Facilities: Volume 42 Issue 1/2

Systematic literature review: the nexus of users’ social characteristics to environmental performance mandates in post occupancy evaluation (POE)

Natasha Khalil, Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman, Mike Riley, Husrul Nizam Husin, Abdul Hadi Nawawi

This paper explores the patterns of the current needs of users' social characteristics in post occupancy evaluation (POE) associated with the environmental performance of green…

Smart tools to facilitate digitalisation of facilities management service delivery: stakeholders’ perspectives

Huiying (Cynthia) Hou, Daniel C.W. Ho, Yung Yau

Facilities management (FM) activities affect citizens’ health and safety, long-term urban environmental sustainability and the relationships between the built and natural…

“If there is no garbage, we do not exist”. A photovoice research on cleaners doing dirty work

Seyhan Özdemir, Betül Sarı, Ebru Demirel, Melih Sever

This photovoice study aims to explore how cleaners experience dirty and invisible work in the workplace.

Biophilic design: an effective design approach during pandemic and post-pandemic

Amin Bahador, Mahnaz Mahmudi Zarandi

The emergence of Covid-19 and its epidemic features have affected many people around the world. Regardless of the physical and psychological problems caused by it, people must…

A visually based approach to optimizing retail facility designs and shelve layouts

Adham Mokhtar Mostafa Mohammed

This study aims to explore the impact of retail facilities’ (RF) characteristics on customers' spatial cognition and accessibility to products, which inherently affect the…

Extraction of effective cycles on reducing patients’ depression in the design of treatment spaces

Marziyeh Faghiholislam, Hamidreza Azemati, Hadi Keshmiri, Somayeh Pourbagher

The most common reaction to an acute physical illness is anxiety, which may be followed by depression. In patients with chronic diseases, the prevalence of anxiety disorders and…

Model predictive control for smart buildings: a simulation approach within Indian context

Kamal Pandey, Bhaskar Basu

In the context of a developing country, Indian buildings need further research to channelize energy needs optimally to reduce energy wastage, thereby reducing carbon emissions…

Experiencing the physical and psychosocial aspects in a multi-bedded room in an oncology ward in the Netherlands before the COVID-19 pandemic

Emma Zijlstra, Mariët Hagedoorn, Wim P. Krijnen, Cees P. van der Schans, Mark P. Mobach

Until now, it is not clear whether there are differences in patient perception between multi-bedded rooms with two and four beds. The purpose of this study was to investigate the…