Facilities: Volume 34 Issue 11/12

Green building for office interiors: challenges and opportunities

Zhonghua Gou

This paper aims to examine the concept and practice of green building for office interiors: whether the green intent can be effectively implemented in an interior retrofitting…

Gap analysis of green features in condominiums between potential homeowners and real estate agents: A pilot study in Singapore

Sui Pheng Low, Shang Gao, Ling Ling Grace Teo

The building sector is one of the main contributors to carbon dioxide emissions in Singapore. Over 90 per cent of life-cycle carbon emissions are due to the operations phase of…

Specification and empirical exploration of a usability concept in the workplace

Lukas Windlinger, Suvi Nenonen, Kaisa Airo

Building on fundamental work on usability of workplaces, this paper aims to extend the perspective of usability as an approach in delivering workplace solutions. To explore the…

The critical factors of shopping malls in urban complexes in China

Eddie C.M. Hui, Ning Ning, Ka Kwan Kevin Chan

As the Chinese Government is planning to transform the economy from an export-oriented economy into a consumption-oriented economy, the impact of Chinese consumers to the economy…

Employee’s perspective towards strategy execution in facility management in Thailand

Rapeerat Thanyawatpornkul, Sununta Siengthai, Lalit M. Johri

There is limited empirical research that investigates issues related to strategy and its execution in facility management (FM) business especially in Thailand. Thus, the purpose…

Long-run relationship between investment and maintenance in local governments

Arnt O. Hopland

The purpose of the paper is to analyze the relationship between maintenance of existent and investment in new infrastructure in Norwegian local governments.