July 14, 2026 — ISSA, The Association for Cleaning and Facility Solutions, representing more than 11,000 member organizations and professionals worldwide, has announced a new collaboration with Smart Building Bootcamp, a specialist education provider focused on smart buildings, digital real estate and emerging technologies in the built environment. Through the partnership, Smart Building Bootcamp will develop and deliver industry-focused educational content designed to help cleaning and facilities professionals understand and leverage the technologies shaping modern buildings and communities.
The collaboration reflects the rapidly changing expectations placed on cleaning and facility professionals as buildings become increasingly digitized, connected, and data-driven. From robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to smart sensors and integrated workplace technologies, the operational landscape for facilities teams is evolving quickly and creates new skills requirements across the sector.
Cleaning and facility professionals are no longer operating solely within traditional operational boundaries. Today’s buildings increasingly rely on digital systems, data, automation, and experience technologies. This collaboration is about ensuring our industry has access to practical education that helps professionals remain informed, relevant, and prepared for the future.
ISSA Executive Director Kim Althoff
The initiative will focus on translating complex technology topics into accessible, operationally relevant learning for industry practitioners. Subject areas include smart buildings, workplace technologies, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity awareness, robotics, energy optimization, and the growing convergence between facilities management, technology and occupant experience.
Smart Building Bootcamp was founded by industry practitioners with experience advising global real estate portfolios, developers, tenants and public sector organizations on technology strategy and smart building implementation.
The role of facilities and cleaning professionals is expanding significantly. Buildings are becoming operational technology platforms in their own right. The people responsible for operating those environments increasingly need confidence and literacy in the technologies being deployed around them. We are delighted to collaborate with ISSA to help support that transition.
Michael Grant, founder of Smart Building Bootcamp
The collaboration complements ISSA’s broader commitment to supporting workforce development and helping industry professionals adapt to changing operational and technological demands across the built environment.
To learn more and enroll in the program, visit Smart Building Bootcamp.
