Meeting/Event Information

Sustainability Facility Professional Credential – Web-Delivered Option

Live, Interactive Classes via the Internet 

Earning the Sustainability Facility Professional (SFP) credential will give you a competitive advantage by demonstrating that you meet industry-wide standards for sustainability planning and administration that can impact an organization’s economic, ecological and social bottom lines, not just at one point in time, but continually.

Participants in this Web-delivered course interact online during scheduled meeting times in real time, using voice-over-IP technology.

Virtual Information Sessions: September 6 and 25, 6:00 p.m. Central time. Visit gscs.rice.edu/sfp to RSVP and receive the meeting link. Receive a $200 discount for attending.

Section Dates: Fourteen Meetings: Eight Tuesdays and six Thursdays between October 9, 2012 and January 29, 2013, 6:00-9:00 p.m

Fee: $2,795  
If registering by September 28: $2,695  
Fee for Information Session Attendees: $2,595

Note: Fees include the cost of study materials. There are no additional fees for the three online final assessments required for SFP designation.

Three Focus Areas and Assessments:

• Strategy and alignment for sustainable facility management

• Managing sustainable facilities

• Operating sustainable facilities

Participants must pass the online final assessment at the end of each focus area with a score of 75 percent or higher and apply to IFMA to receive the SFP credential.

Who Should Attend:

• Facility directors, managers or supervisors

• Operations/project/building managers

• Architects and designers

• Safety engineers

• Product/service suppliers and consultants in the facility management industry

• Facility Management Professionals and Certified Facility Managers

For more information, visit gscs.rice.edu/sfp, or contact the program coordinator, George Zombakis, at 713-348-6101 or [email protected].