Abstract
Housing plays 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 |
Place of Publication | Spain |
Publication date | 2009 |
Pages | 135 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-84-96736-81-8 |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Event | II International Conference on Sustainability Measurement and Modelling : ICSMM, 5-6 November 2009 - UNESCO Chairs of Sustainability, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunia, Barcelona, Spain Duration: 1 Jan 2009 → … Conference number: 2nd |
Conference
Conference | II International Conference on Sustainability Measurement and Modelling : ICSMM, 5-6 November 2009 |
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Number | 2nd |
City | UNESCO Chairs of Sustainability, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunia, Barcelona, Spain |
Period | 01/01/2009 → … |
Keywords
- housing
- Facilities Management
- sustainability