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Robust Management Practices Lead to Sustainable Lifecycle Building Management

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Collaborative repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction, sustainability and the life cycle management of buildings are interrelated. Collaborative repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction, sustainability and the life cycle management of buildings are interrelated.

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Sustainable Facilities Management and Leadership

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Sustainable facilities management and leadership are inseparable. This is not only a fact, but a significant barrier to efficient life-cycle management of the built environment.

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Life-cycle Costs for a Commercial Building

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Understanding facility life-cycle costs for a commercial building is the first step towards maximizing efficiency and positive outcomes. There are many components of life-cycle costs: First Costs – Planning, Selection, Acquisition, Construction. Facility Life-cycle Costs.

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Beyond Green – High Performance Buildings, BIM, and Life-cycle Facility Management

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Let’s face it, LEED is a great marketing tool, but NOT the solution. “Kudos” to LEED for building awareness and addressing the need to focus upon sustainability of the built environment! There should be little to no cost premium for a sustainable building. Why not? BIMF - A Framework for BIM.

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The future of sustainable and affordable housing

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Global warming is one of the main reasons why sustainable housing is ideal for future construction. Sustainable homes do not only help the environment by reducing the overall environmental impact during and after construction, but it contributes towards many social and economic benefits. Construction Material.

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Circular Construction and Its Benefits

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A process of prioritizing the purchase and user of products and services designed to minimize waste, maximize resource reuse, and extend “product” lifespans throughout their entire lifecycle, thereby supporting a more sustainable supply chain; essentially, it involves looking beyond initial purchase price to consider the product’s (..)

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BIM, Big Data, and Efficient Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment

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Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment comes down to analyzing large data sets— big data—from several knowledge domains. 3D visualization software products currently promoted as BIM (Building Information Modeling) are not solutions for this task. Big Data for BIM / Efficient Facility Life-cycle Management.