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Campus Scene IN THE SPOTLIGHT
New Student Center for Seminole State College
AT SEMINOLE STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA, students have a new hub for their college experience from admission to graduation.
The new Student Center, which opened January 2 at the college’s Sanford/Lake Mary Campus, is a comprehensive destination for prospective and current students. The energy-efficient, two-story 77,000-square-foot building supports Seminole State’s vision of being a student-centered college by serving as a one-stop facility for student services and student life.
The Student Center includes a Campus Life lounge sponsored by Orlando Magic Youth Foundation, a cyber perch with comfortable seating to recharge devices, a game room, a multipurpose room for student activities and organizations, a Barnes & Noble bookstore, a food court, lounge spaces and a coffee shop. The new center also features WiFi and smart technology throughout, including a digital queue system to offer faster and more efficient flow for students to arrive at a central welcome area.
With efficiency in mind, the Student Center was designed to Green Globes® stan- dards. Buildings that meet Green Globes standards cost less to operate through lower energy and water bills, and increased recycling.
Ask the Expert
This Month
Pest Management
How can we know if there are rats in our waste receptacles?
SMART TECHNOLOGY GIVES US NEW WAYS
to address old problems in our homes, places of business, and in public spaces. One great example is a sensor, invisible to the eye, that fits in a waste receptacle and collects valuable data it can then transmit to users—be they facility management, civil engineers, or sanitation departments.
It measures everything from weight and fill level to temperature and landfill diversion. With GPS, it can track whether the receptacle has been moved and the location where it should be returned. The data, both real-time and historical, are used as a planning tool to optimize routes and make significant boosts in efficiencies, including labor costs, time and environmental impact.
The smart technology now features a user-enabled rodent detection mode. It looks for specific patterns in the measurements it records that indicate rodent movement within the container. The data that are collected can be used to uncover specific problem areas with dense rat populations and identify key surrounding contributors, such as discarded foods and litter in overflowing dumpsters, al- leyways, restaurant trash cans, and the street. Over time, the data allow users to measure the success of a rat-abatement initiative.
What makes the new feature a huge bene- fit is that it gets to the infestation’s root causes and does not simply treat the symptoms.
Rats are smart. But this technology is smarter.
Emma Skalka is vice president of Sales and Marketing, Victor Stanley (www.victor stanley.com). She can be reached at emmas@victorstanley.com or 800/368-2573.
Healthy
Facilities Award
You are invited to participate in the 2018 Healthy Facilities Award program sponsored by School Planning & Manage- ment, College Planning & Management, and the Healthy Facilities Institute.
The program recognizes the efforts of educational institutions that strive to improve and protect the indoor environ- ment at their facilities; provide better conditions for students, staff, faculty, and visitors; and advance learning out- comes by enhancing safety and health.
Criteria for recognition will be based on
implementation of the basic principles as outlined in the Healthy School Handbook.
All submissions will be judged by a panel representing industry experts, administrators, and advocates for safe and healthy schools. Institutions will be recognized in the April issues of SP&M and CP&M, on the SP&M/ CP&M website spaces4learning.
com, and featured in future Healthy Facilities webinars. In addition, the Gold Standard of Excellence winner of the Healthy Facilities Award will also receive a Kaivac Lithium-ion-powered
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