This is a composite schedule of the benchmarking data milestones (in color), the shared practice meetings (in black), and the steering committee meetings (in gray – all participants welcome). Registration links are included as the meeting agendas are established.
The benchmarking data schedule is designed to allow participants to input their data and review it thru various draft report cycles. This assures that the overall quality of the benchmarking report is maintained.
Key Dates: 2023 Research Facility Benchmarking Program
All meeting times listed for New York for EST/EDT and estimated for other time zones, check your local time for any event of interest. This is the tentative schedule- specific meeting dates and times may change.
Jan 18
Shared Practice Meeting: Identify Emerging Topics of Interest, Finalize 2023 meeting time
2:30 pm EST / 11:30 am PST
Feb 9
Steering Committee Meeting: Discuss metrics of interest to benchmark, and topics for shared practice meetings.
2:00 pm EST / 11:00 am PST
Feb 23
Shared Practice Meeting: Review of the Smart Labs Laboratory Ventilation Risk Assessment (LVRA), a process to guide ventilation that optimizes safety and efficiency.
2:00 pm EST / 11:00 am PST
Mar 9
Steering Committee Meeting
No meeting this month
Mar 23
Shared Practice Meeting: Performance Metrics for Facility Management
2:00 pm EDT / 11:00 am PDT
Apr 13
Steering Committee Meeting: Finalize metrics of interest to benchmark in 2023
2:00 pm EDT / 11:00 am PDT
Apr 24
Website open for data input
On Demand Presentation: Getting Started – Data Input & Survey Clarifications
Apr-Jun
Input preliminary data
Jun 30
Preliminary data deadline for initial Draft Report
Jul 17
Draft Report available (with update every week)
On Demand Presentation: Reviewing Results – Using the Benchmarking Reports
Jul-Aug
Input data revisions, comments on Draft Report(s)
Aug 25
Final data adjustments and corrections deadline
Aug 28
Final Report available
On Demand Presentation: Reviewing Results – Using the Benchmarking Results
Sep 26
No Shared Practice Meeting
IMFA World Workplace
Dec 14
Steering Committee Meeting – Review 2023 program and discuss 2024 program
2:00 pm EST / 11:00 am PST
Dec
NO Shared Practice Meeting: Winter Break
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