Rethinking Sustainability in Facilities and Workplace Management

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Frans Melissen Bert Smit (NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands)

Rethinking Sustainability in Facilities and Workplace Management

Frans Melissen, Bert Smit (NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands), Vitalija Danivska , Andrew Ngawenja Mzembe (Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands)

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Routledge
19 August 2022

Development studies; Economics; Property & real estate; Management of real estate, property & plant; Sales & marketing management; Sales & marketing; The environment; Civil engineering, surveying & building

This book discusses sustainability within the facility management industry. However, it is not another anthology of so-called best practices and the seemingly endless range of certification schemes. It is also not a (marketing) guide on how to communicate high-pitched sustainability ambitions to potential customers to increase (short-term) market share.

Instead, this book is based on the realisation that most facility management businesses and departments actually find it hard to truly integrate sustainability into their strategies, tactics and day-to-day operations in a coherent way. It is also based on the reference point that sustainable development cannot be realised only through technological advancements and new procedures; it requires new behavioural patterns of people. Not only of your own employees, as a supplier or department, but also of those for whom you design, stage and manage optimal workplace experiences. Those patterns will not emerge from nowhere but need to be purposely created and cultivated, based on a thorough understanding of what people and organisations need, want and desire.

Through reviewing specific barriers and opportunities related to practical situations and examples at all three levels of facility management – the operational, tactical and strategic level – and supported by the latest theoretical insights, this book provides students and practitioners with inspiration and suggestions for using sustainability as a guideline for improving workplace experience concepts and FM strategies, services and processes. Each chapter uses specific cases and examples as the starting point for reflecting on avenues to move from treating sustainability as an add-on to using it as a powerful concept to create optimal workplace experiences. In doing so, these reflections provide lecturers, students and current and future professionals with practical guidelines and pointers to take sustainability within the facility management industry to a much-needed next level.

By: Frans Melissen, Bert Smit (NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands), Vitalija Danivska, Andrew Ngawenja Mzembe (Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9780367556693
ISBN 10: 0367556693
Pages: 138
Publication Date: 19 August 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. SUSTAINABILITY, FACILITIES AND WORKPLACE MANAGEMENT 2. TECHNOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR 3. PEOPLE AND SUSTAINABILITY 4. IDENTITY AND SUSTAINABILITY 5. LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AND SUSTAINABILITY 6. SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL LOGIC AND COMPETENCIES

Frans Melissen is Professor of Sustainable Experience Design and Professor of Management Education for Sustainability at Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands and Chair in Management Education for Sustainability at Antwerp Management School, Belgium. Bert Smit is Senior Lecturer and Researcher of Workplace Experience Design at the Academy of Hotel and Facility Management at Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. Vitalija Danivska is Senior Lecturer and Researcher of Real Estate Economics at the Academy of Hotel and Facility Management at Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. Andrew Ngawenja Mzembe is Senior Lecturer and Researcher of Business Ethics at the Academy of Hotel and Facility Management at Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands.

Reviews for Rethinking Sustainability in Facilities and Workplace Management

Many applications of sustainability to facilities are focused on a 'bolt-on' perspective rather than looking at sustainability through a lens that integrates people, place, and process. This book does it better than any published to date. - Theodore J., Weidner, Ph.D., PE, RA, NCARB, Purdue University This book provides a refreshingly aspirational look at facilities management. It shows how a sustainable approach demands a radical rethink of what is possible. - Dr Eddy Finch, consultant and Former Editor of Facilities Management 'Many applications of sustainability to facilities are focused on a 'bolt-on' perspective rather than looking at sustainability through a lens that integrates people, place, and process. This book does it better than any published to date.'- Theodore J., Weidner, Ph.D., PE, RA, NCARB, Purdue University 'This book provides a refreshingly aspirational look at facilities management. It shows how a sustainable approach demands a radical rethink of what is possible.' - Dr Eddy Finch, consultant and former Editor of Facilities Management