IFMA St. Louis

IFMA St. Louis Gift Spreads Warmth During Holiday Season

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Donation to Heat Up St. Louis serves those in need throughout St. Louis region

The St. Louis Chapter of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) provided some warmth to the region’s needy this winter.

Representing facility managers and suppliers who maintain the region’s commercial buildings, IFMA St. Louis presented a check for $1,000 to Heat Up St. Louis. The nonprofit organization builds awareness and provides resources to help those in need, especially the elderly and disabled, and needy families with critically ill children, avoid illnesses and deaths during the area’s bitter winter season. IFMA St. Louis also funds the organization’s Cool Down St. Louis, which provides services and support to keep residents cool during the hot summer months.

Fire Captain Garon Mosby accepted the donation on behalf of Heat Up St. Louis. He underscored the importance of helping others by relating a recent story of a family’s home destroyed by a house fire. Unfortunately, the family needed space heaters to keep their home warm. Heat Up St. Louis works to help those in need avoid such tragedies, he noted.

IFMA St. Louis has supported the weather-related assistance programs for the past five years. The nonprofit organization helps defray the cost of energy to heat and cool residences, serving more than 300,000 area residents since the programs’ inception in 2000.

IFMA St. Louis offers its members a learning and networking environment among its diverse membership and supplies its members with the tools to achieve their professional goals. Started in 1985, IFMA St. Louis has more than 250 members representing small and Fortune 500 companies throughout the region. For more information, visit www.ifma.org.

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IFMA St. Louis Honors Rich Janis with Lifetime Service Award

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The St. Louis Chapter of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) gave its Lifetime Service Award to Rich Janis. The honor was presented during the chapter’s annual holiday celebration in early December. Janis recently announced his retirement.

Janis has played an active role in IFMA St. Louis for 28 years. His dedication to the facility management organization included tenure on its program and education committee for nearly two decades. During that time, he presented more than 25 educational programs to IFMA St. Louis members. Additionally, he served on its board of directors for six years.

“Rich’s constant focus was to share his knowledge and expertise while presenting quality educational programs to the professional facility managers,” said Jennifer Johnston, president of IFMA St. Louis, when presenting the award.

A registered professional engineer and architect, Janis spent more than 40 years in consulting. A LEED accredited professional (Building Design + Construction), he has been involved in research, evaluation, and design of building environmental systems and sustainable energy technology.

Janis has served on the board of the United States Green Building Council’s regional chapter. He was the engineer-of-record and LEED AP for numerous LEED-certified buildings including the first LEED Gold data center in the St. Louis area. Janis has also taught building technology and sustainable design courses in the Schools of Engineering and of Architecture at Washington University.

Janis earned master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and architecture from Washington University, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla, now called the Missouri University of Science & Technology.

IFMA St. Louis offers its members a learning and networking environment among its diverse membership and supplies its members with the tools to achieve their professional goals. Started in 1985, IFMA St. Louis has more than 250 members representing small and Fortune 500 companies throughout the region. For more information, visit www.ifma.org.

Photo Above: Jennifer Johnston, chapter president, presented the IFMA St. Louis Lifetime Service Award to Rich Janis.

 

 

Photo Caption: Jennifer Johnston, chapter president, presented the IFMA St. Louis Lifetime Service Award to Rich Janis.

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IFMA St. Louis Members Help Keep Area’s Vulnerable Warm This Winter

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The St. Louis Chapter of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) provided some warmth to the region’s needy this winter. The donations of money, clothing and blankets were made at the organization’s holiday social in December.

Representing facility managers and suppliers who maintain the region’s commercial buildings, IFMA St. Louis presented a check for $1,000 to Heat Up St. Louis. The nonprofit organization builds awareness and provides resources to help those in need, especially the elderly and disabled, and needy families with critically ill children, avoid illnesses and deaths during the area’s bitter winter season. IFMA St. Louis also funds the organization’s Cool Down St. Louis, which provides services and support to keep residents cool during the hot summer months.

IFMA St. Louis has supported the weather-related assistance programs for the past four years. The nonprofit organization helps defray the cost of energy to heat and cool residences, serving more than 300,000 area residents since the programs’ inception in 2000.

To further spread the warmth this holiday season, IFMA St. Louis members donated gloves, mittens, scarves, hats, ear muffs and blankets. These items were distributed to various charities that help keep the St. Louis region’s most vulnerable warm during the winter.

IFMA St. Louis offers its members a learning and networking environment among its diverse membership, and supplies its members with the tools to achieve their professional goals. For more information, visit www.ifma.org.

Photo Above: Jennifer Johnston (left), president of the St. Louis chapter of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), presents a check for $1,000 to Pam Walker, board president of Heat Up/Cool Down St. Louis.

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IFMA St. Louis Provides Funds to Help Those in Need Stay Cool This Summer

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 The St. Louis Chapter of the International Facility Management Association donated $1,000 to Cool Down St. Louis. The nonprofit organization builds awareness and provides resources to help those in need avoid heat-related illnesses and deaths, especially the elderly and disabled, and needy families with critically ill children.

Representing facility managers and suppliers who maintain the region’s commercial buildings, the organization presented a check for $1,000 to Cool Down St. Louis during IFMA St. Louis’ celebration of National FM Day on June 21. Nancy Cripe, outgoing chapter president of IFMA St. Louis, presented the check to Lance LeComb, a board member, who represented Cool Down St. Louis.

IFMA St. Louis also funds the organization’s Heat Up St. Louis, which provides services and support to keep residents warm during the region’s winter months. IFMA St. Louis has supported the weather-related assistance programs for the past four years. More than 300,000 area residents have received energy assistance since the programs’ inception in 2000.

IFMA St. Louis offers its members a learning and networking environment among its diverse membership, and supplies its members with the tools to achieve their professional goals. 

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