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 BOMA Atlanta News Brief 6.19.2006 NEWS AT A GLANCE Click on the links below for more information. Energy Efficient Tax Deductions Senior Home Blitz BOMA Executive Director Earns Awards Course for Engineers New BOMA Website Administration Course Facility Planning and Project Management Course BOMA International Convention BOMA Trade Show BOMA Sports Outing BOMA-ATLANTA NEWS Energy Efficient Tax Deductions The Internal Revenue Service recently released its advanced notice detailing how commercial building owners and leaseholders can qualify for a tax deduction for making their buildings energy efficient. The guidelines to the energy efficient commercial buildings section of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 will benefit many commercial property owners and managers who are making significant changes and improvements to reduce energy consumption. Click here for a full story. Senior Home Blitz The Community Service Committee recently teamed up with Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Senior Citizen Services and Hands on Atlanta to sponsor the Pricewaterhouse Coopers Senior Home Blitz. The one-day event, which was on June 1, improved the quality of life for several low-income Atlanta senior citizens. Throughout the day, 82 BOMA members volunteered their time and expertise to do home improvement work for the area residents. BOMA members also donated more than $30,000 in products and services. BOMA Executive Director Earns Awards Jim Moody, BOMA-Atlanta executive director, recently earned two awards from the Georgia Society of Association Executives. He received the Alan R. Johnson Award for servant leadership and the Benson Skelton Award for recruiting the most new GSAE members last year. GSAE is an association dedicated to advancing the profession of association management. Course for Engineers The BTO is partnering with Chattahoochee Technical College to offer a special Commercial HVAC Course for building engineers. The course provides an opportunity to enhance service skills through hands-on training. It will enable beginning engineers and those with experience to become more proficient in the work environment. Course topics will include commercial refrigeration systems, energy management, DDC controls, pneumatic calibration, cooling tower maintenance, air handlers, pumps, boilers, water and air balancing and other topics. Classes will meet on Thursday nights from 5 to 9 p.m. for 10 weeks per semester and are scheduled to begin September 14, 2006. The full program lasts 5 semesters. The course beginning in September is the first in the five-semester series. For more information, call BOMA at 404-475-9980. New BOMA Website BOMA-Atlanta will launch a new website at www.boma-atlanta.org on July 1. As a result, your user name and password to log into the members-only section of the website will change. You will receive a letter from the BOMA office before the end of the month with your new user name and password. For more information, call 404-475-9980. UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL COURSES Click on the course title to register. Dates listed are course start dates. Administration. (Aug. 15) Learn leadership skills, oral communication techniques, motivational and team-building strategies, and training programs. Through the course, you will develop skills needed by managers in a maintenance environment, including the ability to plan, organize, schedule, delegate, budget, monitor, inspect, document and write. Facility Planning and Project Management. (Aug. 16) Develop the skills and knowledge critical to the successful execution of a facilities project: proper planning, selecting a building's team, and following through with attention to detail. You will learn how to assemble and manage facilities teams and how to plan and implement facilities projects, including methods to control key elements of the process. UPCOMING EVENTS Click on the event title for more information or to register. BOMA International Convention. (June 24-27) The North American Commercial Real Estate Congress and The Office Building Show will be June 24-27 in Dallas. BOMA Trade Show. (Aug. 24) This year's BOMA Trade Show will be held in conjunction with a BTO Breakfast and BOMA Luncheon at the Cobb Galleria. BOMA Sports Outing. (Sept. 22) The annual BOMA Sports Outing will be on Sept. 22 at Chateau Elan. Look for registration details soon. |
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