BOMI Classes

Greater Saint Paul BOMA offers classes in several of the BOMI Designations: FMA, SMA and SMT. 

Environmental, Health & Safety Issues (RPA, FMA, SMA)

Start Date: Monday, March 23rd – 6:00 - 9:00PM  (tentative)   
Cost: $1,044 members / $1,124 non-members
Location:  Town Square Tower, 445 Minnesota Street, Conference Center off of Lobby Skyway

Environmental Health and Safety Issues presents best practices for developing and managing an effective environmental health and safety program. You will learn about the regulatory process and how it affects facilities. Compliance with laws and regulations is a key focus. The course will prepare you to conduct site assessments, analyze risk, and cooperate with compliance audits. The course also guides learners through the planning process to mitigate the risk from any workplace emergency, specifically addressing hazardous materials, air quality, water pollution, asbestos and lead hazards, and tank management. The management of and response to specific indoor environmental quality complaints is also addressed.

Key topics:  Regulatory overview, Hazard communication, Emergency response, Asbestos and lead management, Office and industrial ergonomics, Indoor air quality, Air emissions and pollution control, Storage tanks, Hazardous waste, Site assessment, Audits, record keeping, and legal issues

Energy Management & Controls (SMT)

Start Date: Wednesdays, March 25th, 2025 4:30 – 7:30PM
Cost: $905/member rate - $1,005/non-member rate
Location:  Emergency Communications Center/ Law Enforcement Center 425 Grove Street, St Paul, MN 55129

Understanding the essential maintenance and energy management aspects of building management is critical to running a cost-effective operation. From everyday preventive maintenance tasks to the challenge of developing and selling an energy plan, this course provides the skills to evaluate and optimize your current system, the know-how to integrate new components, and the ability to communicate your needs to management.

This course covers heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) control systems and teaches you to develop energy management strategies for HVAC, electronic, and lighting systems. You will learn about the components, principles, adjustment, and maintenance of system controllers, auxiliary devices, and electronic, pneumatic, and computer control systems. You will develop an understanding of the operation of heating, cooling, humidification, and control applications and learn about variable air volume design and building pressurization control devices. You’ll develop the skills and knowledge to perform a cost-benefit analysis of HVAC, electric, and lighting systems and create an energy management program for your facility.

Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Apply an energy management plan to your building’s systems
  • Evaluate new systems with a concentration on retrofitting
  • Describe traditional and alternative energy systems and their integration with other building systems
  • Discuss how to use programmable logic controllers and other resources to optimize your system
  • Develop, implement, and manage an innovative preventive maintenance program
  • Summarize lighting principles related to measurement, efficiency, maintenance, and resource conservation
  • Install, monitor, and maintain motors and starters
  • Practice life-saving safety procedures, including lockout/tagout, when working with electrical equipment

Upcoming Classes for 2026

Fall - Electrical Systems & Illuminations (SMT)
Fall - Managing the Organization (SMA/FMA/RPA)

BOMI Designations

We are a proud partner in offering BOMI courses. As a not-for-profit, independent educational institute, BOMI fulfills the need for a higher level of training and expertise, and over the years, BOMI has become the trusted source for education in the property and facility management profession. BOMI has created several Designations, which are focused curriculum in a particular area of study.

Greater Saint Paul BOMA offers classes in several of the BOMI Designations: FMA, SMA and SMT. Completing BOMI Designations is a powerful way for property and facility professionals to enhance their knowledge and support their career development.

Learn more about BOMI Designations