Journal of Facilities Management: Volume 17 Issue 4

Nudging physical activity in offices

Iris Van der Meiden, Herman Kok, Gerben Van der Velde

This paper aims to investigate whether and why nudging interventions in an office environment are effective to stimulate stair use of employees.

Energy efficiency practices in facilities management in Johannesburg

Yewande Adetoro Adewunmi, Anthony Alister, Bopape Phooko, Thabethe Nokukhanya

The purpose of this study is to examine at energy efficiency practices within the facilities management sector and barriers to adopting energy efficient strategies, it further…

Facility management demand theory: Impact of proactive maintenance on corrective maintenance

Adi Irfan Che-Ani, Roslan Ali

This study aims to confirm the inverse relationship between scheduled corrective maintenance (SCM) and corrective maintenance (CM) in health-care facility management. That is, the…

Predictive analytics in facilities management: A pilot study for predicting environmental comfort using wireless sensors

Michael Roskams, Barry Haynes

Advancements in wireless sensor technology and building modelling techniques have enabled facilities managers to understand the environmental performance of the workplace in more…

The effective outsourcing of building retrofitting: key decisions and motivators

M.F.F. Fasna, Sachie Gunatilake

Despite their energy conservation potential, still existing buildings are slow in embracing building energy efficiency retrofits (BEER), mainly because of the absence of a clearly…