Facilities: Volume 37 Issue 11/12

Physical environment comfort towards Malaysian universities office employers’ performance and productivity

Azlan Shah Ali, Shirley Jin Lin Chua, Melissa Ee Ling Lim

The physical environment comfort in a workplace is claimed to be vital, as it will encourage healthier, more productive and lower absenteeism rate among employees. The purpose of…

Enabling sustainable built heritage revitalisation from a social and technical perspective: A case study

Daniel Ho, Huiying Hou

This study aims to investigate built heritage revitalisation projects in Hong Kong through a case study.

Facilities management education in the Four Asian Dragons: a review

Joseph Lai, Kung-Jen Tu, Jonathan K.M. Lian, Jun Ha Kim

This paper aims to reveal and compare the characteristics of the facilities management (FM) education programs in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea (i.e. the Four Asian…

A systematic literature review of persuasive architectural interventions for stimulating health behaviour

Coosje Hammink, Nienke Moor, Masi Mohammadi

This systematic literature review focusses on original research that examines the effect of persuasive architectural interventions on stimulating health behaviour. This paper…

FM perceptions on occupant impact and the shaping of occupant engagement practice

Cristian Roberto Valle, Elli Verhulst, Ida Nilstad Pettersen, Antje Junghans, Thomas Berker

This paper aims to apply frame analysis to explore the mental models by which building managers interpret the impact of building occupants on energy use and rationalize their…

The institutional challenges of scaling-up housing retrofit: the Swiss cities of Basel and Sion

Arian Mahzouni

This paper aims to discuss the nexus between two societal (sub) systems of housing and energy supply to shed new light on the key institutional barriers to socio-technical energy…

Initiatives to integrate operational knowledge in design: a building client perspective

Helle Lohmann Rasmussen, Per Anker Jensen, Susanne Balslev Nielsen, Anders Højen Kristiansen

This paper aims to focus on deliberate actions by the building client to integrate knowledge of facilities management, in particular building operation, in design and construction…

Green leases and green leasing in theory and in practice: a state of the art review

Dave Collins

This paper aims to identify the state of the art in Green Leases and Green Leasing in theory and practice, while also identifying how the roles and motivations of the stakeholders…

Energy consultants calculating sustainability for residential buildings

Roger Andre Søraa, Håkon Fyhn, Jøran Solli

This paper aims to investigate the role of a particular energy calculator in enhancing the energy efficiency of existing homes by asking how this calculator was developed and how…

User centric facility maintenance model for public housing

Gopikrishnan S., Virendra Kumar

The purpose of this study is to develop a user-centric facility maintenance model through user satisfaction index linked intervention strategies for public housing.

Development of a user-friendly regression model to evaluate carbon emissions of office buildings design in the subtropics

Pan Lee, Edwin H.W. Chan, Queena K. Qian, Patrick T.I. Lam

Design teams have difficulties in assessing building carbon emissions at an early stage, as most building energy simulation tools require a detailed input of building design for…