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Preference for plants in an office environment (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pitt, M., & Smith, A. (2008). Preference for plants in an office environment. In Healthy and Creative Facilities: CIB W070 Conference in Facilities Management (629-637)

Plants in the workplace are known to bring a number of benefits including psychological as well as aesthetic and air quality benefits. Therefore, plants can have an impact on overall organisational performance. However, findings of previous studies h... Read More about Preference for plants in an office environment.

User perceptions in workplace productivity and strategic FM delivery (2008)
Journal Article
Tucker, M., & Smith, A. (2008). User perceptions in workplace productivity and strategic FM delivery. Facilities, 26(5/6), 196-212. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770810864989

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to explore the importance of user perceptions within an organisational context, and more specifically, how user perceptions are evidenced and positively applied within facilities management (FM). Design/methodolog... Read More about User perceptions in workplace productivity and strategic FM delivery.

Innovative Customer Performance Measurement Productivity (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pitt, M., Tucker, M., & Smith, A. (2008, March). Innovative Customer Performance Measurement Productivity. Presented at British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) Annual Conference, Oxford

An assessment of waste management efficiency at BAA airports (2003)
Journal Article
Pitt, M., & Smith, A. (2003). An assessment of waste management efficiency at BAA airports. Construction Management and Economics, 21(4), 421-431. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144619032000089599

The issue of waste management within airports is becoming increasingly important with enormous increases in passenger numbers and is a key responsibility of the facilities manager. Airports are notoriously poor environmental performers and this growt... Read More about An assessment of waste management efficiency at BAA airports.

Waste management efficiency at UK airports (2003)
Journal Article
Pitt, M., & Smith, A. (2003). Waste management efficiency at UK airports. Journal of Air Transport Management, 9(2), 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0969-6997%2802%2900063-7

The aviation industry has a reputation for being a major polluter. Using primary data obtained directly from BAA this paper examines the ways in which BAA (formerly the British Airports Authority) has improved efficiency in the management of airport... Read More about Waste management efficiency at UK airports.