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Pursuing Racial Diversity in IFMA Accredited Degree Programs

An action research study identifying strategies to increase racial diversity in the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) Accredited Degree Programs (ADPs) through […]

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 […]

Utilizing Building Information Modeling (BIM) for FM

This study explores perceptions of BIM in the FM community and attempts to highlight real world issues that FMs have faced while […]

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 […]

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. […]

Facility Management History and Evolution

By synthesizing the evolution of FM, this paper aims to answer the question, “Did the need to provide a separate name to […]

Case Study: Do Green Buildings Perform as Designed?

This case study seeks to determine if the green technologies used within a LEED-certified building are performing as designed, assessing the operational […]

Raising the 3Ps of Sustainable FM in Singapore: Profession, Perception and Prospection

This study examines how the target set by Singapore’s Inter-Ministerial Committee for Sustainable Development to have a minimum of 80 percent of […]

Women in the Real Estate Industry

This article explores how younger, female graduates working as real estate managers and CEOs construct what the study refers to as “femininities,” […]

Maintaining the Quality of Constructed Facilities Using the Performance Information Measurement System

This study focuses on implementing a measurement system through visual inspection to identify the performance of installed sprayed polyurethane foam roofs (94 […]