By FIS 
Nov 27th, 2019
Since buildings count for half of the primary energy sources consumption as well as half of all consumed raw materials, produce hundreds of million tons of waste and a third of the world’s CO2 production, construction and building of low energy buildings have become an international trend. More than transportation, mining industry, or any other type of industry it is primarily the area of building industry and building an administration that leads to better management of narrow resources as well as to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In this area facility management also plays an important role
Facility management is a term that is closely associated with building management. More broadly, facility management should not only be understood as general building management connected with everyday building operation but it should also include long term planning and focus on its users.
If we want to assess the energy performance of buildings or its influence on the environment, we have to analyses the whole building life cycle (starting with building materials up to the building deconstruction and its recycling) and not only the period of the building use. Such an analysis is called life cycle assessment. According to the definition of Life Cycle Assessment by US Environmental Protection Agency "Life cycle assessment is a technique for assessing the product influence on living environment connected with all life cycle phases (i.e. from raw materials extraction, material processing, manufacturing, distribution, use, repairs, maintenance, up to deconstruction or recycling)."
Facility management (FM) is an effective form of outreach business management which aims to provide relevant, cost-effective services to support the main business activities (core business) and allow them to optimize. At present, marked by the financial crisis, is the application of facility management most current because it provides savings and optimization of operating costs promotes increased employee performance and thus contributes to increasing the profitability of the enterprise.
With the continual increase of the world population, energy consumption is growing continually as well and in parallel, there is an increase in CO2 emissions. Buildings during their lifetime use approximately 40 % of energy, while its operation concerning heating and cooling counts for 60-70% of this consumed energy. The most suitable solution means building houses with low energy demands which do not harm the environment. Constructors can this way contribute to saving worldwide energy, lower emissions and what is crucial, they can considerably lower heating and cooling costs within the building.
Costs of building life cycle represent the total costs from all building life cycle phases, i.e. costs for acquisition, use, and deconstruction. Costs of each building life cycle phase are influenced by various factors such as the purpose, space, construction and material solutions of the building design.
A modern, ecological and economical solution means constructing energy-efficient buildings, which except their ecological approach fulfill requirements for minimizing energy effectiveness for their operation. Facility managers can with their active attitude already in the phase of building acquisition influence the future operational costs.
Since buildings count for half of the primary energy sources consumption as well as half of all consumed raw materials, produce hundreds of million tons of waste and a third of the world’s CO2 production, construction and building of low energy buildings have become an international trend. More than transportation, mining industry, or any other type of industry it is primarily the area of building industry and building an administration that leads to better management of narrow resources as well as to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In this area facility management also plays an important role
Facility management is a term that is closely associated with building management. More broadly, facility management should not only be understood as general building management connected with everyday building operation but it should also include long term planning and focus on its users.
If we want to assess the energy performance of buildings or its influence on the environment, we have to analyses the whole building life cycle (starting with building materials up to the building deconstruction and its recycling) and not only the period of the building use. Such an analysis is called life cycle assessment. According to the definition of Life Cycle Assessment by US Environmental Protection Agency "Life cycle assessment is a technique for assessing the product influence on living environment connected with all life cycle phases (i.e. from raw materials extraction, material processing, manufacturing, distribution, use, repairs, maintenance, up to deconstruction or recycling)."
Facility management (FM) is an effective form of outreach business management which aims to provide relevant, cost-effective services to support the main business activities (core business) and allow them to optimize. At present, marked by the financial crisis, is the application of facility management most current because it provides savings and optimization of operating costs promotes increased employee performance and thus contributes to increasing the profitability of the enterprise.
With the continual increase of the world population, energy consumption is growing continually as well and in parallel, there is an increase in CO2 emissions. Buildings during their lifetime use approximately 40 % of energy, while its operation concerning heating and cooling counts for 60-70% of this consumed energy. The most suitable solution means building houses with low energy demands which do not harm the environment. Constructors can this way contribute to saving worldwide energy, lower emissions and what is crucial, they can considerably lower heating and cooling costs within the building.
Costs of building life cycle represent the total costs from all building life cycle phases, i.e. costs for acquisition, use, and deconstruction. Costs of each building life cycle phase are influenced by various factors such as the purpose, space, construction and material solutions of the building design.
A modern, ecological and economical solution means constructing energy-efficient buildings, which except their ecological approach fulfill requirements for minimizing energy effectiveness for their operation. Facility managers can with their active attitude already in the phase of building acquisition influence the future operational costs.
