Facilities: Volume 23 Issue 9/10

Interaction in a building owner centred network – case study

Antti Tuomela, Markku Heimbürger, Juha Nummi, Jouko Toivonen

A case study at Senate Properties, a Finnish building owner organisation, for theory building was conducted to provide significant insights into strategic planning in partnership…

The application of a behavioural approach to building evaluation

David Fleming

Whilst criticisms of current research methodology and method when assessing the performance of a building can be suggested, no practical or achievable alternatives have been…

Establishment of energy management tools for facilities managers in the tropical region

Majid Haji‐Sapar, Siew Eang Lee

To establish national energy performance benchmarks and an energy efficiency classification system for commercial office buildings from whole building to sub‐systems level for…

Recruitment and retention of estates and facilities staff in the NHS

Daryl May, Phil Askham

Agenda for Change is set to be the biggest reform of pay since the National Health Service (NHS) began in 1948. As well as introducing a standardised pay structure; it also aims…

Cost modelling of office buildings in Hong Kong: an exploratory study

Heng Li, Q.P. Shen, Peter E.D. Love

This paper presents a set of step‐wise regression models which can incorporate multiple factors in modelling the costs of office buildings. The models appeared to be more accurate…

Modelling water closet demand in shopping centres

L.T. Wong, C.L. Yau

To quantify water closet (WC) provisions in shopping malls in order to help building professionals to determine effective sanitary designs at certain service standards in terms of…

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