Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/04/2025
8:00 am - 1:00 pm

Location
The Catholic University of America- Maloney Hall

Categories

• Meeting
• Spring Meeting

Spring Education Program

April 4, 2025

Come join us for our Maryland/District of Columbia

MD/DC APPA Chapter Spring Education Program!

Location:  The Catholic University of America

Program Schedule 

Registration Cost:  $50/person; free to APPA Emeritus Members.

Emeritus Members please email Jason Sawyer, Sawyerj@si.edu, for attendance details.

Registration Process:  MD/DC APPA is now accepting meeting registrations and credit card payments online!  Payments by credit cards are preferred. Registrations must be received by the close of business, on March 21st.

Education Sessions

Session I: Energy Efficiency and Grant Programs for Maryland & DC

Learn about energy efficiency programs from three agencies in Maryland and DC: EmPOWER (Washington Gas/BGE & PEPCO), Maryland Energy Authority (MEA), and DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU).

Energy efficiency and sustainability incentives and grants are vital for colleges and universities in Maryland and Washington, D.C., as they play a key role in reducing energy consumption, lowering operating costs, and promoting environmental responsibility within academic institutions.

Learn about funding opportunities to help schools:

· Implement energy-efficient technologies, renewable energy systems, and sustainable infrastructure projects

· Align institutional goals and broader regional climate objectives

· Support for research on innovative sustainability practices to help campuses transition to carbon-neutral operations

· Facilitate educational programs that prepare students for careers in the growing green economy.

By embracing sustainability through such grants, colleges and universities not only enhance their environmental stewardship but also demonstrate leadership in promoting climate resilience and sustainability in the higher education sector. Ultimately, energy efficiency and sustainability initiatives in these institutions contribute to the creation of more sustainable communities, while offering long-term financial and ecological benefits.

Learning Objectives:

1. Brief overview of history, purpose and funding

2. Brief overview of how to support your journey

3. Understanding incentives & grants to help toward your journey towards Net Zero

4. Explore New Construction Design Support Incentives

Speakers:

Mike Makosfsky, Shannon Global Energy

EmPOWER: TBD

MEA: Christopher Russell, Program Manager

DCSEU: Crystal McDonald, Director, Account Management and Workforce Development

Session II: Facility Lockdowns- Best Practices

The ability to lockdown a facility and secure classroom doors has proven to be highly effective at saving lives. In reality there are many configurations that can be used to secure schools but not all of them are appropriate. Based upon roles, some advocate for barricade devices while law enforcement may have a different view for responding to an event. Facility managers may not be aware of best practices and coupled with industry confusion incorrect solutions are still being applied. This presentation will include numerous examples of correct and incorrect applications as well as give examples of available grants to help with funding for upgrades. It will address best practices for securing openings, specifying new openings, applying hardware to retrofit applications, address electronic locks and access control, electromechanical or electronic locking solution in both new and retrofit construction and for completing a grant application for funding.

Randy Jump, AHC, FDAI

Randy is an end user consultant for Allegion where he works with end users, particularly in the k-12 vertical, to find code compliant, appropriate hardware applications for challenges that end users are experiencing. He has worked extensively at Allegion to create and provide guidance documents on hardware solutions by opening type. Through his work, he has educated countless end users on the most secure applications for their facilities, making them safer and more secure for all occupants. He has also worked closely with Christin on finding and securing funding resources to complete these projects.

Christin Kinman, MPH

Christin is an end user sales consultant with Allegion, a security company and manufacturer of more than 30 brands sold around the globe, specializing in security around the doorway and beyond. Christin has a degree in civil engineering from The Catholic University of America and has worked for DC based general contractors such as Clark Construction and Lend Lease. In 2009, she became interested in the intersection of health and the built environment and pursued a Masters in Public Health focused in biostatistics. She worked at the R Adams Crowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of MD for 5 years working on research projects funded by NIH, SAMSHA, and the Dept of Defense. In 2015, a job opportunity opened at the Archdiocese of Baltimore and she spent 7 years working as a Facilities Project Manager. During this time, she worked closely with the Division of Risk Management on safety and security initiatives. As part of her work at the Archdiocese, she worked with parishes and schools to apply for grants to fund security improvements and was successful in overseeing the award of over $4M in grants. In 2022, after working closely with Allegion on access control and door and hardware projects for the Archdiocese, she joined Allegion as an end user sales consultant where she works with facility owners to find the best solutions to secure their buildings. She is an active member of ASIS, is a current member of the School Security Standards Technical Committee, an international committee charged with developing a school security standard to ANSI standards and has published several articles on security within the ASIS Cultural Properties and Houses of Worship Communities, Security Informed Roundtable, Door Security and Safety Magazine and is a CPTED practitioner. She is also pursuing doctoral courses in school security and safety and emergency operations planning.

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