Eric Teicholz Sustainability Scholarship

Eric Teicholz Sustainability Scholarship

Through the generosity of IFMA Fellow Eric Teicholz and sponsors, the IFMA Foundation is offering scholarship opportunities to individuals interested in earning their Sustainability Facility Professional® (SFP) since 2019.

Sustainability Facility Professional® (SFP)

IFMA’s SFP is an assessment-based certificate program delivering a specialty credential in sustainability. By earning the SFP credential, you will:

• Earn recognition and credibility for your expertise in sustainable FM practices
• Influence your organization’s economic, environmental and social bottom lines.
• Maximize efficiencies and streamline operations to boost your triple bottom line: people, planet and profit.
• Learn to use knowledge-based, data-driven methods to drive decisions and develop valuable solutions.

2022 SPONSORS

Scholarship Types:

• Sustainability
• Sustainability + Technology
• Sustainability + Supply Chain + Technology

Applicants interested in sustainability with a one or more of the additional focuses are encouraged to complete the application and submit.

Eligibility:

• Professionals currently in facility management or related field with a demonstrated interest in sustainability
• Young professional members of IFMA Chapters and IFMA Councils are encouraged to apply
• Applications are due by 5:00 pm CST, Friday, July 15, 2022.
• Announcement of winners will be Thursday, September 1, 2022

Selection Process

• A committee of FM professionals will evaluate each application and score according to evaluation guidelines.
• Scores will be totaled, and the top applicants will be awarded the SFP scholarship
• Diversity, financial need, impact of SFP on applicant/community are part of selection process
• Scholarship award will cover SFP Credential fees

2021 Award Winners

ERIC TEICHOLZ, IFMA FELLOW

Eric Teicholz is president and founder of Graphic Systems, Inc., a firm specializing in facility management and real estate automation consulting.

• Fellow of the International Facility Management Association
• Ex-officio chair of IFMAs Strategic Advisory Group, Sustainability Task Force and Sustainability Committee
• Member of IFMA’s ESUS sustainability community,
• IFMA Foundation’s Board of Trustees
• IFMA’s Global Board of Directors
• Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE) for the Federal Facilities Council at the National Academy of Sciences
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts Integrated FM and Advanced Energy Projects Committees

Teicholz graduated with a Master of Architecture degree from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University where he later became an Associate Professor and the Associate Director of the university’s largest R+D facility, the Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis.  He also is the author/editor of 17 books related to FM, CAFM/IWMS and GIS technology. Teicholz was awarded the Navy’s Superior Public Service Award by the Secretary of the Navy under President George W. Bush for his participation on a blue-ribbon FM panel defining the future strategy for naval shore facilities.