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How 'New Ways of Working' Affect Our Use of Facilities

How we work has changed dramatically over the last 50 years. This has impacted our use of facilities, as they support how […]

Activity Modeling for Energy-Efficient Design of New Hospitals

This research shows how energy use in hospitals may be reduced through activity modeling and demand-control of hospital equipment and ventilation energy. […]

Cleaning: Finding a Microbiological Standard

This literature review contains background and findings on standards and benchmarks for the cleaning of high frequency touch surfaces, focusing on standards […]

Making Mobility Work

Consider the multidimensional role and challenges of mobility as one of many elements essential to a successful integrated workplace strategy.

Facilitation Tools for Meetings and Workshops

A compilation of cross-contextual facilitation tools and techniques to foster trust, expression, participation, collaboration, prioritization, planning, problem solving and evaluation in participatory […]

Service Management 2.0: The Next Generation of Service

Leadership and culture play a greater role in effective service organizations today than ever before. Value-based leadership is an effective way to […]

2013 International Comparison of User Satisfaction in Buildings

A systematic review of user satisfaction in the context of facility management and real estate management. The main research issues emphasize research […]

Atlanta Botanical Gardens: A Sustainability Case Study.

This case study of the Atlanta Botanical Garden demonstrates how a sustainability plan can advance the mission of an institution through a […]

Advice for Emerging Leaders: The Best Career Investments you Can Make

Career management advice for prospective and emergent FM leaders, addressing career development strategies for developing, early, and continued career cultivation. Advice for […]

The Changing Nature of Work

Discussion of the changes in organizational culture and behavior that distributed work requires, including the primary forces driving these changes: technology, globalization, […]