The Practice of Sustainable Facilities Management: Design Sentiments and the Knowledge Chasm
The construction industry with its nature of project delivery is very fragmented in terms of the various processes that encompass design, construction, facilities and assets management. Facilities managers are in the forefront of delivering sustainable assets management and hence further the venture...
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oai:revistas.usp.br:article-509662020-07-05T18:36:08Z The Practice of Sustainable Facilities Management: Design Sentiments and the Knowledge Chasm Elmualim, Abbas Czwakiel, Anna Valle, Roberto Ludlow, Gordon Shah, Sunil The construction industry with its nature of project delivery is very fragmented in terms of the various processes that encompass design, construction, facilities and assets management. Facilities managers are in the forefront of delivering sustainable assets management and hence further the venture for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. A questionnaire survey was conducted to establish perceptions, level of commitment and knowledge chasm in practising sustainable facilities management (FM). This has significant implications for sustainable design management, especially in a fragmented industry. The majority of questionnaire respondents indicated the importance of sustainability for their organization. Many of them stated that they reported on sustainability as part of their organization annual reporting with energy efficiency, recycling and waste reduction as the main concern for them. The overwhelming barrier for implementing sound, sustainable FM is the lack of consensual understanding and focus of individuals and organizations about sustainability. There is a knowledge chasm regarding practical information on delivering sustainable FM. Sustainability information asymmetry in design, construction and FM processes render any sustainable design as a sentiment and mere design aspiration. Skills and training provision, traditionally offered separately to designers and facilities managers, needs to be re-evaluated. Sustainability education and training should be developed to provide effective structures and processes to apply sustainability throughout the construction and FM industries coherently and as common practice. Published in the Journal AEDM - Volume 5, Numbers 1-2, 2009 , pp. 91-102(12) Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo 2009-12-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Resumo solicitado https://www.revistas.usp.br/gestaodeprojetos/article/view/50966 10.4237/gtp.v4i2.137 Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos; v. 4 n. 2 (2009): Tecnologia da Informação e o projeto do edifício e da cidade; p.143-143 Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos (Design Management and Technology); Vol. 4 No. 2 (2009): Information Technology and design of the building and city; p.143-143 Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos (Gestión y tecnología de proyectos); Vol. 4 Núm. 2 (2009): Tecnología de la Información y el diseño del edificio y la ciudad; p.143-143 1981-1543 Copyright (c) 2015 Abbas Elmualim, Anna Czwakiel, Roberto Valle, Gordon Ludlow, Sunil Shah |
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The Practice of Sustainable Facilities Management: Design Sentiments and the Knowledge Chasm |
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The construction industry with its nature of project delivery is very fragmented in terms of the various processes that encompass design, construction, facilities and assets management. Facilities managers are in the forefront of delivering sustainable assets management and hence further the venture for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. A questionnaire survey was conducted to establish perceptions, level of commitment and knowledge chasm in practising sustainable facilities management (FM). This has significant implications for sustainable design management, especially in a fragmented industry. The majority of questionnaire respondents indicated the importance of sustainability for their organization. Many of them stated that they reported on sustainability as part of their organization annual reporting with energy efficiency, recycling and waste reduction as the main concern for them. The overwhelming barrier for implementing sound, sustainable FM is the lack of consensual understanding and focus of individuals and organizations about sustainability. There is a knowledge chasm regarding practical information on delivering sustainable FM. Sustainability information asymmetry in design, construction and FM processes render any sustainable design as a sentiment and mere design aspiration. Skills and training provision, traditionally offered separately to designers and facilities managers, needs to be re-evaluated. Sustainability education and training should be developed to provide effective structures and processes to apply sustainability throughout the construction and FM industries coherently and as common practice.
Published in the Journal AEDM -
Volume 5, Numbers 1-2, 2009 , pp. 91-102(12) |
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