Table of contents
Modelling total energy costs of sport centres
A.H. Boussabaine, R.J. Kirkham, R.J. GrewProviding and maintaining safe and comfortable conditions in sport centres raises many issues, particularly cost. The paper gives an overview of the factors associated with sport…
An integrated resource management view of facilities management
Danny Shiem‐Shin Then“Facilities management” (FM) has been described as a hybrid management discipline that combines people, property and process management expertise to provide vital services in…
Facilities management development in Hong Kong
D.W. LomasThe area of facilities management (FM) has grown significantly in recent years. The principles of FM were initially developed in the United States and then exported world‐wide…
The perception of lighting quality in a non‐uniformly lit office environment
M.S. Wright, S.L. Hill, G.K. Cook, K.T. BrightThis paper presents the views of 16 fully sighted people who carried out typical office tasks under eight different lighting systems. This work is taken from a much larger study…
A new definition of intelligent buildings for Asia
Albert T.P. So, Alvin C.W. Wong, K‐c. WongIntelligent building (IB) is the future of our building industry. All new commercial buildings and probably luxurious domestic buildings are designed with a common goal – to…
The BOOT approach to energy infrastructure management: a means to optimise the return from facilities
John ChuThis paper sets out the major facets of the Build‐Own‐Operate‐Transfer (BOOT) approach of procuring and managing energy‐related assets. The relative merits between BOOT and other…
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- Dr Joseph Lai
- Dr Sarel Lavy