Hybrid profiles for knowledge workers - flexible workplace and time

Background and aim - As a result of Covid-19 pandemic many organizations have adopted more flexible and mobile working arrangements. Knowledge workers have been able to choose significantly more freely than before when and where they work, hybrid work has generalized. As organizations move into the post-pandemic period, they will re-evaluate...

The role of FM post pandemic: Delivering employee experience and meeting business needs

Background and aim - This paper reviews the engagement in a case study organisation adapting to hybrid working to determine the post pandemic role of FM and to understand how FM can drive and be a key stakeholder in the cocreation of the human-centric workplace. Methods / Methodology - The study was carried out using an action research strategy...

Escalation in local structural flood protection measures. Then what?: (Abstract)

User-focused design factors of workspace for nearly zero energy office renovation: findings from literature review

This paper highlights the importance of considering user satisfaction in office renovation. Userfocused design approach in nearly zero energy office (nZEO) renovation is a way to increase user satisfaction and the value of office quality while meeting energy efficiency goal. The purpose of this paper is to investigate considerable measurement...

Recycled aggregate in civil works and building construction

The sustainable development policies presently in place, along with the Paris Agreement on climate change, are clear indications that economic growth must be made environmentally sustainable to ensure the transition from a linear to a circular economy. Given the large volumes of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) generated, which account...

The use of the UK benchmark model to develop a standard global approach to construction data

The human population of the world has grown rapidly in the last fifty years. The impact of the population explosion has also had a dramatic effect on the built environment. Yet it is difficult to find a source of statistical information on a global scale that combines the data that is available. Unless there is a measure of construction activity...

Knowledge governance for sustainable rural development: Exploring potentials, characteristics and barriers in the Northern Frisian Woodlands

Rural regions in the Netherlands cope with the challenge of sustainable rural development in a complex network context. There is neither consensus on facts nor consensus on values about what is sustainable and what not. Literature suggests knowledge governance as a promising form of governance. It focuses on the coordinative power of knowledge...

Tele-working in satellite towns, goals and challenges

Traffic congestion and related problems between main cities and new settlements in suburbs and urban fringes is one of the problems that urban and regional planners are always involved with it. This Problem waste the time of citizens, increasing fuel consumption and will cause many environmental impacts. All the mentioned make cities and regions...