Facilities: Volume 32 Issue 3/4

Collaborative activities and library indoor environmental quality affecting performance, health, and well-being of different library user groups in higher education

Young S. Lee

The purpose of this paper is to identify different indoor environmental quality (IEQ) criteria affecting performance, health, and well-being of library user groups in higher…

Case study of a custom colored carpet tile prototype utilizing sustainable sampling

Mihyun Kang, Paulette Hebert

– The purpose of this study was to examine the process of a custom colored carpet prototype that utilized innovative and sustainable sampling techniques.

Ambient intelligence environments for accessing building information: A healthcare facility management scenario

Javier Irizarry, Masoud Gheisari, Graceline Williams, Kathy Roper

Healthcare facility managers work in complex and dynamic environments where critical decisions are constantly made. Providing them with enhanced decision support systems would…

Energy conservation and sustainability at Adobe Systems Incorporated

Robert Graebert, Martin Fischer

The purpose of this paper is to analyze a successful sustainability program run by an owner that has invested $23 million, received rebates of $10 million, accrued over $9 million…

Design for maintenance accessibility using BIM tools

Rui Liu, Raja R.A. Issa

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the design for maintenance accessibility (DFMA) method, and the opportunities offered by the application of building information…

Recurrent embodied energy and its relationship with service life and life cycle energy: A review paper

Manish K. Dixit, Charles H. Culp, Sarel Lavy, Jose Fernandez-Solis

The recurrent embodied energy (REE) is the energy consumed in the maintenance, replacement and retrofit processes of a facility. The purpose of this paper was to analyze the…

Editorial

Sarel Lavy