martin brown
Improvement advocate in the built environment with a passion for social media, wildness, music, mountains, walking, cycling, astronomy, geostuff, outdoor, inspirations, dark skies, connectivity, edge of chaos, improvement, natural environment, CSR, built environment, virtual worlds, resilience, community enterprise ... and more
Tag Archives: facilities management
BIM and FM who needs to educate whom?
Another resounding success for the CKE ThinkBIM series today that explored Building Information Management and Facilities Management and raised acutely pertinent issues and questions for future debate. There certainly was much learning and sharing, from Deborah Rowland’s keynote, (Cabinet Office … Continue reading
Posted in built environment, facilities management
Tagged 1:5:200, BIM, CKE, construction, design, facilities management, feedbackfeedforward, FIM, FM, FMSystems, Integration, soft landings, thinkBIM
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social media in the workplace
Workplaces need social media. Martin Pickard @FMGuru posted a question on twitter this morning on (should we) use Social Media in the Workplace in preparation for a debate this week. These debates are happening across all sectors, particularly so within the built … Continue reading
Posted in built environment, comment, facilities management, leadership, social media, web2.0
Tagged CSR, CSRWire, facilities management, FMGuru, FMX, real time web
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ISO 50001 Energy Management Standard issued
ISO has issued ISO 50001, a new standard for energy management systems that aims to help organisations establish systems and processes to improve their energy performance, including efficiency and consumption. It will of course be of particular interest to facilities … Continue reading
Posted in energy, facilities management
Tagged facilities management, ISO 14001, ISO 50001
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Cost of Carbon: “What was a carrot will now become a stick”
So are we prepared yet for the tranistion to a low carbon economy in the built environment? Accouncements this week from the UK Government regarding targets for carbon reduction will affect all aspects of energy use, conservation and management. With … Continue reading
Posted in built environment, carbon, carbon calculator, carbon footprint, comment, facilities management
Tagged carbon, co2, facilities management
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Will BIM move to FIM? (Webinar 16/4/10)
The concept of a Facilties Information Model as a more encompassing, arching umbrella model to a Building Information Model has been discussed over the last few years, but with little (public) evidence of use in practice. I guess in some … Continue reading
Posted in built environment, comment, design, facilities management, web2.0
Tagged BIM, BIMstorms, facilities management, FIM, FM, Webinar
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twittering facilities management
Post UPDATE: A twitterleague group has been created at http://www1.twitterleague.com/view_league/181 - this may not be the ideal method in the long run but a good starting point to identify those in FM who use twitter. I can see the definition of facilities … Continue reading
musing on a carbon 1:5:200
Reading many items and articles on the carbon issues that the built environment faces in the coming years, I have jotted a number of random thoughts in google notebook, which may one day be useful ‘spin’ for example: …almost every … Continue reading
Posted in 1:5:200, carbon, comment, design, energy, facilities management, sustainability, technology
Tagged facilities management, zero carbon
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facilities carbon management
Indication that carbon management is becoming a key element of the facilities management role is evident through the Guardian article Cut and Run which focuses on UCLAN’s excellence performance in obtaining the Carbon Trust Standard. The Carbon Trust says that universities … Continue reading
Posted in comment, energy, facilities management, Local News, sustainability, transport
Tagged facilities management
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Built to Last – Designing Out Landfill
There has been an increase in circular economy thinking and the built environment recently, and no doubt we will see much more in the coming weeks and months. It forms a core element behind the Green Vision half day conference … Continue reading →