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IJFM

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57 articles

A Survey Instrument for Evaluating Workplace Occupant Satisfaction

The development and field test of this survey tool enabled evaluations of workplace settings, as well as supported workplace design and re-engineering, […]

Research Methodology for Building Automation Performance Index

This study describes a research methodology for quantifying a typical building’s level of automation-performance for developing an automation performance index (API), including […]

Concept of the Chief Facility Executive

Through literature review, discussions with peers in online communities, and interviews by phone/email with FM and corporate real estate (CRE) executives, this […]

Catering Benchmark of Swiss Hospitals: Continued Research

This paper is a follow-up to the research entitled, “A Method to Benchmark Swiss Hospital Catering” by Hofer, Honegger and Züger (2013). […]

IFM Allocation Model for Support Services in Hospitals as a Basis for FM Driven Financing of Healthcare Real Estate

Based on European standard, BS EN 15221-4: Taxonomy of FM, this research was pursued to create a model for systematically developing FM […]

Quantifying the Effect of BIM and COBie for FM

This paper investigates the effects of using building information modeling (BIM) and construction-operations building information exchange (COBie) data for facility management in […]

Classification and Climate Zone Greenhouse Gas Inventory Benchmarking in Higher Education

Through analysis of archival data, this study establishes useful benchmarks by examining the measurable characteristics of climate zone, size and residential character […]

Charting a Path Toward IFMA Accreditation in Universities

This paper outlines the steps of various universities as they guide their FM-related programs toward accomplishing the key goals of filling market […]

Essential Requirements for the Parameterization of Food Waste in Hospitals

This research explores the topic of food waste from the economic perspective to provide a framework for improving both cost and process […]

Life Cycle Value Tradeoff of Noise Mitigating Measures Using BIM-Simulation and Multi-Criteria Decision Modeling

This study hypothesizes that a decision framework can be developed to capture and automate life cycle value evaluation of noise-mitigating measures using […]