Min, Z;
Morgenstern, P;
Marjanovic-Halburd, L;
(2016)
Facilities management added value in closing the energy performance gap.
International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment
, 5
(2)
pp. 197-209.
10.1016/j.ijsbe.2016.06.004.
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Abstract
Existing non-domestic buildings tend to use more energy than expected. This paper investigates how the operational strategies of facilities management can contribute to reducing building energy use. A longitudinal case study of a higher education (HE) campus which was conceptualised with the objective of being environmentally friendly and energy efficient is presented. The paper reflects on the energy performance of the campus since its operation in 2001, based on 14 years of energy data and a detailed record of all initiatives undertaken by the campus's facilities management (FM) team in order to optimise energy performance. The integrated FM strategy composed of low- and no-cost strategies, continuous improvements, ongoing commissioning and retrofits succeeded in reducing campus energy intensity from 174 to 87 kWh/(m2*yr), now outperforming most relevant benchmarks. This finding highlights the importance of operations and maintenance in reducing the energy usage of existing buildings. This presented findings draw on a single case only, which excels through a very detailed longitudinal dataset. Going forwards, the analysis of further cases is recommended to corroborate the findings. The presented results suggest that proactive operations and maintenance strategies in existing buildings can contribute towards significantly improving energy performance. The profile and competency level of facilities management personnel should consequently be raised strategically at the organisational and national/industrial policy level, whilst integrated design processes should be further expanded to include FM's operational control and management in a holistically fashion.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Facilities management added value in closing the energy performance gap |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijsbe.2016.06.004 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsbe.2016.06.004 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 The Gulf Organisation for Research and Development. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licenses are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/. |
| Keywords: | Facilities management; Building energy performance; Performance gap; Higher education campus; Operation and maintenance |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Arts and Sciences (BASc) |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1508310 |
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