Facilities: Volume 38 Issue 9/10

Guest editorial

Knut Boge

Sustainability and universal design aspects in heritage building refurbishment

Živa Kristl, Alenka Temeljotov Salaj, Athena Roumboutsos

The purpose of the paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of the refurbishment of heritage buildings with special emphasis on sustainability and universal design. Findings…

A systematic framework for understanding environmental design influences on physical activity in the elderly population: A review of literature

Arsalan Gharaveis

This paper aims to synthesize the published literature regarding the impact of environmental design on the improvement of elderly residents’ physical activity.

Housing equity withdrawal for development of assisted-living facilities

David Bogataj, Valerija Rogelj, Marija Bogataj, Eneja Drobež

The purpose of this study is to develop new type of reverse mortgage contract. How to provide adequate services and housing for an increasing number of people that are dependent…

Data center maintenance: applications and future research directions

Mostafa Fadaeefath Abadi, Fariborz Haghighat, Fuzhan Nasiri

One of the most critical infrastructures is a data center (DC) because of it having many servers, computers and other equipment. DCs provide online services for various companies…

Modelling the performance of waste management services in Ghana’s public hospitals: A facilities management perspective

Daniel Amos, Zairul Nisham Musa, Cheong Peng Au-Yong

The purpose of this paper is to explore and establish key performance indicators that could be considered towards improving the delivery of waste management (WM) services in…

An investigation into the erroneous access and egress behaviours of building users and their impact upon building performance

Charlotte Dixon, David John Edwards, Monica Mateo-Garcia, Joseph Lai, Wellington Didibhuku Didibhuku Thwala, Mark Shelbourn

This study aims to investigate the behaviour of building users and how this impacts upon building energy performance. Specifically, the work examines the behavioural traits of…