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Emerging sustainable facilities management practices in health-care sector
Sabrina Fathima Nazeer, Thanuja Ramachandra, Sachie Gunatilake, Sepani SenaratneHealth-care (HC) is one of the most polluting industries and recognised as the second energy-intensive sector, emitting 8 per cent out of total 40 per cent of total carbon…
FR/CoG multi-attribute-based comparison methods for selection of the location of a research institute
Emanuel Fernando Samasseca Zeferino, Khumbulani Mpofu, Olasumbo Ayodeji Makinde, Boitumelo Innocent Ramatsetse, Ilesanmi Afolabi DaniyanThe determination of the appropriate site for the location of a research institute represents a multi-criteria problem which requires a scientific approach for decision-making…
The role of facilities management in green retrofit of existing buildings in the United Arab Emirates
Mahmoud Mawed, Vinay Tilani, Karima HamaniGreen retrofitting is acknowledged as an essential strategy toward achieving long-term sustainability in the built environment. To implement this strategy successfully, the role…
Impacts of large-scale interior murals on hospital employees: a pharmacy department case study
Lindsay McCunn, Cara FreyTrending in modern interior design frameworks is an integration of real and simulated (i.e. photographs, murals) elements of nature into buildings, and a number of…
A facilities manager’s typology of performance gaps in new buildings
Helle Lohmann Rasmussen, Per Anker JensenThe gap between the expected and actual performance of newly built facilities has been widely described in the literature as “the performance gap”. Mostly, the performance gap…
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