The Practice of Sustainable Facilities Management: Design Sentiments and the Knowledge Chasm

Elmualim, Abbas; Czwakiel, Anna; Valle, R. C. S. C.; Ludlow, G.; Shah, Sunil

doi:10.3763/aedm.2009.0909

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“…[37], as FM has a chief position in enacting sustainability goals and development [24,55]. Tackling climate change is the main objective of sustainable FM [6], and the application of FM is quickly evolving in relation to sustainability [56]. FM can contribute to sustainable development through the primary and supportive processes of an organisation [57].…”

Section: Activities Involved In An Fm Lifecyclementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Concurrently, as the need for FM rose, the need for businesses to become sustainable also increased. Firms are now pursuing sustainability as its importance is growing [6,7] and are modifying their core skills and business activities to embrace such targets [8,9]. The integration of sustainability fundamentals and goals into policies and practices is coercing businesses to incorporate the sustainability principles [10].…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Role of Sustainable Project Management in Facilities Management

Zahid¹,

Klungseth

Andersen

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Growth in facilities management (FM) and project management (PM) have been remarkable over the last decade. Simultaneously, the adoption of sustainability principles among organisations has also increased. The purpose of this study was to determine the connection between sustainability in PM and FM. Specifically, this research study aimed at understanding the common principles involved in both PM and FM that allowed sustainable development goals (SDGs) to be achieved by the United Nations in 2015 and to be an integral part of the European Green Deal in 2019. A systematic literature review of more than 200 different resource materials was performed, 55 of which were finally selected as falling under the scope of the study. The chosen literature was published between 2001 and 2020, except for the Brundtland Commission Report, which was published in 1987. Based on the collected material, a simplified facility lifecycle model was produced to illustrate the connection between sustainability in FM and PM. Developing this model will help practitioners and researchers incorporate PM as a function of FM, including the application of sustainable activities in different phases of a facility’s lifecycle.

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The Role of Sustainable Project Management in Facilities Management

Zahid¹,

Klungseth

Andersen

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…Sustainability is often presented as 'a challenge' (see Speelman et al 2007;Bocken et al 2015;Nguyen et al 2016), including in construction (Abbas et al 2009), e.g., understanding how sustainability connects with project costs, client and customer requirements (Opoku and Ahmed 2014), and achieving ratings on sustainability assessment schemes (Schweber 2013). Dahl (2012, p. 18) suggests that sustainability is "fundamentally an ethical challenge and so must also be addressed at the levels of people's values".…”

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Conceptualizing the Relationship between Personal Values and Sustainability—A TMO Case Study

Rickaby

Glass

Fernie

2020

Administrative Sciences

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Sustainability is associated with many contemporary challenges facing society, prompting sustainability initiatives and research in this field. An emerging strand of research has sought to investigate sustainability as a function of values. Given that values determine and predict perceptions, attitudes and behaviors, understanding employees’ underlying values would provide important insights on how values relate to sustainability-related actions. However, there is a gap in knowledge around individual actors’ roles as influencers or change agents for sustainability, particularly in a construction project context. Drawing on values theory, this exploratory research addresses this gap by conceptualizing the relationship between personal values and sustainability performance. A Temporary Multiple Organization (TMO) (a major infrastructure project in the UK) was used as the case study. An adapted version of Schwartz Value Survey (SVS) was used to measure and analyze the personal values of employees with professional and managerial roles. Statistical and multidimensional scaling analysis were deployed to analyze the responses. Given the lack of theory and research in a construction management context, the potential significance and implications of the findings were explored and analyzed by drawing on existing empirical studies around values. This enabled the development of six theoretical concepts (‘Feeling of Oneness’, ‘Moral Obligation’, ‘Creativity’, ‘Challenge’, ‘Change’ and ‘Compliance’) latterly expressed as propositions. This novel conceptualization has the potential to explain and articulate the relationship between personal values and sustainability performance. This research has both practical and theoretical implications, as it is the first to explain the role of personal values in enabling projects to deliver sustainability in a TMO context.

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“…Thus, as designers have many considerations to balance, operations are not prioritised (Arditi and Nawakorawit, 1999). Following the same line of thought, Elmualim et al (2009) find that actors in construction projects primarily seek to meet their specific needs.…”

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The challenge of integrating operational knowledge in building and ship design

Rasmussen

2020

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Purpose For optimising long-term building operations, building clients need to enable integration of operational knowledge in the design process of new buildings. This study aims to investigate and compare how operational knowledge is integrated into the design of buildings and large ships, focussing on the roles affiliation and the competences of the client’s project manager play. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional qualitative methodology with multiple case studies (five cases) was used. In addition, ten expert interviews and two validation focus group interviews were conducted. Case studies included in-depth interviews, document analysis and observations. Findings The study showed that organisational affiliation, focus and competences of the client’s project management play an important role in how much effort and resources go into ensuring integration of operational knowledge in the design process. In the ship cases, projects managers’ highest concerns were operations. Yet, the fewest procedures and tools to integrate operational knowledge in design were found implemented in these cases. Contrastingly, in the building cases, where operations were not the main matter of concern of project management, a large number of procedures and tools to integrate operational knowledge in design were implemented. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this research is the first to compare how integration of operational knowledge is taking place in the design process of buildings and large ships and identifying what these industries can learn from each other. Furthermore, it adds to the limited research on operations in large ship design.

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The Practice of Sustainable Facilities Management: Design Sentiments and the Knowledge Chasm

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The Role of Sustainable Project Management in Facilities Management

The Role of Sustainable Project Management in Facilities Management

Conceptualizing the Relationship between Personal Values and Sustainability—A TMO Case Study

The challenge of integrating operational knowledge in building and ship design

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