Abstract
Housing is an area, which ay a central role in sustainable development due to large resource consumption and as transition agent towards sustainable lifestyles. The aim is to evaluate current practice of housing administration in Denmark in order to evaluate if and how sustainable facilities management is supporting social, economical and environmental sustainable development. Sustainable facility management (SFM) is as an 'umbrella' for various ways of reducing flows of energy, water and waste in the daily operation of the buildings, for instance by regular monitoring the consumption, by using 'green accounting', by applying policies for sustainability, enhanced user awareness etc. In Denmark, despite attempts by government and NGO´s, implementation of sustainable resource consumption in existing buildings is still unsolved. Monitoring the resource consumption is part of the solution, but the entire FM‐setting including the ownership of the building, the organisation of daily operation, the roles and relation between stakeholders are equally important in order to utilise the monitoring as a mean for transformation towards sustainable buildings and lifestyles.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | II International Conference on Sustainability Measurement and Modelling: ICSMM, 5-6 November 2009 |
Editors | Enric Carrera, J.J. de Felipe, Bàrbara Sureda |
Number of pages | 18 |
Publisher | ICSMM |
Publication date | 2009 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-84-96736-81-81 |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Event | II International Conference on Sustainability Measurement and Modelling ICSMM 09. UNESCO Chairs of Sustainability, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunia, Barcelona, Spain, 2009 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 4 Nov 2009 → 6 Nov 2009 |
Conference
Conference | II International Conference on Sustainability Measurement and Modelling ICSMM 09. UNESCO Chairs of Sustainability, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunia, Barcelona, Spain, 2009 |
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Country/Territory | Spain |
City | Barcelona |
Period | 04/11/2009 → 06/11/2009 |
Keywords
- Sustainable Facilities management
- Implementation processes
- Housing