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    Amanda Pachniewska

    Amanda Pachniewska is a copywriter that specializes in the architecture and design sector. When she's not writing about ambitious building projects and innovative spaces, you can find her building her own architectural creations in The Sims, reporting on animal cognition research, or penning fantasy fiction.
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    Financing Energy Efficiency Projects: Mission Impossible?

    Today’s low energy prices are a major boon for higher ed facilities, which need to seize every opportunity for reducing operations costs. However, these lower prices are actually getting in the way of greater cost improvements.

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    Tomorrow’s Workforce: Cultivating Higher Ed Facilities Leaders

    As today’s education facilities leaders try to maintain a healthy workforce, they’re running into a few recurring problems. From aging employees to a lack of interest from young workers, these issues are complex and require innovative...

    By Amanda Pachniewska  |  

    Lessons from the University of Houston in Disaster Recovery

    Standing strong in the face of disaster is a challenge for any type of organization. But when it comes to educational institutions, that challenge is especially daunting. With so many students and faculty whose lives are primarily based on...

    By Amanda Pachniewska  |  

    Stop Calling it a Master Plan

    When you think of master planning for educational facilities, you think of updates to campus buildings, goals, and strategies. But what about the process of master planning itself? Is it time that the process of master planning got its own...

    By Amanda Pachniewska  |  

    Cornell Tech: Building the Future of Sustainability

    As we press further into the 21st century, it has become increasingly important for our schools and universities to meet a higher standard. Not only must they endow students with all the skills they need in the digital age, they must also be...

    By Amanda Pachniewska  |  

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