projects that will help your institution reach its carbon neutral master plan goals.
4. Evaluate tradeoffs between building and central infrastructure upgrades on your campus.

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2190)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges: Dealing with Climate Change
Tags: Carbon Neutral; Energy Infrastructure; Master Plan; Sustainability (Environmental); Urban Campus

Imagining the Future ‘Who’ in Classrooms With Design Thinking

8:20 AM-9:20 AM | Hudson Ballroom | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Stephanie Chappe, Director of Institutional Research, Boston College | Daniel Riehs, Associate Director, Information Systems & Design, Boston College

Student demographics, needs, and expectations are changing and institutions must change along with them to remain relevant. Institutional research offices analyze and track current students, but have little information about tomorrow’s enrollees. While we don’t always have clear data about the future, we can use design thinking strategies to fill in the gaps. The methods of design thinking?particularly personas?can provide valuable insight into future student needs. In this session, you’ll learn how to incorporate design thinking into your institutional research practices, allowing you to facilitate cross-functional collaborations and project buy-in with other groups on your campus.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Collaborate with your institutional research office and make better use of data resources.
2. Assess which projects can benefit the most from design thinking and begin researching design-thinking processes.
3. Use personas and other empathy fieldwork techniques to gather the needs of your campus stakeholders.
4. Make thoughtful recommendations about the use of data in designing the future classroom.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2182)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types:
Challenges:
Tags: Data; Design Thinking; Learning Environments; Student Demographics

Who Attends College Isn’t Just a Demographic Question

8:20 AM-9:20 AM | Kelsey’s | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Rena Cheskis-Gold, CEO and Founder, Demographic Perspectives, LLC

As institutions are still reeling from the pandemic’s effects on enrollment, it is important to develop a deeper understanding of educational, economic, and cultural trends to support successful planning strategies. Institutions are all aware of the impending demographic cliff, but who attends college isn’t just a demographic question. This session will illustrate the full landscape of variables affecting the “college cascade” and provide valuable strategies and tools for overcoming enrollment headwinds. As campus planners and consultants, let’s step back, see the bigger picture, and be better prepared to support a range of successful strategies.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Circumvent the gloom and doom hype of the demographic cliff with a better understanding of the demographic facts.
2. Describe the broader context of enrollment beyond sheer demographics.
3. Contribute more deeply to the campus conversation by moving beyond simple enrollment numbers to differences by factors such as gender, race and ethnicity, international status, and age.
4. Apply specific lessons learned from peer strategies as a catalyst for campus planning discussions.

Planning Types:
Challenges:
Tags: Data; Demographics; Enrollment Management; Shrinking Pool of Potential Students; Strategic Planning; Student Demographics

Campus Stewardship: Achieving Aspirational and Operational Goals

9:40 AM-10:40 AM | Kelsey’s | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Michael Kearns, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Management, University of Massachusetts Boston | Sean Sweeney, Senior Vice President, CHA, Inc.

Campus buildings are now tasked with achieving multiple aspirational and operational goals. This session will discuss a methodology for assessing the required level of investment for meeting these goals and prioritizing investment across the campus. We’ll share a pathway and tools for prioritizing and communicating your plan and progress using analytics, facility assessments, deferred maintenance, and energy-use data. Come discover techniques to enhance the stewardship of your institution’s built assets to achieve programmatic, utilization, sustainability, and modernization goals while developing a process to inform and engage both the provost and business office.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Evaluate the information and metrics your institution currently employs to provide stewardship of its campus facilities.
2. Identify ways in which your institution can achieve sustainability and utilization goals on existing built assets through analytics and deferred maintenance planning.
3. Develop a rubric to allow sustainability planners, financial officers, planners, facility managers, and senior leadership to clearly define goals and challenges.
4. Deploy tools to effectively communicate capital investment goals and track project progress over time.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2215)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Capital Planning; Data; Deferred Maintenance; Facilities Assessment; Facilities Management; Facilities Planning; Metrics; Sustainability (Environmental)

Harnessing Data in Design: Rehabilitating SUNY Oneonta’s Alumni Hall

9:40 AM-10:40 AM | Hudson Ballroom | Hilton Albany

Presented by: Annette Barnes, Capital Program Manager, State University Construction Fund | Daniel Wilson, Partner, Thaler Reilly Wilson Architecture & Preservation, LLP | Jerry Young, Senior Associate, Erdman Anthony & Associates, Inc.

The reuse of existing buildings is a highly-sustainable solution for creating needed campus facilities, but producing a vibrant, modern, energy-efficient design can be challenging. Using the rehabilitation of Alumni Hall at The State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta as a case study, we’ll discuss how harnessing data from the initial planning phase through construction can lead to more successful project outcomes. Join us to discover a new appreciation for the potential of your campus’s existing building stock and gain new insights into possible reuse strategies, energy-efficiency upgrades, and COVID-mitigation strategies.

Learning Outcomes:

1. From the beginning of your project planning process, prioritize the use of available relevant data or create the data necessary for developing a proper project program.
2. Adapt to changes throughout your project’s development and use it to your advantage.
3. Discuss a successful approach to sustainable and highly energy-efficient reuse of existing campus buildings.
4. Appreciate your existing building stock and find opportunities to transform it in new and vibrant ways.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2219)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Adaptive Reuse; Data; Energy Efficiency and Conservation; Renovation; Revitalization

Race on Campus: Creating Safe & Inclusive Spaces for BIPOC Communities

9:40 AM-10:40 AM | Chambers | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Nick Brooks, Principal, DREAM Collaborative, LLC | Katherine Lampley, VP & Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Bentley University | Maria Monks Serrao, AVP, Procurement and Campus Services, Bentley University

Institutions need practical solutions to elevate the experiences and wellbeing of racial minority groups and shift the physical environment to appeal to and represent an increasingly diverse campus. Exploring race relative to space can help us uncover aspects of the built environment that unintentionally create exclusion. We’ll demonstrate a powerful, easy-to-implement, collaborative process for harnessing meaningful insights and building trust, culminating in physical spaces that better serve black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities on campus. Join us to discover how design components such as visibility, scale, and proximity can create inclusivity and belonging in your campus projects.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Expand your ability to evaluate spaces through a racial justice lens to reveal opportunities for shaping the environment to create more inclusive and equitable spaces.
2. Identify ways to forge effective campus partnerships and embed a commitment to racial equity in the planning, design, and implementation of projects and initiatives that lead to more inclusive campus cultures.
3. Listen to the experiences of BIPOC students and employees to strengthen relationships, build trust, and support inclusivity and wellbeing.
4. Assess the degree to which your campus is unintentionally sending messages about the inclusion of communities of color through the built environment.

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2116)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Collaborative Design; Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Facilities Design; Facilities Planning

Using Data Collection to Improve Student Success

9:40 AM-10:40 AM | Empire AB | Hilton Albany

Presented by: Nasrin Fatima, Associate Provost for Assessment and Analytics, SUNY at Binghamton | Kelli Smith, Assistant Vice President for Student Success, SUNY at Binghamton

For years, higher education has realized the importance of collecting data to improve services. This has led to an increase in and focus on data collection, but not necessarily the effective use of data for improving the student experience. This session will explore how Binghamton University uses data collection for more impactful program interventions to promote student success, including a peer ‘student success team’ for new students, an innovative program to support transfer students, and a student employment initiative. Join us for valuable insights and practical data-use strategies you can apply to improve student success at your institution.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify actionable data from existing sources or find opportunities for new data collection processes.
2. Explain how to apply actionable data to create new programs or improve existing programs for interventions to support student success.
3. Evaluate data-driven decision making processes and student success strategies.
4. Identify resources and assess their most effective allocation to execute strategic, priority-based intervention projects.

Planning Types: Academic Planning
Challenges: Student Success, Retention, and Graduation
Tags: Academic Program Review; Data; Student Experience; Student Services; Student Success; Student Support Services

Build Resilient Campus Infrastructure With Empowered Asset Management Leadership

11:00 AM-12:00 PM | Hudson Ballroom | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Eric Beattie, Vice President for Campus Planning and Facilities Management, Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Brian Creamer, Planning Project Manager, Nitsch Engineering | Jason Moran, Assistant Director for Energy and Utilities, Williams College | Dariusz Raczkowski, Director of Engineering & Utilities, Tufts University

How do institutions make infrastructure decisions with limited data? This session will illustrate how to build a source of truth for energy and sustainability data that you can use in ongoing capital planning processes to drive change in your campus infrastructure. Intuitional engineering and utilities groups maintain databases on linear assets (i.e., utility distribution), but these databases aren’t always connected to campus asset planning processes. Join our panel discussion to learn details of process evolution as well as techniques for making the case for asset management projects with goals and flexible strategies to execute your institution’s infrastructure plans.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify key factors that support infrastructure mapping and asset management processes that support efficient and cost-effective capital planning and campus energy project programs.
2. Advocate for facilities management project budgets to university leadership to improve systems assessment and infrastructure upgrade planning to support data-driven decision making.
3. Share lessons from facilities management staff that will allow you to inform energy transition and capital project planning at your institution.
4. Discuss how to manage and model campus infrastructure asset management data on an on-going basis to prevent obsolescence.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2235)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Capital Planning; Data; Energy Efficiency and Conservation; Facilities Management; Infrastructure; Sustainability (Environmental)

Building Better Asset Management Data With GIS

11:00 AM-12:00 PM | Chambers | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Peter Brigham, Director, Planning & FIS, University of Massachusetts-Lowell| Pamela Locke, FIS Coordinator, University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Allison Richards, Associate Director for Property and Asset Management, University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Craig Thomas, Assistant Director, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Asset management (AM) that blends a financial system of record with a physical system of record becomes a powerful planning tool to right-size space allocations and construction budgets. Many colleges and universities struggle with outdated and siloed AM systems that only respond to financial auditors. University of Massachusetts (UMass) Lowell uses a geospatial information system (GIS) as an AM data collection and sharing tool for campus decision makers to improve real-time space planning. Come learn how to improve your institution’s data and build a more transparent and effective GIS system that allows for integrated AM completion at your institution.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and engage campus stakeholders involved in financial and physical asset management to discuss how to integrate their data systems.
2. Define roles and responsibilities for a data gathering model that allows for collaborative decision making and improves tracking and transparency.
3. Explain how to integrate asset management data into facilities information systems (FIS) to make it operational for planners.
4. Effectively define goals and strategies for communications with centralized system administrators.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2108)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Capital Planning; Data; Facilities Assessment; Facilities Management; Space Assessment; Space Management

The History and Innovation of SUNY Polytechnic’s NanoTech Complex

11:00 AM-12:00 PM | Kelsey’s | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: David Clemenzi, Principal, EYP, A Page Company | Mike Fancher, Director, NYS Center for Advanced Technology

Partnerships between higher education, government, and industry continue to provide opportunities for growth and diversification. The State University of New York (SUNY) Polytechnic Institute and its Albany NanoTech Complex serve as a great partnership success story. This session will detail the history of the SUNY Polytechnic research complex from its inception through partnering public and private organizations with a vision for innovation and education for the 21st century. We’ll share the work to-date on creating a robust nanotech knowledge center as well as the opportunities ahead for significant investments, including the moving green industry development.

Learning Outcomes:

1. List ways in which community-institution partnerships support successful and innovative regional development.
2. Link institutional development as an investment in community development when communicating with community and municipal partners.
3. Identify specific ways to provide workforce education to engage and integrate knowledge over various levels of learner age and experience.
4. Describe how the complex’s design differentiates it from other institutions’ campuses and provides attractive space for industry partners.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2209)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Economic Development; External Collaboration / Partnerships; Facilities Planning; Public-Private Partnerships (P3); Science / Engineering; Science / Engineering Facility; Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM); Technology

12:00 PM-1:00 PM | Governor Ballroom AB | Hilton Albany

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1:00 PM-2:00 PM | Governor Ballroom AB | Hilton Albany

Presented by: Todd D. Foreman, Vice President for Finance and Administration, The State University of New York at Albany

Todd D. Foreman was appointed Vice President for Finance and Administration at the University at Albany in April of 2018.

As the University’s chief financial officer, Foreman oversees campus physical plant operations and capital construction. He also is responsible for all campus financial management and budgeting activities, procurement, human resources, information technology, enterprise risk, and environmental sustainability programs.

Prior to joining UAlbany, Foreman served as vice president for Finance and Administration at SUNY Oneonta.

Before joining SUNY Oneonta in 1993, he worked in telecommunications for both First Albany Corporation and General Electric.

In 2019, Foreman was recognized by the SUNY Business Officers Association (SUBOA) as the Robert J. Wagner Business Officer of the Year.

Foreman holds a master’s and a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and an associate’s degree in electrical engineering technology from Mohawk Valley Community College.

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Mastering Embodied Carbon and Health Data Across Campus To Achieve Goals

2:15 PM-3:15 PM | Kelsey’s | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Barbra BatShalom, Executive Director, Sustainable Performance Institute | Kerry Farr, Assistant Director of Design for Health and Sustainability, Harvard University

Embodied carbon has a bigger footprint than operational emissions and is even harder to tackle. Managing carbon and health data, finding low-carbon options, or paying a premium adds to the challenges. This session will discuss how to make tracking embodied carbon of building products easier through managing renovation and construction data, streamlining design team onboarding, and using global aggregation to comply with standards at a reduced cost. Come learn how to apply new tools to save time, reduce stress, access valuable data, consolidate construction workflow, and create a healthier environment while making a significant dent in your campus’s embodied carbon.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Discuss how to embed campus green building standards for carbon, health, and equity to get automatic internal compliance internally across your campus and and externally with project teams and vendors.
2. Continuously expand your internal library of best-in-class material choices to benefit from the group genius of crowdsourced information from both the general public and from within your institution.
3. Track, quantify, and measure carbon of material choices for renovations or capital projects across your campus using a free cloud-based dashboard.
4. Aggregate procurement of construction materials without having to do anything new or different internally.

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2138)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges: Dealing with Climate Change
Tags: Data; Facilities Planning; Renovation; Sustainability (Environmental)

Methodology for UNC’s System-wide STEM Space Study

2:15 PM-3:15 PM | Empire AB | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Jason Henault, Principal, JMZ Architects and Planners, PC | Jean Stark, Vice President and Principal, JMZ Architects and Planners, PC

Many institutions are facing shifting enrollments and budgetary shortfalls, making it imperative to consider opportunities for repurposing existing buildings, optimizing space resources, and even reducing campus footprints. The University of North Carolina (UNC) conducted a system-wide study to determine how much academic space is needed to accommodate projected science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) enrollment to fill high-demand jobs by 2030. Come learn how you can apply this methodology using enrollment, space utilization, capacity, and physical conditions to optimize existing space and determine necessary academic space on your campus.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Advocate for associating high-demand jobs with enrollment projections to accurately determine academic space requirements.
2. Explain why a data-informed approach to instructional demand will help your institution optimize space resources and identify true space needs.
3. Detail how to weave together current space utilization, anticipated STEM job growth, projected enrollments, and space demand to determine your institution’s instructional capacity.
4. Correlate your campus building conditions with space demand to form a complete picture of capital project needs.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2121)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Adaptive Reuse; Science / Engineering; Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM); Space Assessment; Space Management

Renovation Planning: Should It Stay or Should It Go?

2:15 PM-3:15 PM | Hudson Ballroom | Hilton Albany

Presented by: Jillian Burgess, Technical Director, RWDI Consulting Engineers & Scientists | Jamie Fine, Senior Energy Consultant, RWDI Consulting Engineers & Scientists | Roderick Wolfson, Senior Planner / Project Manager, Swarthmore College

Planners must consider a multitude of factors when determining whether to renovate or replace an aging building in order to reconcile the rapidly changing needs of a modern campus with the capabilities of its existing facilities. This session will explore a methodology aimed at helping campus planners address complex decisions regarding maintaining, preserving, or replacing their campus’s buildings. We’ll demonstrate how you can identify and prioritize relevant concerns early on and speed up the decision-making process in your renovation planning.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Identify and resolve common sticking points in the early phases of renovation planning.
2. Engage key consultants in meaningful ways to provide relevant early feedback in your renovation planning process.
3. Streamline your decision-making process by simplifying the list of factors you need to consider to renovate or replace an existing building.
4. Develop a concise snapshot to assist key planning decision makers in your renovation project.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2165)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Determining Priorities; Facilities Planning; Renovation

Using Resources Effectively With Advanced Facility Assessment Tools

2:15 PM-3:15 PM |Chambers | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Keith Barton, Assistant Vice President for Facilities Operations, Princeton University | Dominick Roveto, Principal – Education, Science & Advanced Technologies, HDR, Inc. | Leticia Soto-Daniels, Sustainability and Asset Management Program Manager, HDR, Inc.

As many institutions prioritize renovations to extend the useful life of their facilities, a comprehensive assessment and analysis of the condition of existing buildings is critical to informing design, construction, and maintenance programs. This session will explore how advanced facility assessment tools can help determine capital improvements, maintenance requirements, and the allocation of operating budgets by providing documentation and analysis of existing facilities and building infrastructure. Come learn how you can use these tools in a comprehensive conditions assessment, allowing campus stakeholders to generate the greatest impact from maintenance and rehabilitation projects as well as planning and defending maintenance budgets.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Advocate to campus leadership for a comprehensive conditions assessment that uses advanced facility assessment tools.
2. Describe a sound foundation for an effective assessment process by establishing clear expectations, defining work processes, and setting schedules.
3. Support the field assessment, analysis, reporting, and closeout phases of a conditions assessment process.
4. Incorporate enhanced institutional goals with specific, results-oriented processes and deliverables in future requests for conditions assessment services.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2119)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Facilities Assessment; Facilities Planning; Renovation

5:30 PM-6:30 PM |ETEC Atrium | University at Albany

Relax at the social & fundraiser for The SCUP Fund at the state-of-the-art Emerging Technology & Entrepreneurship Complex (ETEC). Meet SCUP Fellows, enjoy refreshments, learn more about the fund, and enjoy each other’s company. This is a North Atlantic Regional Conference 1st fundraiser for The SCUP Fund!

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7:45 AM-1:00 PM | Governor Ballroom Lobby | Hilton Albany

7:45 AM-8:30 AM | Governor Ballroom | Hilton Albany

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Data-assisted Planning: Leverage What You Have

8:30 AM-9:30 AM | Hudson Ballroom | Hilton Albany

Presented by: Christopher Bischoff, Campus Planner, SUNY at Albany | Kristen Ellsworth, Campus Planning Project Manager, SUNY at Albany | Jason Kersch, Senior Staff Assistant, SUNY at Albany | Jessie Pellerin, GIS Manager, SUNY at Albany

Most institutions have a m√©lange of data platforms focused in specific areas, but campus planners are positioned to cross these siloed boundaries to provide senior administrative leadership with objective data for decision making. We’ll explore how facilities management at The State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany is collecting and analyzing available data to create a campus environment that is more equitable, accessible, and welcoming. Come learn how to merge existing but disparate data streams to help senior campus leadership match existing resources to actual need while planning for an uncertain future.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Recognize the factors at play in planning for an equitable, accessible, and welcoming campus environment
2. Identify technologies that you can harness to facilitate data-assisted planning processes at your institution.
3. Evaluate alternative approaches to building information management (BIM).
4. Discuss how to bridge the divide between passive data collection and active assessment.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2212)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Assessment / Analytics; Benchmarking; Building Information Modeling (BIM); Data; Facilities Assessment; Facilities Management; Planning Technology

Improving Institutional Effectiveness With Integrated Data Processes

8:30 AM-9:30 AM | Kelsey’s | Hilton Albany

Presented by: Nasrin Fatima, Associate Provost for Assessment and Analytics, SUNY at Binghamton

Although many institutions have clear processes for institutional-level data collection, they often overlook departmental and divisional-level data collection with key performance indicator (KPI) alignment, resulting in hindered outcomes. Binghamton University has established an integrated data collection and tracking process to collect and share data on KPIs at the departmental, divisional, and institutional levels to improve institutional effectiveness. This session will demonstrate the importance of creating an integrated process to generate analytical dashboards with actionable data at multiple levels and share this data with relevant stakeholders.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Discuss how to align departmental, divisional, and institutional planning processes with standardized KPIs.
2. Explain the importance of collecting data and building dashboards to track standard metrics and customize data output for different audiences.
3. Prepare to coordinate collecting, sharing, and leveraging data at the institutional, divisional, and departmental levels.
4. Engage institutional stakeholders to ensure data sources report consistent and relevant data.

Planning Types:
Challenges:
Tags: Assessment / Analytics; Dashboards; Data; Institutional Effectiveness

Renewing Colgate University’s Campus Housing to Improve Student Success

8:30 AM-9:30 AM | Chambers | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Elizabeth Leber, Managing Partner, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP | Paul McLoughlin, Vice President and Dean of the College, Colgate University | Kasey Tilove, Associate Partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Campus residential conditions significantly affect students’ development and their affinity for the institution. Housing design that responds to students’ developmental needs increases satisfaction, wellbeing, and provides students with a strong foundation for success. Recognizing the correlation between residential experience and academic success, Colgate University undertook a systematic housing analysis and developed a bold ‘2+2’ vision guided by a commitment to community and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). This session will equip you with strategies and tools for addressing DEI issues through renovated and newly built student housing, leading to long-term success through steadfast visionary commitment and relentless incrementalism.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Benchmark and identify different student housing models that respond to students’ developmental spectrum and improve wellbeing.
2. Explain how to synthesize project goals, phasing, and capital funding models to ensure that renovation and new capital building campaigns are adequately funded and follow a realistic implementation schedule.
3. Adopt strategic initiatives, from programming to physical planning, that are informed by faculty, staff, student, and alumni voices to meet student and institutional needs.
4. Leverage appropriate metrics in a housing assessment to ensure parity among future offerings and improve student wellbeing and success.

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2192)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges: Student Success, Retention, and Graduation
Tags: Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Facilities Assessment; Facilities Design; Student Experience; Student Housing; Student Success

8:30 AM-12:00 PM | Gallery | Hilton Albany

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Achieving Big Carbon Reduction Goals With Small Targeted Building Actions

9:50 AM-10:50 AM | Hudson Ballroom | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Rebecca Berry, Principal, President, Finegold Alexander Architects | Jess Farber, Vice President, Partner, CMTA, Inc. | Michelle Maheu, Director for Planning, Design & Construction, Wellesley College | Lara Pfadt, Architect, Finegold Alexander Architects

In order to achieve carbon neutrality, institutions must identify and solve daunting challenges relating to the age, programmatic use, energy generation, and mechanical, electric, and plumbing (MEP) systems of campus buildings. Backlogs of deferred maintenance and multiple demands on facilities budgets hinder campus decarbonization efforts, but leveraging data can help planners prioritize their projects and achieve their goals with targeted actions for the biggest impact. This session will provide insight on useful data types for existing building stock and a process for existing conditions exploration to address carbon neutral goals and deferred maintenance within time and budget constraints.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Detail an existing conditions exploration process to address the characteristics and challenges of each of the buildings on your campus relative to your carbon reduction goals.
2. Describe an inclusive process of engaging various stakeholders and leveraging collected data to develop a project priority list.
3. Evaluate the EUI implications of targeted building actions and establish priorities.
4. Identify ways to fit and phase project schedules into institutional calendars to create less disruption.

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2167)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges: Dealing with Climate Change
Tags: Carbon Neutral; Deferred Maintenance; Energy Efficiency and Conservation; Energy Infrastructure; Sustainability (Environmental)

Using Mission-infused Project Formulation to Amplify Impact and Value

9:50 AM-10:50 AM | Kelsey’s | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Rena Cheskis-Gold, CEO and Founder, Demographic Perspectives, LLC | Martha Larson, Manager, Campus Energy and Sustainability, RMF Engineering, Inc. | Laura Pirie, Principal, Pirie Associates | Heather Taylor, Campus Planner and Architect, Phillips Exeter Academy

Planning built environment projects with a mission-infused framework can help institutions more effectively meet strategic goals and create a more aligned, impactful campus. Facilities projects demand more than program and budget alignment to succeed. We’ll explore how mission-infused project formulation can guide an institution’s decision-making in alignment with complex and competing priorities to deliver greater impact and value. Mission-aligned projects can save time and cost during design and construction as well as inform planning of future projects. In this session, you’ll learn how to evaluate competing needs, identify synergistic opportunities, and gather evaluation metrics for facilities projects on you campus.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Articulate the frustrations, inefficiencies, and lost value of incomplete or inadequately formulated projects from an institution’s perspective.
2. Define a mission-driven framework and explain how it can guide project formulation, including how and when to apply the framework, how to identify synergies between project goals, and how to use outcomes to inform future projects.
3. Use mission-aligned trends, stakeholder input, and demographic data to inform your project goals and create meaningful evaluations to roll forward lessons learned.
4. Discuss how to integrate campuswide initiatives, such as decarbonization, through mission-informed, scenario-based strategies while navigating constraints and opportunities of individual projects.

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges: Planning Alignment
Tags: Alignment; Facilities Planning; Mission / Vision / Identity

The ROI in DEI: UConn’s Living-Learning Communities

9:50 AM-10:50 AM | Chambers | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Melissa Foreman, Director, Learning Communities Program, University of Connecticut-Main Campus | José Hernandez, Principal, Newman Architects, PC

Many institutions are seeking ways to ease transition into higher ed for students from underrepresented populations. University of Connecticut’s (UConn) Peter J. Werth Residence Tower and eight living-learning houses serve as an example of how institutions investing in new housing models can make diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a key priority. This session will examine the significant return on investment (ROI) UConn has made in its living-learning communities that support the wellbeing of underrepresented students. We’ll share the process, participants, program, project delivery, and results with lessons learned that you can apply to your own campus residence projects.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Explain the benefit of identity-conscious programs that focus on the intersection of identity and student success.
2. Identify challenges and opportunities to support the development of living-learning communities that improve wellbeing and belonging for underrepresented students.
3. Incorporate best practices for creating a more inclusive and equitable campus stakeholder engagement plan that brings the right people to the table at the right time.
4. Employ strategies that develop culturally-engaging campus environments with more positive student success and wellbeing outcomes.

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2247)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Attracting and Retaining Underrepresented Students; Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Engaging Stakeholders; Facilities Design; Student Experience; Student Housing

Expanded Enrichment: Exploring the Value of Tech-rich Learning Environments

11:10 AM-12:10 PM | Chambers | Hilton Albany

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Presented by: Christopher Bockstael, Partner, Svigals + Partners, LLP | Jay Brotman, Managing Partner, Svigals + Partners, LLP | Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, Asst Provost for Program Assessment, University of New Haven | Tiffany Hesser, Vice Provost Advising, Retention, University of New Haven

Technology-rich learning environments, essential to functioning in today’s fast-paced world, are improving the teaching experience and advancing student skill sets. This session will explore critical planning, design, and tech-forward strategies for adaptable, enriching student-centered esports, makerspaces, and other tech-rich spaces on higher education campuses to improve learning, extracurricular advancement, and student engagement. Beginning with planning and design strategies for lasting, cost-effective results, you’ll discover how institutional leaders are using booming technology to attract new students and support careers in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM).

Learning Outcomes:

1. Drive collaborative engagement on your campus to determine needs and priorities for technology-driven learning environments with a better understanding of current tools.
2. Evaluate your existing campus buildings’ suitability for high-tech learning environments as well as potential opportunities for new additions and renovations for mitigating environmental impact.
3. Identify space planning requirements for specific student-centered esports hubs, makerspaces, and other tech-driven environments, including effective floor layouts, designated gaming and training areas, and equipment allocation.
4. Determine necessary technical systems for specific esports and other tech-driven learning environments, including desk-top and surface-mounted components; interior wall, floor, and ceiling elements; and high-tech connectivity allowances.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2204)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Learning Environments; Learning Technology; Maker Space; Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM); Teaching and Learning

How to Implement a Program Evaluation System

11:10 AM-12:10 PM | Kelsey’s | Hilton Albany

Presented by: Robert Atkins, CEO, Gray Associates | Dennis Craig, VP for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, SUNY at Purchase College

A program evaluation system (PES) is designed to address an institution’s mission and provide data on student and employer demand, academic outcomes, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). This session will detail how to use a PES for developing a sustainable program portfolio to increase enrollment, reduce cost, improve student success, and better estimate capacity requirements. Join us to discover the positive impact that a PES can have on program choices and how it can ensure a shared set of vocabulary, criteria, and data between faculty and administrators, resulting in a sustainable program portfolio consistent with accreditation assessments.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Use market data to inform your academic programs and DEI planning.
2. Determine the economics of academic programs, including out-of-department revenues and costs.
3. Describe a better program evaluation process that improves decisions on which academic programs to start, stop, sustain, or grow.
4. Discuss a model for calculating the cost of implementing transformational change in equitable student success.

Planning Types: Academic Planning
Challenges: Student Success, Retention, and Graduation
Tags: Academic Program Prioritization; Academic Program Review; Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI); Student Success

Maximizing Project Impact Through a Data-informed Planning Process

11:10 AM-12:10 PM | Hudson Ballroom | Hilton Albany

Presented by: Donald Crampton, Dean of Science Technology, Engineering, Cape Cod Community College | Abigail Klima, Associate, Payette | Andrea Love, Principal, Director of Building Science, Payette

Institutions large and small must do more with less. This session will explore how planners can integrate the analysis of easily-accessible institutional data early in the planning process to maximize the impact of their academic capital projects. Through data-informed planning, Cape Cod Community College (CCCC) built the new Frank and Maureen Wilkens Science and Engineering Center, which expands science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programming, delivers campus accessibility, and enhances campus-community connections. We’ll demonstrate the latest in data analysis for demographics, learning, community space utilization, and energy modeling to inform decisions supporting accessible, inclusive, net-zero building design on a budget.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Detail how data-informed decisions can support state investment in projects that can transform their community while being groundbreaking in terms of design and engineering.
2. Identify ways that planning multi-valent spaces with data-defined programmatic overlays can make the project more affordable and more successful.
3. Make the case at your institution that a transformational net-zero STEM building is achievable without increasing the project budget.
4. Describe how to integrate spaces for community interaction into the base academic programmatic spaces, the building, and site design to strengthen community connections without compromising the project’s academic goals and mission.

AIA LU 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23C2125)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit

Planning Types: Campus Planning
Challenges:
Tags: Community College; Community Engagement; Data; Science / Engineering; Science / Engineering Facility; Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM); Zero Net Energy (ZNE)

12:10 PM-1:15 PM | Governor Ballroom | Hilton Albany

Higher Education Planners Create Health in Person, Place, and Planet

1:15 PM-2:30 PM | Governor Ballroom | Hilton Albany

Presented by: Paula Swinford, Director, Health Promotion Strategy | University of Southern California

In 2021 the World Health Organization (WHO) newly defined wellbeing as “a political choice” with words such as “ecosystems,” “environments,” and “equity.” With a deeper understanding of how the ecosystems and built environments where we live, work, learn, and play impact human biobehavioral systems, higher education planners can support students’ physical and mental health. This keynote will introduce the Ottawa Charter Health Promotion Actions, the International Okanagan Charter for Health Promoting Campuses, and explore the power of a salutogenic approach. Come learn how to optimize your campus to actively join the work of enhancing wellbeing in person, place, and planet.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Define the “key terms” of health, wellness, wellbeing, and salutogenesis and describe the benefits of a settings approach for creating a healthier campus environment.
2. Describe the role of a higher education planner in the “calls to action” in becoming an Okanagan Charter Health Promoting Campus.
3. Identify current and new measures to document the role of the built environment and campus setting in creating health and belonging.
4. Discuss the mental health crisis amongst today’s college students and outline steps you can take to promote mental health by transforming the campus culture and built environment.

AIA LU/HSW 1.0 Unit (SCUPN23P003)
AICP CM 1.0 Unit