Abstract
Facilities Management (FM) in the industry of environment involves numerous expertise, especially from the management side. Other than that, technology and finance are the other factors involved as well. One essential aspect of FM, other than the emphasis on technical operation, is its performance. In parallel, the performance does impact occupant behaviour and, at the same time, this performance does affect the environment. In short, this indicates that FM is in a key position to participate in delivering a sustainable environment for the industry of built environment. Sustainable facilities Management (SFM) is crucial because buildings consume more resources which will, in consequence, negatively impact the environment and generate large amounts of waste. This justifies the importance of sustainability under the umbrella of facilities management. However, FM is quite new in Malaysia’s environment. Government agencies, such as JKR, have adopted and are practicing FM at the moment. Fortunately, there has been an increasing trend and awareness of SFM adoption. Therefore, this paper aims to understand and identify the contribution and practices of Sustainable Facilities Management (SFM) in Malaysia; focusing on the development taken in regards to SFM.
Highlights
There are several definitions of Facility Management (FM), which are as follows
In the Malaysian context, FM can be interpreted according to Noor Azman, Abdul Hakim and Buang Alias [14], as a practice to coordinate the operation of a physical nature and the human environment in an organisation, uniting the whole principle of business administration, as well as, process design and engineering matters related to science
Since sustainability issues have risen towards the top of the political agenda [16], the need for sustainable means of developing the environment has become increasingly urgent
Summary
There are several definitions of Facility Management (FM), which are as follows. One that is commonly used is “an integrating approach to operating, maintaining, improving and adapting the buildings and infrastructure of an organisation in order to create an environment that strongly supports the primary objectives of that organisation” [1]. At an earlier stage, FM was seen as having poor relations with those sectors and other sectors such as architecture, engineering and construction professions This was due to the old-fashioned sense of care-taking, cleaning, repairing and maintaining [15]. FM as an integrated management approach, involving multi-disciplinary experts in ensuring the use of space, infrastructure, human resources and organisations optimised to deliver a purposeful service. Opportunity and are encouraged to actively participate in the decision-making process regarding development in the various stages such as planning, management and implementation. The ultimate goal is to strengthen the involvement, responsibility and role of diverse groups of people based on various stages of planning, implementation, management and decision-making; and the basis for strengthening the integration of various parties is with the interest of achieving a pattern of sustainable development. The reasons for sustainability are similar wherever and whatever the context is, and this paper attempted to provide some understanding of the background to the often complex issues under discussion
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