Antje Junghans

Sustainable Facilities Management and Green Leasing: The Company Strategic Approach☆

Abstract Businesses are becoming more environmentally focused, andinteraction between their core processes is essential in adopting a sustainable approach. This can be further complicated in the rental market, where organisational approaches may not be compatible with the sustainable obligations of building owners. This papers aim is to discuss the potential of “green leasing” and sustainable facilities management (SFM) in meeting these challenges, through literature and case studies. The paper demonstrates the differing corporate approaches through a literature search, in the context of corporate social responsibility and obligatory and voluntary motivators, and how they relate to the triple bottom line of economy, environment and society.

Decision support model for energy‐efficient improvement of entire building stocks

Purpose – In recent years, steadily rising and ever‐changing energy prices have required the development of sustainable strategies to reduce the energy consumption of buildings. Measures to improve the energy efficiency of detached houses have already been implemented. This new procedure addresses the energy efficient modernization to entire building stocks of public authorities and therefore targets to meet a key niche issue.Design/methodology/approach – As result of literature research the demand for a strategic approach for energy efficient improvement was pointed out. The model framework refers to four main requirements for a new procedure within a comprehensive view of facilities management (FM), lifecycle orientation, efficient working processes, setting of objectives and monitoring of results. In addition the literature research recorded five main methods and tools which were utilized for the model development.Findings – The new constructed facility‐energy‐efficiency model (FEE‐model) supports the ...