Sustainable practices in facilities management

✍ Scribed by Shah, Sunil Steven

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 320
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This guide shows how to implement a sustainability strategy in properties across different sectors including offices, retail and manufacturing. It explains the facilities manager's role in incorporating sustainability into the whole life-cycle of a building - from initial briefing to final disposal. The book takes a structured approach: masterplanning and real estate (acquisitions and disposals); design; construction and commissioning; refurbishment, fit-out and project management; maintenance; operation; and occupant satisfaction. "Sustainable Practice for the Facilities Manager" fills a the gap between the policy-level sustainability books and the detailed technical documents by focusing on the 'what' and 'how' of planning and implementing sound environmental management practices in the context of FM operations. It covers policy and trends on global, European and UK levels affecting businesses; compliance requirements for organisations - including some sector-specific areas; and best practice, with good and bad case studies showing the business benefits of incorporating sustainable practice into day-to-day activities.; The book is for: facilities management professionals; public and private organisations owning properties; property companies; institutional investors; building services or supplier organisations and will help you deliver an improved operationally performing facility.

✦ Table of Contents

Sustainable Practice forthe Facilities Manager......Page 4
Contents......Page 7
List of Case Studies......Page 8
About the Author......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 13
Introduction......Page 17
1.1 The growing age of facilities management......Page 19
1.2 What is sustainable development?......Page 30
1.3 Relationship between FM and sustainability......Page 55
Chapter 2. Sustainable Business Management?......Page 67
2.1 Green service management......Page 68
2.2 Environmental legislation......Page 93
2.3 Business case and corporate challenges......Page 113
2.4 Corporate responsibility management systems......Page 128
2.5 Corporate responsibility reporting......Page 152
3.1 Life cycle facilities approach......Page 166
3.2 Master planning and real estate......Page 181
3.3 Design......Page 191
3.4 Construction and commissioning......Page 216
3.5 Refurbishment, fit-out and project management......Page 224
4.1 Maintenance......Page 237
4.2 Operation......Page 253
4.3 Occupant satisfaction......Page 298
List of Websites......Page 305
Index......Page 313