Executive Summits · by the Facility Management Alliance
Campus, City & Commercial Solar Summit
Meet the campus, city and commercial leaders with empty roofs and rising power bills.
Each summit is capped at 20 sponsors. Talk to Joe before it fills.
Who’s coming so far
24 organizations have confirmed they will send facility leaders: 6 hospitals, 8 universities and 10 commercial buildings.
- Cleveland Clinic
- Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital
- The Christ Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital
- OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital
- Ohio State University
- University of Michigan
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Kentucky
- University of Pittsburgh
- Kent State University
- Ohio University
- Wayne State University
- Key Tower
- Terminal Tower
- Great American Tower at Queen City Square
- 200 Public Square
- Sherwin-Williams Headquarters
- Carew Tower
- LeVeque Tower
- Huntington Center
- One Nationwide Plaza
- AEP Building
Two days with facility directors, energy managers, sustainability directors and public works leaders from Midwest universities, school districts, cities and commercial buildings who own the roofs, parking lots and power bills: rising rates, the 2027 tax credit deadline and tight capital budgets. Pre-scheduled 1-on-1 meetings. No expo hall.
The people who sign the PO for solar projects.
Invited from facilities across Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Every delegate is screened by title and facility.
Titles
- Director of Facilities Roofs, parking lots, the power bill
- Energy Manager kWh, demand charges, credits
- Sustainability Director Campus and city climate goals
- Director of Public Works City buildings and land
- Director of Real Estate Roof leases and tenant power
Industries we're inviting
- Universities and colleges Rooftops, carports, campus goals
- K-12 school districts Lower bills, no upfront cost
- Cities, villages and counties Public buildings, reservoirs, landfills
- Airports Parking canopies and open land
- Warehouses and commercial buildings Big flat roofs, tenant power
Past FMA delegates include energy and facility leaders from Toyota, General Motors, Sanofi, The Estée Lauder Companies and Walgreens.
Who came before.
The organizations and titles that came to past FMA summits, and the facility leaders who spoke. Past delegates are not 2027 attendees; they show who this audience is.
Who decides on solar projects
Run the buildings
Director of Facilities
Facilities Manager
Facility Manager
Own energy costs
Energy Manager
Energy Engineer
Energy Program Manager
Write the spec
Electrical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Director of Engineering
Lead sustainability
Director of Sustainability
Sustainability Manager
Sustainability Coordinator
Build and renovate
Project Manager
Architect of the Capitol
Architectural Draftsman
Past facility delegates in each role, with the most common titles. Each person is counted once, in the first role their title fits; the other 194 of the 721 hold other titles.
Past speakers and delegates, by type of facility
Universities, colleges and schools
21 speakers · 188 delegates
Hospitals and health systems
9 speakers · 86 delegates
Office towers, corporate campuses and stores
16 speakers · 141 delegates
Data centers
5 speakers · 17 delegates
Cities, counties and government
35 speakers · 168 delegates
See seniority and past speakers
Seniority of past delegates: 74 C-suite, presidents & VPs · 215 directors · 248 managers · 96 engineers & specialists · 88 with other or no titles. Total 721.
See every organization and the titles it sent, by type of facility
Counts come from past FMA delegate lists, not confirmed attendance. Organization names show where past delegates and speakers worked. They are not sponsors of FMA Summits and do not endorse it.
They came back.
Past FMA sponsors, and how many summits each one sponsored, from the printed programs.
- 3Advanced Green TechnologiesSolar · 3 summits
- 3Greenworks Energy SolutionsSolar · 3 summits
- 3Solar UV SolutionsSolar · 3 summits
- 2EDF Renewable EnergySolar · 2 summits
- 2EnterSolarSolar · 2 summits
- 2GE SolarSolar · 2 summits
- 18US LED18 summits
- 17Kaeser Compressors17 summits
- 14Covanta14 summits
- 14Solution Dynamics14 summits
- 10Advanced Power Technologies10 summits
- 7LG Electronics7 summits
See the other 102 companies that sponsored two or more FMA summits
3M 2 · Acuity Brands 4 · Advantix Systems 8 · AERCO International 5 · AgriPower 6 · Air Balance 2 · AmbiRad 3 · Ameresco 2 · Armstrong Fluid Technology 5 · Badger Meter 2 · BASF 7 · Be Power Tech 2 · Bio-Reaction Industries 2 · BLUEFIN 4 · Bosch Thermotechnology 2 · Burns & McDonnell Engineering 3 · Camfil 2 · Capstone Turbine 2 · Chelsea Group 2 · Cleaver-Brooks 4 · ConDex Energy 2 · Constellation Energy 5 · Control Instruments 2 · CopperTree Analytics 3 · Cushman & Wakefield 2 · Cypress Envirosystems 5 · Doosan Fuel Cell America 3 · DTE Energy Services 2 · Dyson 4 · Eaton 3 · EcoSafe Zero Waste 2 · Edison Energy 2 · Emerson Climate Technologies 2 · Energy Management Systems 4 · Energy Source 2 · EnerNOC 2 · Enertech Global 2 · Environmental Resources Management 2 · EQUIDEX Energy 7 · ERS International 3 · ETwater Systems 2 · Every Watt Matters 2 · Eye Lighting International 3 · Facility Solutions Group 2 · FacilityConneX 2 · Fellon-McCord & Associates 3 · GDF SUEZ Energy NA 2 · GE Distributed Power 2 · Gexpro 3 · GI Energy 2 · Green Ballast 2 · Greenstar Recycling 6 · Harris Lighting 2 · Heritage Interactive Services 2 · Hurst Boiler & Welding Co. 2 · IBM 4 · ICETEC Energy Services 2 · ICONICS 3 · Invensys Operations Management 2 · JLL 4 · Jorgensen Facilities Services 5 · K+S Services 2 · KDC Solar 2 · KERAMIDA 2 · Knauf Insulation 2 · KVAR Energy Savings 3 · LEDtronics 2 · Lutron Electronics Co. 3 · MaxLite 2 · MCEnergy 2 · MEP Associates 2 · MPC Energy 5 · Munters 2 · Newton Distributing Company 2 · Nortec 3 · North America Power Partners 2 · North American Roofing 2 · OAKLEAF 4 · Optimum Energy 2 · Orion Energy Systems 2 · OSRAM SYLVANIA 5 · Pfister Energy 2 · PowerSecure 5 · Rinnai America 2 · Rockwell Automation 2 · ROXUL 2 · Rubicon Global 2 · SAP America 2 · Schneider Electric 6 · Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure 5 · Sloan 2 · Smardt Chiller Group 8 · Solatube International 3 · Steril-Aire 2 · Synergy Investment 6 · The Dow Chemical Company 2 · Thermal Energy International 3 · Trane 2 · Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance 2 · Viridity Energy 2 · Wahaso - Water Harvesting Solutions 2 · Zurn Industries 2
In writing, from past sponsors and delegates.
Their words, not ours.
“…we have already sent out our first proposal to a billion dollar company”
Past sponsorChris ScyocurkaPresident, Green Earth Energy PhotoVoltaic Corp.Read the whole quote
“The conference isn’t even over and we have already sent out our first proposal to a billion dollar company in which the conversation took place over lunch”
“Get in early if you’re considering sponsoring.”
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“…FMA does an excellent job choreographing these events, getting the right people in the room, setting up the network opportunities you want and getting the right customers and sponsors in the room together. … Get in early if you’re considering sponsoring. FMA does a very good job at not overloading a room with folks providing very similar services. …”
Past sponsorJosh SmithSenior Vice President of Development, KDC Solar“We landed a Fortune 100 company at that event so we decided to come again.”
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“This is my second FMA Summit event. I had attended a prior event … and was very pleased with it. We landed a Fortune 100 company at that event so we decided to come again.”
Past sponsorGuy PetersonVP Marketing & Corporate Communications, Energy Bank“…probably 4 to 5 different touch points”
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“This event has been really great in that we have seen potential customers not once but there has been probably 4 to 5 different touch points in that they have been sincere and meaningful.”
Past sponsorTim MagnerSenior Sales Manager, GE SolarSee 11 moreShow fewer
“Very intimate, which was nice. Good contacts. … Good participation- all in all a great event!”
Past sponsorMaha KashaniSr. Account Manager, AES Distributed Energy“The setting for the Summit proved to be very valuable as it provided an intimate and less aggressive environment for vendors to create meaningful partnerships with customers. I was able to get answers to my pressing facilities’ needs and forge partnerships with various vendors that can provide the solutions I need without all the wasted time on cold calls.”
Past delegateMary-Ann IbeziakoDirector of Engineering and Energy, University of Maryland“Your conference was well-organized and I have a mountain of contacts to work through for what hopes to be some very beneficial collaboration. …”
Past delegateNate VerhanovitzPerformance Engineer, Power and Water, Infrastructure Planning and Facilities, Michigan State University“This is a great conference. I was able to talk one on one with a lot of vendors. It is a very intimate setting where you can have very deep meaningful conversations.”
Past delegateMathew EmdenEnergy Champion, Principia College“I was able to meet several business reps who may be able to support our business in the future. The facility leadership presentation given by Kurtis Jetsel was exceptional.”
“The FMA Summit is an ideal vendor/user experience offered in a comfortable environment with outstanding food & refreshments. The structure of the Summit maximizes face-time among vendors and users…”
Past delegateBert JacobsonDean for Environmental and Institutional Sustainability, Kankakee Community College“…I believe that we’ve made some valuable connections that can develop into business relationships.”
“I really enjoyed hearing about all the going green and sustainability products on the market. I made some connections that I believe will help our business in the future.”
“It was a great Summit. Well organized and I liked having time setup where you could speak to the vendors without interruption. I would go again.”
“This is a great venue to meet new vendors and acquire knowledge for new facility managers like me. …”
“This was my first FMA Summit- what a great experience! … We met after the day’s presentations and started to develop a plan to initiate a company Sustainability Program … Great job!”
Set up Wednesday. Two full days of meetings. Home Friday afternoon.
Same schedule in Columbus and Detroit.
- Wednesday afternoonSponsors set up their exhibits. Everyone checks in.
- ThursdayThe full day: facility case studies, booked 1-on-1s, the reception and dinner.
- FridayMorning case studies, more 1-on-1s, closing lunch. On the road by mid-afternoon.
The hour-by-hour plan and the venues
| Time | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast at your company table | Breakfast at your company table | |
| 8:00–10:00 AM | Facility case studies | Facility case studies | |
| 10:00 AM | Coffee and shop talk in the exhibit room | Pre-booked 20-minute 1-on-1s at your table | |
| 11:00 AM | Facility case studies | Facility case studies | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch with your booked 1-on-1 meetings | Closing lunch with your booked 1-on-1 meetings | |
| 1:00 PM | Facility case studies | Facility case studies, then head home | |
| 2:00 PM | Sponsor setup and check-in | Pre-booked 20-minute 1-on-1s at your table | |
| 3:00 PM | Sponsor setup and check-in | Coffee and shop talk in the exhibit room | |
| 3:30 PM | Sponsor setup and check-in | Facility case studies | |
| 5:00–7:00 PM | Sponsor setup and check-in | Reception and dinner, with more 1-on-1s |
The full package's 15 pre-booked 20-minute 1-on-1s run Thursday and Friday: in the meeting blocks above, at lunch, and at the reception. Each is with a facility leader who asked to meet you, at your company table. You get your meeting schedule before you arrive, and the delegate list, with names, titles and organizations, 30 days before the summit.
Venue photos via Wikimedia Commons: Hilton Columbus Downtown by Ɱ (CC BY-SA 4.0); Renaissance Center by Crisco 1492 (public domain).
The program: facility leaders come to hear how other facilities fixed it.
The program is built from projects facilities actually finished, presented by the facility and the company that did the work. Every solar category has room for more. If you've solved a problem like these, your story belongs on this program.
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Rooftop & carport solarInvited
MBS International Airport, Michigan shades its parking lot with solar canopies
Veregy's Phase I, a 342 kW solar canopy over nearly 200 parking spaces, is on the grid; Phase II adds 646 kW of canopies and 216 kW of ground-mounted solar; no kWh or savings figures published (as reported by Veregy in Solar Power World)
The problem: The municipally owned airport wanted to reduce its energy use and paid for the upgrades itself.
Published result: Veregy's Phase I, a 342 kW solar canopy over nearly 200 parking spaces, is on the grid; Phase II adds 646 kW of canopies and 216 kW of ground-mounted solar; no kWh or savings figures published (as reported by Veregy in Solar Power World)
Invited: Veregy and MBS International Airport · Read the published case
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Community solar & PPAsInvited
Village of Monroeville, Ohio floats 6 MW of solar on its drinking water reservoir
A 6 MW floating array, described as the largest in the state, energized under a long-term PPA with owner Gardner Capital; it is described as generating over 7,500 MWh a year, more than doubles the village's clean power capacity and preserves more than 30 acres of land (as reported by D3Energy in pv magazine USA)
The problem: The village wanted more clean power for its own distribution grid without using up the surrounding land.
Published result: A 6 MW floating array, described as the largest in the state, energized under a long-term PPA with owner Gardner Capital; it is described as generating over 7,500 MWh a year, more than doubles the village's clean power capacity and preserves more than 30 acres of land (as reported by D3Energy in pv magazine USA)
Invited: D3Energy and Gardner Capital, with the Village of Monroeville · Read the published case
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Community solar & PPAsInvited
LBA Logistics, Illinois turns a Melrose Park warehouse roof into a 1.62 MW community solar project
Summit Ridge Energy completed and energized the 1.62 MW rooftop project under Illinois Shines' Traditional Community Solar program, developed with LBA and buyer's representative Black Bear Energy; no savings figure published (as reported by Summit Ridge Energy in Solar Power World)
The problem: The building's owner wanted to put its roof to work and widen access to clean energy for low- and moderate-income households.
Published result: Summit Ridge Energy completed and energized the 1.62 MW rooftop project under Illinois Shines' Traditional Community Solar program, developed with LBA and buyer's representative Black Bear Energy; no savings figure published (as reported by Summit Ridge Energy in Solar Power World)
Invited: Summit Ridge Energy and Black Bear Energy, with LBA Logistics · Read the published case
See all 6 stories, in 2 categories, and how a session runs
- 1The problemWhat was happening at the facility.
- 2The costEnergy, maintenance, downtime or lost output.
- 3The decisionThe options they weighed, and why this one.
- 4The workWhat changed, how long it took, what went wrong.
- 5The resultsMeasured before and after. Achieved, estimated or identified, said plainly.
- 6The lessonsWhat another facility should check first.
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Rooftop & carport solar
3 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
MBS International Airport, Michigan shades its parking lot with solar canopies
Veregy's Phase I, a 342 kW solar canopy over nearly 200 parking spaces, is on the grid; Phase II adds 646 kW of canopies and 216 kW of ground-mounted solar; no kWh or savings figures published (as reported by Veregy in Solar Power World)
The problem: The municipally owned airport wanted to reduce its energy use and paid for the upgrades itself.
Published result: Veregy's Phase I, a 342 kW solar canopy over nearly 200 parking spaces, is on the grid; Phase II adds 646 kW of canopies and 216 kW of ground-mounted solar; no kWh or savings figures published (as reported by Veregy in Solar Power World)
Invited: Veregy and MBS International Airport · Read the published case
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Invited
Cooper-Booth Wholesale, Pennsylvania covers its warehouse roof with 907 kW of solar
Dynamic Energy completed a 907 kW rooftop system on 61,000 sq ft of industrial roof; the customer cites significant energy savings but no figure is published (as reported by Dynamic Energy in Solar Power World)
The problem: The Mid-Atlantic distributor wanted to offset rising energy costs at its Mountville warehouse and headquarters.
Published result: Dynamic Energy completed a 907 kW rooftop system on 61,000 sq ft of industrial roof; the customer cites significant energy savings but no figure is published (as reported by Dynamic Energy in Solar Power World)
Invited: Dynamic Energy and Cooper-Booth Wholesale · Read the published case
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Invited
Cary School District 26, Illinois puts 843 kW of solar on three school roofs
Allied Facility Partners completed 843 kW across three district facilities under a Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract, expected to generate approximately 990,654 kWh a year and offset an estimated 55% of those facilities' electricity use (as reported by Allied Facility Partners in Solar Power World)
The problem: The district wanted to cut electricity costs at three buildings and pay for the work from projected energy and operational savings.
Published result: Allied Facility Partners completed 843 kW across three district facilities under a Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract, expected to generate approximately 990,654 kWh a year and offset an estimated 55% of those facilities' electricity use (as reported by Allied Facility Partners in Solar Power World)
Invited: Allied Facility Partners and Cary School District 26 · Read the published case
- Open slot
Your customer's story goes here.
Solved a facility problem in this category? Propose it for the program.
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Community solar & PPAs
3 stories invited · 1 open slot-
Invited
Village of Monroeville, Ohio floats 6 MW of solar on its drinking water reservoir
A 6 MW floating array, described as the largest in the state, energized under a long-term PPA with owner Gardner Capital; it is described as generating over 7,500 MWh a year, more than doubles the village's clean power capacity and preserves more than 30 acres of land (as reported by D3Energy in pv magazine USA)
The problem: The village wanted more clean power for its own distribution grid without using up the surrounding land.
Published result: A 6 MW floating array, described as the largest in the state, energized under a long-term PPA with owner Gardner Capital; it is described as generating over 7,500 MWh a year, more than doubles the village's clean power capacity and preserves more than 30 acres of land (as reported by D3Energy in pv magazine USA)
Invited: D3Energy and Gardner Capital, with the Village of Monroeville · Read the published case
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Invited
LBA Logistics, Illinois turns a Melrose Park warehouse roof into a 1.62 MW community solar project
Summit Ridge Energy completed and energized the 1.62 MW rooftop project under Illinois Shines' Traditional Community Solar program, developed with LBA and buyer's representative Black Bear Energy; no savings figure published (as reported by Summit Ridge Energy in Solar Power World)
The problem: The building's owner wanted to put its roof to work and widen access to clean energy for low- and moderate-income households.
Published result: Summit Ridge Energy completed and energized the 1.62 MW rooftop project under Illinois Shines' Traditional Community Solar program, developed with LBA and buyer's representative Black Bear Energy; no savings figure published (as reported by Summit Ridge Energy in Solar Power World)
Invited: Summit Ridge Energy and Black Bear Energy, with LBA Logistics · Read the published case
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Invited
Brimfield School District, Illinois hosts a 3 MW community solar farm on district land
Illinois' first community solar project on public school grounds: 3 MW, developed by Trajectory and owned, built and operated by Nexamp; the district expects to save more than $22,000 a year, and local subscribers can save up to 15% (as reported by Solar Power World)
The problem: The district wanted lower energy bills, and solar on public school grounds could only come online after Illinois passed the CRGA Act.
Published result: Illinois' first community solar project on public school grounds: 3 MW, developed by Trajectory and owned, built and operated by Nexamp; the district expects to save more than $22,000 a year, and local subscribers can save up to 15% (as reported by Solar Power World)
Invited: Nexamp and Trajectory, with Brimfield Community Unit School District 309 · Read the published case
- Open slot
Your customer's story goes here.
Solved a facility problem in this category? Propose it for the program.
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"Invited" means invited: none of these companies has confirmed. Results are as published by the supplier; we ask every presenter for dates, baseline costs and verified results before the program is final.
“This is a region for our business that we're not as familiar with, and this was the perfect entry point into the region. We had a lot of folks from Chicago and then Michigan and Wisconsin coming down, all really interested in broadening their knowledge of sustainability and solar specifically.”
Tim Magner, Sales Leader, GE Solar. The photo is the GE Solar exhibit at a past FMA summit.
Real FMA Summit rooms. No stock photography.
Get in front of the decision makers, not the crowd.
Full package
- 15 guaranteed pre-scheduled meetings
- A 20-minute case-study session
- A fully furnished exhibit
- Your corporate dining table
- Three people at full access
Add meetings up to 40 at $1,500 each.
- Any booked meeting that doesn’t happen is added to your next summit, written into your sponsor agreement.
- Each summit is capped at 20 sponsors, each solving a different problem for the people in the room.
Want the category to yourself? Each summit is capped at 20 sponsors. To talk about your category, .
- Facility leaders ask to meet you. We seat the ones who asked at your table.
- Your booked meeting schedule arrives before the summit.
- Any booked meeting that doesn't happen is added to your next summit: miss 3, and you get 15 plus 3. It's written into your sponsor agreement.
- You get the delegate list 30 days before the summit: names, titles and organizations.
- Three people are included with full access. Extra passes are $2,900 each.
Or pick only what you wantMeetings from $15,000, talk $15,000, exhibit $15,000, dining table $10,000
One category, one summit. Prices in USD. Whatever you pick includes three people with full access. Meetings are booked on an opt-in basis before the summit; any booked meeting that doesn't happen is added to your next summit.
No vendor walks the show. Solution providers attend only as sponsors. A vendor that has not sponsored cannot register, attend or work the room, so the facility leaders you meet are not being chased by your competitors in the hallway.
The ten questions every sponsor asks.
Past sponsors answer all ten in one 5-minute film. Pick a question and the film jumps to its answer.
Now ask your own questions.
Answered on camera by past FMA sponsors. Recorded at past FMA summits.
Who's behind it.
Started FMA in Montreal in 2007 and has run every summit himself: 35 of them, 17,000+ meetings. Capped at 20 sponsors per summit, meetings booked before anyone arrives, and no vendor walks the show.
Read the full story
Solar sponsors were in 15 of the 35 summits. Every sponsor and speaker, as printed.
Open any programSolar UV Solutions came to three FMA summits. The summit is capped at 20 sponsors.
Twenty minutes with Joe Piazza: who is coming to your summit, where your company fits among its 20 sponsors, and what the agreement says. The sponsor brief has the delegate profile, the full agenda and the itemized pricing.
35 summits since 2007. Joe Piazza, who founded FMA, runs every summit himself. The videos on this page are from past summits.