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Agron, Joe – American School & University, 2003
An annual survey of school maintenance and operations (M & O) funding concludes, among other detailed findings, that budgets continue to shrink in the face of a weak economy--the sixth year of dropping budgets and the smallest level since the survey began. (EV)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Building Operation, Operating Expenses
Marshall, John R. – Parks and Recreation, 1978
Providing data on operating expenditure and revenue generating patterns, this article reviews the origins, design, and operation of a successful new sports recreation facility. (DS)
Descriptors: Athletics, Budgeting, Building Operation, Facility Planning
Selby, Stephen E. – American School and University, 1979
Outlines techniques to determine expenditures by type of service and maintenance area. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Budgeting, Building Operation, Cost Effectiveness
Rocchio, Frank – American School Board Journal, 1984
By using an energy audit, the Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12 (Colorado) identified fuel-consuming areas in its schools and reduced the annual increases for fuel from 25 to 5 percent. Six steps to energy savings will work for other districts as well. (JW)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Building Operation, Climate Control
Agron, Joe – American School & University, 2003
An annual survey of college maintenance and operations (M & O) funding concludes, among other detailed findings, that college spending held steady this year, even in tough economic times. (EV)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Building Operation, College Buildings
Download full textHoneywell, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. – 1967
THIS HONEYWELL PAMPHLET DISCUSSES SOME ASPECTS OF PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF AUTOMATIC CONTROLS, HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING, AND COMPARES IN-PLANT WITH CONTRACT SERVICE, CONCLUDING THAT CONTRACT SERVICE IS PREFERABLE AND DESCRIBING A NUMBER OF MAINTENANCE PLANS WHICH THEY FURNISH. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROVIDES--(1) MORE EFFICIENT…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Budgeting, Building Operation, Climate Control
Zacher, Sy – 1977
The costs of owning and operating physical facilities are consuming an increasing share of the budgets of colleges and universities. In the past, academic and operating units of colleges have viewed their space as a free commodity and often used it extravagantly. Space costing is a method of cost accounting the space and operating and maintenance…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Building Operation, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance
Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1985
Issues concerning the conditions of college facilities are considered in 29 papers from the 1985 annual meeting of the Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges. Papers and authors include: "Crumbling Academe" (Harvey H. Kaiser); "Physical Facilities Evaluation" (Henry L. Shelby); "Managing…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Building Operation, Campus Planning, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets)
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1983
The decision to defer facilities maintenance obligations in California higher education and the extent to which maintenance has been deferred are discussed. Attention is also directed to the educational and fiscal context in which this decision has been made nationally. The policies and procedures governing facilities maintenance and deferral in…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Budgeting, Building Operation, Campus Planning
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1986
This handbook provides information that administrators of maintenance and operations in California schools can use in systematically planning and scheduling school facility support services. The first unit, chapter 1, is designed to help members of school district governing boards establish board policies, regulations, and procedures. Topics…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Building Operation, Custodian Training, Design Requirements
