The impact of healthy workplaces on employee satisfaction, productivity and costs

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the added value of healthy workplaces for employees and organizations, in particular regarding employee satisfaction, labour productivity and facility cost. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a narrative review of journal papers and other sources covering the fields of building research,...

Productivity as a value parameter for FM and CREM

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate how facilities management (FM) and corporate real estate management (CREM) can add value to organisations by contributing to improved productivity of knowledge workers, and to explore interrelationships between productivity, employee satisfaction and other value parameters. Design/methodology/approach:...

Healthy workplaces: what we know and what else we need to know

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the impact of buildings on the creation of healthy workplaces (HWs) and end users’ physical and mental health and well-being. The paper presents available research on the impact of workplace layout, interior design, indoor climate and “green” offices. It ends with reflections on the main lessons learned,...

Offices at work

Boekbespreking van: Offices at Work : Uncommon Workspace Strategies that Add Value and Improve Performance, Door F. Becker, Uitgever: Jossey-Bass (Wiley). ISBN 0-7879-7330-0.

Evaluatie van gebouwprestaties

Boekbespreking van: Assessing Building Performance, Edited by Wolfgang FE Preiser en Jacqueline C Vischer. Uitgever: Elsevier. ISBN 0-7506-6174-7.<br/>