“The Sustainable Facility Management guide is the result of two years of constant work and partnerships between more than 40 institutions from various fields and sectors. the potential for this field is yet to be realized and the benefit for businesses and employability is significant.”
Sustainable facilities management (SFM) is an emerging field within facilities management (FM) through which to achieve the building’s high performance and safety, low resource utilization, low greenhouse emissions generation, as well as other adaptations to climate change such as energy management, water efficiency, air quality, waste and recycling. SFM allows facility managers to make structural, architectural, and operational changes to reduce the negative impact of buildings on their occupants and the environment while returning profit.
