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Facts on File Ferguson's Career Guidance CenterProvides detailed profiles of more than 3,300 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career skills, and more than 55,000 career resource entries.
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Occupational Outlook HandbookThe Occupational Outlook Handbook provides information to people making decisions about their future work lives, including training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, and working conditions in a variety of occupations.
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LearningExpress PrepStep for CollegesPractice tests and computer basics. LearningExpress PrepSTEP for Colleges: Core Math, Science, English, Computer, and College Success Skills; High School Equivalency, Placement, and ACT-SAT; Test Preparation; Career Preparation; Recursos Para Hispanohablantes. Create a username and password, then use that username and password access to your account at "My Center."
Professional/Career Online Resources
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IFMA - International Facility Management AssociationThe world's largest and most widely recognized international association for facility management professionals.
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ASHRAE - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning EngineersOrganization's focus is on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability.
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American Society of Plumbing EngineersThe American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) is the international organization for professionals skilled in the design, specification and inspection of plumbing systems.
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Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE)Association of professionals who ensure the optimal operation of high-rise commercial real estate, industrial plants, classified and non-classified government facilities, campuses of higher education, and medical centers around the world.
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Student ResourcesThe Oakton Facilities Management and Engineering department maintains this list of professional organizations that provide information related to facilities management and air conditioning, heating and refrigeration careers.
Selected Books
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Facilities Manager's Desk Reference by A practical guide to the principle services of facilities management, revised and updated The updated third edition of Facilities Manager's Desk Reference is an invaluable resource covering all the principal facility management (FM) services. The author--a noted facilities management expert--provides the information needed to ensure compliance to current laws, to deliver opportunities to adopt new ways of using built environments, and to identify creative ways to reduce operational occupancy costs, while maintaining appropriate and productive working environment standards. The third edition is fully updated and written in an approachable and concise format. It is comprehensive in scope, the author covering both hard and soft facilities management issues. This important book is highly practical, ideal for the busy FM practitioner. Presents information on legal compliance issues, the development of strategic policies, tactical best practices, and much more. It Is a time-saving resource that brings together essential, useful, and practical FM information in one handy volume; Written for students and professional facilities managers, Facilities Manager's Desk Reference is designed as a practical resource that offers FMs assistance in finding solutions to the myriad demands of the job.Call Number: Online Full-Text AvailabilityISBN: 9781119633624Publication Date: 2020 -
Introduction to Maintenance Engineering by This introductory textbook links theory with practice using real illustrative cases involving products, plants and infrastructures and exposes the student to the evolutionary trends in maintenance. Provides an interdisciplinary approach which links, engineering, science, technology, mathematical modelling, data collection and analysis, economics and management Blends theory with practice illustrated through examples relating to products, plants and infrastructures Focuses on concepts, tools and techniques Identifies the special management requirements of various engineered objects (products, plants, and infrastructures)Call Number: Online Full-Text AvailabilityISBN: 1118926587Publication Date: 2016 -
Energy Conservation in Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Facilities by An authoritative and comprehensive guide to managing energy conservation in infrastructures. The presented models of both physical and technological systems can be applied to a wide range of structures such as homes, hotels, public facilities, industrial facilities, transportation, and water/energy supply systems. The authors--noted experts in the field--explore the key performance indicators that are used to evaluate energy conservation strategies and the energy supply scenarios as part of the design and operation of energy systems in infrastructures. The authors also explore new methods of developing energy semantic network (ESN) superstructures, energy conservation optimization techniques, and risk-based life cycle assessments. This important text: Defines the most effective ways to model the infrastructure of physical and technological systems
Offers a discussion of the sources, quantification, and reduction of uncertainty; and Presents a number of efficient energy conservation strategies in infrastructure systems, including HVAC, lighting, appliances, transportation, and industrial facilities.Call Number: Online Full-Text AvailabilityISBN: 1119422094Publication Date: 2018 -
Total Facility Management by The fourth edition of Total Facility Management offers a comprehensive treatment of what facility management means to owners, operators, tenants, facility managers and professional advisors, as well as containing advice on how facilities can be better managed from a number of perspectives. It consolidates current best practice, defines and develops emergent areas and offers a pathway for the future development of facility management. Throughout the book, the links between facility management practice and the organization's business objectives are emphasized. Readers worldwide will find this fourth edition a valuable and thought-provoking blend of the principles and practice of facility management.Call Number: Online Full-Text AvailabilityISBN: 1118655451Publication Date: 2015
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HVAC Fundamentals by Introduction to HVAC systems -- Heat flow -- Psychometrics -- Heating and ventilating systems -- Air conditioning systems -- Fans and pumps, drives and motors -- Air distribution -- Water distribution -- Variable volume systems -- Controls -- System selection and optimization -- Lexicon -- Abbreviation, acronyms, symbols -- Tables -- HVAC math.Call Number: TH7345 .S795 2016ISBN: 9780881737523Publication Date: 2015
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HVAC Control Systems 4e by HVAC Control Systems provides an introduction to HVAC fundamentals and an in-depth explanation of HVAC control systems. This textbook is designed for HVAC, building maintenance, and controls technicians. It includes coverage of commercial heating and cooling systems, indoor air quality, ventilation requirements, and the networks and controls used to manage them. Each chapter is divided into sections, with checkpoints reinforcing comprehension of key concepts.Call Number: TH7466.5 .A75 2017ISBN: 0826907792Publication Date: 2017 -
Smart Grid Communication Infrastructures by A comprehensive resource that covers all the key areas of smart grid communication infrastructures. Smart Grid Communication Infrastructures examines and summarizes the recent advances in smart grid communications, big data analytics and network security.Call Number: Online Full-Text AvailabilityISBN: 9781119240136Publication Date: 2018 -
Microgrid Planning and Design by Call Number: Online Full-Text AvailabilityISBN: 9781119453550Publication Date: 2019Microgrid Planning and Design contains a review of microgrid benchmarks for the electric power system and covers the mathematical modeling that can be used during the microgrid design processes. -
Building Services Handbook by Building Services Handbook summarizes the application of all common elements of building services practice, technique and procedure, to provide an essential information resource for students as well as practitioners working in building services, building management and the facilities administration and maintenance sectors of the construction industry. Includes topics such as: alternative sources of natural energy, solar, ground source, heat pumps, renewable energy sources, geothermal methods, and wind power, are covered.Call Number: Downloadable ebookISBN: 9781135981457Publication Date: 2013
When searching for books, articles, websites, videos, and various other media within your Facilities Management program, you may want to consider optional keywords such as:
Facility Management Augmented Reality in Facility Management
Building Management Building Automation
Computer Aided Facility Management Facilities Management Systems
Integrated Facility Management Plant Engineering
Plant Maintenance Property Management or Real Estate Management
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