This book focuses on spearheading the integration of maintainability and green facility management right from the design stage. The text introduces the concept of green maintainability, and discusses considerations to maximize the performance by achieving resource and energy efficiency, while minimizing the total life cycle cost in embodied energy; environmental impact and consumption of matter/energy throughout the life cycle of a facility, by "doing it right the first time".
In this edition, existing chapters have been brought up to date, to include contemporary sustainability concerns, such as: sustainability design, construction and materials, and maintainability of green features.
Maintainability of Facilities is written for practitioners and students in architecture, engineering, building, real estate, construction, project management, facilities management, quantity and building surveying.
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Chapter 1: Introduction (546 KB)
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Contents:
- Introduction
- Wet Area
- Façade
- Basement
- Roof
- M&E
- Material Selection
- Nondestructive Tests
- Grading System for Sustainable Design and Maintainability
Readership: Practitioners and students in architecture and building management.
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Prof. Michael Chew Yit Lin is a full professor in the Building Department at the National University of Singapore in the School of Design and Environment. He has been the principal investigator of many research projects and has been successful in attracting external research funding, with total project value exceeding 3m. He has authored more than 200 publications and is the author of 4 books which have been recommended as texts in many overseas and local institutions. His R&D on joint sealant testing and product development, and his work on maintainability of buildings, has resulted in two patents awarded in US and two in Singapore. He has seen his products licensed and commercialized, with his R&D brought from the laboratory to on-site applications including airports, buildings and civil structures both local and overseas. He is the founder of a NUS spin-off company — Building System and Diagnostics Pte Ltd incorporated in April 2003.