... as research gaps. Findings Through the literature review and content analysis, the current research themes on SFM revealed from the study include green building technologies, assessment methods of SFM, smart buildings and building information modeling. The research hot themes in SFM include smart...

...Amna Salman; Anoop Sattineni; Salman Azhar; Kasia Leousis Purpose The purpose of this study is to conduct a rigorous systematic literature review and present a summary of building systems and technologies that can be used to mitigate the spread of airborne viruses. With the recent outbreak...

...Jorge Furtado Falorca Purpose This study aims to present a strategic framework aiming to streamline building operation and sustainability issues. To make available a further contribution to respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), an operational prevention guideline relying on the level...

... buildings. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaire survey to 120 construction professionals was used to gauge the current level of awareness, usage and advocated benefits of economic performance measures in LCC. Findings The key findings of the statistical analysis indicated that there is a low...

... and hospital buildings to provide an organized literature review and identify gaps from the perspective of research and practice. Design/methodology/approach The paper categorizes the literature and adopts a review hierarchy according to maintenance management functions in hospital buildings. It explores...

...Paulette Hebert; Mihyun Kang; Jessy Kramp Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine safety lighting at an existing US government facility. Design/methodology/approach Field measurements of exterior illumination were conducted at four building sites housing laboratories, offices...

...Yongtao Tan; Liyin Shen; Craig Langston Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the causal relationship between the building maintenance market and GDP in Hong Kong. Design/methodology/approach The Granger causality test is used to investigate the lead‐lag relationships between...

... clients and public funded projects, with a focus on the outputs of a project as opposed to the inputs. While plenty of methods exist, only a few are specifically suited to evaluate the building performance of educational facilities to maximise student success and productivity. Research limitations...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Buildings Building services User studies Construction industry Real estate Finland The construction and real estate businesses have been traditionally quite technologically oriented and end‐user perceptions of different built environments...

...Tarek Hegazy; Shipra Singh Ahluwalia; Mohamed Attalla Purpose Sustaining the safety and operability of the civil infrastructure assets, including buildings, is a complex undertaking that requires a perpetual cycle involving inspection, and further decisions for renewal fund allocation. Inspection...

...Carolin Bahr; Kunnibert Lennerts Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a critical analysis of today's most common calculation methods for maintenance budgets in Europe. The methods are quantitatively validated using the real lifecycle data of 17 exemplary buildings. As a result, a new...

..., which combines quantitative and qualitative approaches. The paper starts with the identification of dominant factors through literature reviews followed by semi‐structured interviews with ten building managers and questionnaire survey. A set of questionnaires are distributed to 200 selected buildings...

... that come into play when service providers are in the process of reaching their competitive position in a certain market. Purchasing Finland Production services Buildings Tomi Ventovuori can be contacted at: tomi.ventovuori@poyry.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Before...

...Keith Alexander Purpose The purpose of this paper is report to on the exploratory research into the application of usability concepts to the built environment conducted by a task group of the International Council for Building Research and Documentation (CIB TG51). Design/methodology/approach...

...Mark Way Purpose To disseminate information on a new scope of Service for building projects that embodies post occupancy evaluation. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws upon recent practical experience in the field by the author and examples the background and detail of the new scope...

...Mike Taylor Purpose This paper details the benefits that integrated systems offer facility managers and owners who seek to improve security – and overall building performance – despite limited resources. And it provides a general roadmap for making integration a reality. Design/methodology...