Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and sustainable development goals (SDGs): technological advances, impacts and challenges in the management of healthy and …

IL Niza, AM Bueno, EE Broday - Urban Science, 2023 - mdpi.com
The growing concern for sustainability is evident, given the importance of guaranteeing
resources for the next generations, especially in the face of increasing energy consumption …

Green retrofitting application in developing economies: state of the art and future research directions

UGD Madushika, W Lu - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Energy consumption and Greenhouse Gases (GHG) by existing buildings must be
reduced since they contribute to undeniable adverse impacts on our mother planet. To date …

Populating the social realm: new roles arising from social procurement

D Troje, P Gluch - Construction management and economics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Employment requirements, as part of social procurement, are increasingly used in
construction procurement as a tool to mitigate issues of exclusion on the job market. To …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of the technical requirements of the renovation grant on the ventilation and indoor air quality in apartment buildings

A Mikola, A Hamburg, K Kuusk, T Kalamees… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the impact of ventilation requirements set in the conditions of a renovation grant
was analysed with field measurements. Effects of renovation measures applied in two grant …

Integrating sustainability in the business administration and management curriculum: A sustainability competencies map

D Gil-Doménech, N Magomedova, EJ Sánchez-Alcázar… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study presents a sustainability competencies map (SCM) for Business Administration
and Management (BAM) disciplines as a tool to support education in sustainability at the …

Introducing strategic measures in public facilities management organizations: external and internal institutional work

I Svensson, S Brorström, P Gluch - Public Management Review, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
To increase knowledge about the consequences of introducing strategic measures in public
organizations, for both intra-and interorganizational relationships, interviews in eight-and …

Development of a weight factor method for sustainability decisions in building renovation. Case study using renobuild

A Khadra, M Hugosson, J Akander, JA Myhren - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Energy efficiency investments have become strategically important for the European Union.
In particular, energy efficient renovation and investment in the existing building stock have …

Transitioning of existing buildings to green in developing economies: A case of Sri Lanka

UGD Madushika, W Lu - Energy for Sustainable Development, 2024 - Elsevier
Transitioning existing buildings to green is a proactive measure to mitigate the adverse
effects of excessive energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. However, it seems …

An approach towards sustainable renovation—A tool for decision support in early project stages

S Olsson, T Malmqvist, M Glaumann - Building and environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through energy reduction in buildings is a high
priority for policy-makers in the European Union and elsewhere. However, although long …

On the nexus of changing public facilities management practices: purposive and co-creative actions across multiple levels

P Gluch, I Svensson - Construction management and economics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Building on a practice-oriented approach and the theoretical construct of institutional work,
the organizational nexus of changing practices for public facilities management is …