At some point, most college or university building committees are given the responsibility to establish a building upgrade program to enhance their campus and appeal to potential future students.
At some point in time, most school building committees are given the responsibility to establish a building program to expand their city or town school building assets.
Back around 2002, I came up with this idea based on a perceived need to have commissioning software available for me to write functional performance test (FPT) documents.
Over my 50 years in the HVAC industry (OMG … 50 years!) I made it a point to change jobs approximately every seven years to continue to improve my knowledge of the HVAC industry.