Doug Smith wrote “3 Years In: Ohio State Comprehensive Energy Agreement” for Energy Services magazine (p. 12). The article features an interview with Scott Potter, OSU’s Senior Director of Comprehensive Energy Management. The same issue has articles on topics like the University of Iowa’s utility P3 (p. 24), as well the University of North Dakota’s steam …
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The Campus Energy & Sustainability Podcast explores innovations and challenges in sustainability for higher education and corporate campuses. This episode focuses on a large, on-site solar carport installation on Michigan State University’s (MSU) campus. At the time it came online, it was the largest such installation in the United States. In this episode, Wolfgang Bauer, University Distinguished Professor …
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James Vigil wrote “Bundling Auxiliary Services: How do we do better with what we have? Here is a new approach to the organization of service lines to consider” for Spaces4Learning (previously called College Planning & Management). The article makes a case for administrators prevailing in the face of stretched budgets via a partnership-friendly operating model that can not only …
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As part of its 2008 Master Plan, Bucknell University has spent the last decade pursuing a number of projects to strengthen the university’s connection with downtown Lewisburg. This was to be accomplished through forging a better connection between the campus and downtown’s Market Street, including moving many Bucknell facilities there. For example: moving the campus …
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This presentation given by B&D’s Jeff Turner at the 2019 P3 Higher Education Summit begins with an overview of the evolving industry context for higher education, then looks at B&D’s annual State of the Industry report. The presentation led into a panel discussion with Scott Abrams of the University of California System, Peter Krawchyk of …
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Dan Hedman wrote “University sees sustainability improvements from energy partnership” for Ohio State News. The article looks at Ohio State’s energy P3, assessing the partnership two years into the 50-year engagement. Details include progress made, plans for a Combined Heat and Power plant, and what Ohio State has been doing with the proceeds. (August 2019)
The full Higher Education P3 2019 “State of the Industry” report is available for download. The report highlights Brailsford & Dunlavey’s findings from its second annual survey of higher education P3 transactions. This State of the Industry report focuses on housing and housing-anchored mixed-use projects from B&D’s database of higher education P3 projects that achieved …
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By Jessica Rosenberg, Brailsford & Dunlavey This article, the second in a two-part series, offers a case study of California State University, Northridge’s campus hotel / conference center planning experience. The first part, available here, offers an overview of campus hotels / conference centers—the why, how, trends, and where we go from here. …
“With so many higher education public-private partnership (P3) projects underway nationwide, and with so many others being considered, we have heard for years the market is exploding. Is it? And how does this answer change as we look at different school types and other differences?” – National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS) …
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The Chronicle of Higher Education has released a comprehensive issue brief on P3s in higher ed—written by Scott Carlson and available for purchase on The Chronicle‘s site. “The Outsourced University: How Public-Private Partnerships Can Benefit Your Campus” is meant to serve as a primer: “Whether your goal is to get up to speed on industry trends, consult …
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