Lynda Munda Kasongo is always on the move. Her life in New Haven is not only a happy one but a busy one! Lynda works the 4:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. shift at Kline Geology Lab as a custodian. When she’s not helping keep the campus beautiful, she is busy being a wife, the mom of two small boys, and...
Yale’s campus will be a little greener thanks to a new initiative addressing chemicals of concern in university-purchased furniture. Yale’s Sustainable...
It takes a village to get the campus prepped and pretty for Commencement and reunion weekends. A dedicated team of supervisors and staff work tirelessly to ready the buildings, grounds, and walkways for the graduates,...
Yale’s Facilities Services recently started a sustainable hand-soap program in the residential colleges where refillable containers of a highly-concentrated foam soap mixed with water have replaced the plastic throwaway plastic containers. Two bags of the new soap mix equal what would have been...
There are miles of pipes at Yale, and sometimes they leak, break, or burst. The Yale Plumbing Team for Central Campus keeps busy repairing and maintaining large and small pipes. In all, the plumbers cover 13.5 million sq. ft. of building space including the Athletics’ fields and buildings. They...
The following LEED credentialing seminars are show and go, no registration is required.
Healthy Building Materials - April 24, 2019Presented by Alison Mears, M. Arch, Director of the Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design, and Co-Director of the Healthy...
The Ritz-Carlton, known for its unwavering commitment to service, recently visited Yale to deliver an energizing three-hour session on customer service excellence. More than 185 Facilities Operations employees attended, including managers, union leaders, and staff. Overall, 26 Yale departments...
If you’ve ever walked into a Yale building, office, or stairwell and smelled fresh paint, it’s because Yale painters were making their mark. Most of us don’t realize the skill needed to efficiently paint an area—large or small...
In springtime, the outside areas on campus begin to come alive, thanks to warm sunshine and our Landscape and Grounds Maintenance team. Snowplows and salt are replaced by lawn mowers and pansies, and the team begins to prepare Yale’s beautiful campus for warmer weather, commencement ceremonies,...
It’s been an amazing thirty years for Tony and Donna Ferrara, who retired on January 31. Over the past few decades, many people on campus have interacted with Tony and Donna. In the late 80s and early 90s, when a department needed a building repair or other facilities related work, they first...
What happens when you combine an eclectic mix of carpenters with modern day tools and technology—premium craftsmanship done efficiently.
Years ago, Yale Facilities employed master carpenters specializing in handcrafted millwork to create and repair detailed wooden doors and other...
In 2018, the Yale Board of Trustees approved construction for 20 major projects. Here is a quick look at one new building, two renovations and a landscape improvement. All the building projects are targeted to be completed in 2020. While the West Campus landscape project will be done this spring...
Yale University Design Standards, used by architects and engineers to build and remodel structures, are regularly reviewed and revised. In December, the latest round of updates was posted on the...
New Hires – November 1, 2018 - January 31, 2019
Ferriola, Stephen C., Groundskeeper 4 Page, Brian, Supervisor Electrical Trades Pinnock, Charmaine Angela, Custodian/Custodian Short Term Coverage Duties Puzycki, Jacob, Groundskeeper 4 Reid Sr., Richard Quincy, Physical...Yale University Design Standards, which are used by architects and engineers to build and remodel structures, are vital to building projects on campus.
While these standards are regularly reviewed and revised, a significant update was recently completed by the Facilities Operations and...
New sustainability website launched
In October, the Office of Sustainability officially launched an update to sustainability.yale.edu. The new website features...
The Landscape and Grounds Management team throws a good party. There is no beer, just bulbs, and lots of them, at these outdoor events. Led by Supervisor Joe Signore, this team has been holding bulb-planting parties across central campus since 2013.
This community-building event is...
Recently, a team of seven plumbing mechanics at the medical school executed a successful, well-planned valve replacement project at Brady Memorial Laboratory (BML). They replaced all the reheat and perimeter, butter-fly valves in the fifth-floor mechanical room and pipe chases. These valves were...
Yale’s Power Plants have been keeping the campus warm, cool and bright for 100 years!
Built in 1918, the Central Power Plant (CPP) provides steam heat and power to central campus buildings— from Science Hill to Old Campus and everywhere in between. Only a handful of locations on central...
LEED credential maintenance
LEED Training is held the fourth Wednesday of every month (except December), from 12:00pm – 1:30 at WGS room 802.
November 28 - Solar Energy at Yale, presented by Julie Paquette, Director of Energy Management, and Anthony Kosior,...New Hires – July 1 to October 31, 2018
Butler, Richard M, Plumber, YSM Facilities Fraser, Joelene, Painter, Physical Plant Frattasio, Angelo Giovanni, Supervisor HVAC, Controls & Automation, Physical Plant Labriola, Genaro Robert, Controls Mechanic YSM Facilities...
