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Following a history of making an impact on school districts in Illinois, Ronald C. Anderson is taking the helm as AFE’s new National President and Chairman of the board for 2022.

AFE Region 3 RVP, Steve Fall, CPE and AFE Executive Director & CEO, AC Powell join a list of presenters assembled by Vichara Partners to discuss the issues with re-opening facilities in the Era of Coronavirus shutdowns.

Injuries are the leading cause of death for Americans ages 1 to 44.
Prevention is the key to lowering this statistic and we encourage
everyone to take a minute to think about how they can help

DWFP is a day where College students and professionals, together, participate in an educational forum and guided tour of various local facilities. Here is some insight from three students who attended the event in San Jose, California!

For National Women's History Month we are highlighting Edith Clarke and her contributions to Electrical Engineering

You have heard about AFE's High Efficiency and Preparedness Week; here's the information about each of the events.

A call for AFE Member Spotlight submissions

A guide to helping you decide which path to certification is best for you.

Listing of all AFE events from January - March 2019.

Wishing our members and partners the happiest holiday yet from AFE!

Results of the 2018 AFE Election Results

One stop shop for questions about certifications

Listing of 2019 Maintenance America Shows.

A step by step guide to renewing your AFE membership.

Information about the upcoming Forums.

Information about the AFE Election

CPS es una gran oportunidad para el desarrollo profesional de personas que cuentan con la experiencia de laborar y necesitan certificarse como profesionales en su area de trabajo. Esta certificación les brinda la oportunidad de obtener mayor prestigio profesional y mejores oportunidades de trabajo en sus areas.

AFE wishes your family a wonderful holiday!

Information about the upcoming CPS en Español Review Courses

We are excited to announce Chapter 168's very first tour.

AFE 168 is ending the year right with

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For more than three decades of our 105 years, the Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE) has provided three certification programs tailored for professionals working in the built environment:
• Certified Plant Engineer (CPE)
• Certified Professional Supervisor (CPS)
• Certified Professional Supervisor (CPS) en Espanol (starting on 12/3-6/18)
• Certified Professional Maintenance Manager (CPMM)

Recently, AFE 168 had our very first AFE Day at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

We wanted to take the time and thank all attended and supported AFE’s very first AFE Day on Friday, October 19, 2018 in the Webb Center and Kaufman Hall Building at Old Dominion University.

AFE Day is an outreach event with a focus on students and young professionals on college and university campuses. This event gives advice about mentorship, expectations in the field, Q & A and allows for networking with our panel of certified and tenured experts. We have social media interactions with live streams and forums on our Facebook and LinkedIn pages. We have a booth in the Engineering colleges to allow those who could not attend the panel to still have information about our organization. We are planning more events and interactions for our upcoming AFE Days.

From the start of planning until the end, we truly appreciate all the enthusiasm shown for our day of

The fee for non-members to attend our monthly webinars has been reduced to $29.00

Here are the 2016 election results

Benjamin Franklin once explained - tell me and I forget - teach me and I remember - involve me and I learn. Just as Ben Franklin was a founding father of America, AFE’s one-hundred years reveals how our decades of practicing facilities management has produced a standard, a curriculum practiced today in one form or another. When we combine America and Facilities - Facilities America® is a venue where involving our members (and future members) is an everlasting learning experience.

Providing leadership in Facilities Maintenance & Engineering for a Century.

EMCOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES LAUNCHES NASA INTO THE FINAL FRONTIER OF FACILITIES MANAGEMEN

When it comes to protecting a building's occupants from airborne dangers within the building and from outside which are attempting to come in, your building has an immune system similar to that of your own. Your building has two lines of defense, yet it is the building owner, manager, or facility engineer that determines the strength of that immunity.

In today’s politically-correct setting, there
are many words that we [should] feel guilty
to utter. So, how do we get around that?
Simple...we just use the first letter and add
“word” after it as in “F-word” and, incredibly,
everyone from the local clergyman to the youngest
school student knows what it means.