Emerging Information Technologies For Facilities Owners: Research And Practical Applications, Symposium Proceedings


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EMERGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR FACILITIES OWNERS: RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS FEDERAL FACILITIES COUNCIL TECHNICAL REPORT No. 144 NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. NOTICE The Federal Facilities Council (FFC) is a continuing activity of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment of the National Research Council (NRC). The purpose of the FFC is to promote continuing cooperation among the sponsoring federal agencies and between the agencies and other elements of the building community in order to advance building science and technology—particularly with regard to the design, construction, acquisition, evaluation, and operation of federal facilities. The following agencies sponsor the FFC: Department of the Air Force, Office of the Civil Engineer Department of the Air Force, Air National Guard Department of the Army, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management Department of Defense, Federal Facilities Directorate Department of Energy Department of the Interior, Office of Managing Risk and Public Safety Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Department of State, Office of Overseas Buildings Operations Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Facilities Management Federal Aviation Administration Food and Drug Administration General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service Indian Health Service International Broadcasting Bureau National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Facilities Engineering Division National Institutes of Health National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building and Fire Research Laboratory National Science Foundation Smithsonian Institution, Facilities Engineering and Operations U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Postal Service, Engineering Division As part of its activities, the FFC periodically publishes reports that have been prepared by committees of government employees. Because these committees are not appointed by the NRC, they do not make recommendations, and their reports are considered FFC publications rather than NRC publications. International Standard Book Number 0-309-07643-9 For additional information on the FFC program and its reports, visit the Web site at or write to Director, Federal Facilities Council, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., HA-274, Washington, DC 20418 Copyright 2001 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The symposium summarized in this report was sponsored by the Federal Facilities Council of the National Research Council. The following persons are given special recognition for their efforts in planning, organizing, and conducting the symposium: Thomas Anglim, Department of Veterans Affairs James Bartlett, Jr., Naval Facilities Engineering Command, U.S. Navy Clarence Dukes, National Institutes of Health Lowell Ely, Department of Energy Milon Essoglou, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, U.S. Navy Andrew Fowell, National Institute of Standards and Technology Vijay Gupta, General Services Administration Stephen Hagan, General Services Administration Edgar Hanley, Department of State Jonathan Herz, General Services Administration Charles Ho, Food and Drug Administration Michael Karau, Internal Revenue Service Howard Kass, National Aeronautics and Space Administration John Leimanis, Department of State Dale Olson, U.S. Air Force Leo Phelan, Department of Veterans Affairs John Yates, Department of Energy Special thanks go to Steve Hagan and Jim Bartlett, for serving as moderators and hosts for the two-day symposium. iii FEDERAL FACILITIES COUNCIL Chair Henry J. Hatch, U.S. Army (Retired) Vice Chair William Brubaker, Director, Facilities Engineering and Operations, Smithsonian Institution Members Walter Borys, Operations and Maintenance Division, International Broadcasting Bureau