Press Release - March 3, 2009
METAMEDIA PUBLISHING TO EXHIBIT AT
2009 NFMT CONFERENCE AND EXPO
GERMANTOWN, MD— MetaMedia Publishing (MMP) will feature its new Building Engineer online training courses at the 2009 National Facilities Management & Technology (NFMT) Conference & Expo.
The conference, which will be held March 10-12 in Baltimore, MD, is a major three-day event drawing engineering and maintenance directors as well as facility managers from commercial, institutional, governmental, and medical building types. Attendance from all 50 states and countries across the globe is expected to top 5,000 people.
MMP can be found in Booth 826, which is located within the exhibit floor’s Building Services Pavilion.
“The NFMT conference is the optimum venue for introducing our Building Engineer curriculum,” said MetaMedia Publishing President Donna Lynn. “An engineer who has already taken the curriculum told us that ‘the courses cover a lot of technical information that I didn’t know, and the step-by step instructions with appropriate pictures and drawings are extremely easy to follow and understand.’ This tells us we’re successfully getting out the essentials that these building engineer professionals need to know.”
The Building Engineer curriculum was originally created in partnership with a worldwide lodging industry leader and is now being expanded to address all types of commercial facilities. Available online at www.metamediapublishing.com/buildingengineer, the course provides facilities engineering staff with a thorough understanding of the systems they maintain and the components making up those systems. Learning units include engineering systems and comfort, air distribution systems, boilers, cooling systems, building automation and controls, life safety systems, and indoor air quality.
Building Engineer weaves together interactive diagrams, quizzes, creative animation, and more to create a compelling learning experience that has received rave reviews from engineers across the country. It can be used as a stand-alone educational resource or complement traditional classroom training. The eight-hour online course is offered on MetaMedia’s learning management system (LMS) and can be tailored to any SCORM-based enterprise LMS.
The training value of Building Engineer will benefit the facilities management function of organizations including federal, state, and municipal government agencies; hospitals and assisted living facilities; schools and universities; and commercial buildings. The skilled trades and industry trade associations can also take advantage of this proven learning tool. Organizations and institutions will find the curriculum to be of great value as operational efficiency and conservation become increasingly reliant on cost savings and optimum staff training.
Media representatives wishing to preview MetaMedia’s Building Engineer online curriculum for article review should contact Pete Lalos, Marketing Manager, at (301) 515-6300, x212, or via e-mail at plalos@metamediausa.com.
Developed for commercial and professional end-users, MetaMedia Publishing’s multimedia products are delivered on platforms including eLearning, mLearning, DVD, video, broadband, and eBook. MetaMedia’s client base includes global corporations in a wide range of industries, international associations, non-profits, federal government agencies, and other public-sector organizations. For more information, please call (301) 515-6300 or visit us online at www.metamediapublishing.com.
