• Bridging the gap between sustainable FM and sustainable buildings an exploratory study of six public buildings in Norway 

      Collins, David; Haugen, Tore; Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret; Aamodt, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how sustainable facilities management (SFM) and sustainable buildings (SB) can be designed and managed, bridging these gaps with a more integrated process. The need to bridge ...
    • Discussion of facilities management as an academic discipline: To what extent are the general requirements met and what does it mean? 

      Junghans, Antje; Olsson, Nils (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore what an academic discipline is and to apply and discuss this definition using facilities management as an example. The paper addresses an academic world that is facing the ...
    • Exploring urban facilities management approaches to increase connectivity in smart cities 

      Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka; Collins, David; Bjørberg, Svein; Haugen, Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore how the discipline facilities management (FM) can be developed in a smart city perspective through considering the current and new FM services under the role of Urban FM, as ...
    • Failing to plan - planning to fail: how early phase planning can improve buildingsʼ lifetime value creation 

      Boge, Knut; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka; Bjørberg, Svein; Larssen, Anne Kathrine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose The purpose of this paper is to know how do early-phase planning of real estate (RE) and facilities management (FM) create value for owners and users of commercial and public sector buildings. Design/methodol ...
    • FM perceptions on occupant impact and the shaping of occupant engagement practice 

      Valle Kinloch, Cristian Roberto; Verhulst, Elli; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad; Junghans, Antje; Berker, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Purpose This paper aims to apply frame analysis to explore the mental models by which building managers interpret the impact of building occupants on energy use and rationalize their approach to occupant engagement. De ...
    • Green leases and green leasing in theory and in practice: a state of the art review 

      Collins, David (Journal article, 2018)
      Purpose – This paper aims to identify the state of the art in Green Leases and Green Leasing in theory and practice, while also identifying how the roles and motivations of the stakeholders of “owner/landlord”, “lessee” ...
    • Management of integrated workplace concepts at multiple locations 

      Ekstrand, Mari Anna Chatarina; Damman, Sigrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Purpose This study aims to provide insight into how the implementation and management of an integrated workplace concept (IWC) in multiple office locations are affected by local management practices and other contextual ...
    • Measuring perception about sustainability of building materials in Kosovo 

      Hoxha, Visar; Haugen, Tore; Bjørberg, Svein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The purpose of this paper is to develop the empirically tested framework about the knowledge and perception about sustainability of building materials in Prishtina, Kosovo from the perspective of users, construction industry, ...
    • Missed opportunities: two case studies of digitalization of FM in hospitals 

      Koch, Christian; Hansen, Geir Karsten; Jacobsen, Kim (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Purpose Digital practices of facility management (FM) are undergoing transformation. Several Nordic countries have ambitious hospital-building projects, driven by large public clients with long-term experience of operating ...
    • Occupant engagement in the office environment: role assumptions about the building manager 

      Valle, Roberto; Boks, Casper; Berker, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose This paper aims to put the building manager (BM) as the professional responsible for implementing occupant engagement initiatives (OEIs) in the work environment and discusses the challenges they may experience in ...
    • Shaping Tomorrows Facilities Management 

      Bröchner, Jan; Haugen, Tore; Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Purpose – Against the background of earlier publications on the future of facilities management (FM) and acknowledging digitalization and sustainability as two major shaping forces, the purpose of this paper is to place ...
    • Urban Facility Management 

      Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka; Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper aims to illustrate where facility management (FM) is having an impact on the urban environment and what other work needs to be done to easier facilitate achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). ...