In a typical year, the College Park area experiences an average of five to six snow or ice events with an average seasonal snowfall of around 13 inches.  Long before the first snowflakes fall, the Facilities Management (FM) landscape/snow removal team begins winter weather preparation and whatever winter brings, FM is prepared. 

If the thought of vacuuming your living room floor or cleaning your bathroom fills you with dread, consider, for a moment, the work facing Facilities Management’s (FM) Building Services team: Keeping nine million square feet in 100 campus buildings clean and healthy, from top to bottom, every single day. What does it take? How do they do it – day after day? 

As we plan for the upcoming winter break, Facilities Management asks for your assistance with preparing campus buildings. With expected overnight lows in the freezing range, these actions will help conserve energy, maintain comfortable temperatures inside buildings, and protect building systems, pipes, and equipment. Please help us by taking the following steps: