...Sarel Lavy; Rahul Deshpande; Tushar Jadhav Purpose This paper aims to analyze the impact of sustainability measures taken during the design and construction phases, by examining two categories of sustainability: energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions and material selection and waste...

...Carla Talal Dleikan; Zavi Lakissian; Selim Hani; Rana Sharara-Chami Purpose Health-care simulation has evolved rapidly in the past few decades; it has become an integral component of education and training to improve the efficacy of both individuals and teams. Designing an optimal simulation-based...

...Mohsen F. Mohamed Isa; Mumtaz Usmen Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a case study on the use of Lean Six Sigma principles and tools to study the improvement in design and construction services at a university. The quality of facilities services at universities has been criticized...

...Kristi Zook; Steve Spencer This paper outlines the steps taken by the Interior Design Unit and the Facilities Maintenance Unit to develop a team dynamic and a methodology for defining a company standards programme to be utilised in building projects. The aim is to accent the need...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Post‐occupancy evaluation Six Sigma Design Quality A Six Sigma quality approach to workplace evaluation Received: 11th December, 2004 Michael O Neill leads the Workplace Performance Metrics team within the Herman Miller, Inc Services group. He...