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How to improve the perceived health, comfort, and well-being of primary school teachers? A quantitative self-reported survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland (2024)
Journal Article
Bain-Reguis, N., Smith, A., Hollins-Martin, C., & Currie, J. (2024). How to improve the perceived health, comfort, and well-being of primary school teachers? A quantitative self-reported survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland. Science of the Total Environment, 957, Article 177808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177808

Teachers are among the most stressed professionals, for whom the built environment has an influence. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the pressure on schools, where enhanced ventilation is deemed essential to help reduce virus-laden p... Read More about How to improve the perceived health, comfort, and well-being of primary school teachers? A quantitative self-reported survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland.

Proceedings of the 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference, 4th – 7th September 2024, Edinburgh, UK (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, A., Reid, A., Jowkar, M., & Jaradat, S. (2024, September). Proceedings of the 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference, 4th – 7th September 2024, Edinburgh, UK. Presented at The 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference, Edinburgh

PREFACE
Welcome to the proceedings of the Fourth Transdisciplinary Research Network Conference (TWR 2024). This year’s conference marks another milestone in our ongoing journey to foster collaboration and innovation to achieve our goal of contributi... Read More about Proceedings of the 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference, 4th – 7th September 2024, Edinburgh, UK.

An international review of building standards and guidelines on thermal comfort and ventilation for school buildings (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bain-Reguis, N., & Smith, A. (2024, September). An international review of building standards and guidelines on thermal comfort and ventilation for school buildings. Presented at TWR2024, Edinburgh

This paper reviews and discusses thermal comfort and ventilation standards and guidelines in educational buildings in selected countries around the World, alongside the guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO), the American Society of Heat... Read More about An international review of building standards and guidelines on thermal comfort and ventilation for school buildings.

Sustainable Facility Management in UN Development Goals (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lok, K. L., Opoku, A., Smith, A., van der Pool, I., & Cheung, K. L. (2023, May). Sustainable Facility Management in UN Development Goals. Presented at International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) W070 Conference on Facility Management and Maintenance, Trondheim, Norway

Facility Management (FM) is currently focusing on sustainability through the adoption of the newly recognised United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) when making business decisions. Strategic Sustainable FM has the potential towards the r... Read More about Sustainable Facility Management in UN Development Goals.

Sustainable digitalisation and implementation of ISO standards for facilities management (2023)
Journal Article
Lok, K. L., van der Pool, I., Smith, A., Opoku, A., & Cheung, K. L. (2023). Sustainable digitalisation and implementation of ISO standards for facilities management. Facilities, 41(5/6), 434-453. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-03-2022-0038

Purpose
This viewpoint paper aims to discuss sustainable digitalisation of facilities management (FM) through the implementation of the newly recognised International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards within the ISO 41000 series.

D... Read More about Sustainable digitalisation and implementation of ISO standards for facilities management.

Modelling the drivers of data science techniques for real estate professionals in the fourth industrial revolution era (2023)
Journal Article
Osunsanmi, T., Olawumi, T. O., Smith, A., Jaradat, S., Aigbavboa, C., Aliu, J., Oke, A., Ajayi, O., & Oyeyipo, O. (2024). Modelling the drivers of data science techniques for real estate professionals in the fourth industrial revolution era. Property Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-05-2022-0034

Purpose
The study aims to develop a model that supports the application of data science techniques for real estate professionals in the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) era. The present 4IR era gave birth to big data sets and is beyond real estate... Read More about Modelling the drivers of data science techniques for real estate professionals in the fourth industrial revolution era.

Indoor CO2 and Thermal Conditions in Twenty Scottish Primary School Classrooms with Different Ventilation Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Bain-Reguis, N., Smith, A., Hollins-Martin, C., & Currie, J. (2022). Indoor CO2 and Thermal Conditions in Twenty Scottish Primary School Classrooms with Different Ventilation Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pollutants, 2(2), 180-204. https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants2020014

Healthy indoor environments influence the comfort, health and wellbeing of the occupants. Monitoring the indoor temperature, relative humidity and CO2 levels in primary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic was mandated by a local authority in Scotlan... Read More about Indoor CO2 and Thermal Conditions in Twenty Scottish Primary School Classrooms with Different Ventilation Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The Challenges of Sustainable Development on Facilities Management Outsourcing Services: An Investigation in Educational Facilities (2021)
Journal Article
Lok, K. L., Smith, A., Opoku, A., & Chen, C. (2021). The Challenges of Sustainable Development on Facilities Management Outsourcing Services: An Investigation in Educational Facilities. Sustainability, 13(15), Article 8156. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158156

((1) Background: Generally, firms are reluctant to report outsourcing failures, no matter what industry they operate within. To eliminate poor performance of outsourced service providers, it is necessary to establish a specific outsourcing relationsh... Read More about The Challenges of Sustainable Development on Facilities Management Outsourcing Services: An Investigation in Educational Facilities.

Practical approach for paving the way to motivate BIM non-users to adopt BIM (2020)
Journal Article
Elhendawi, A., Omar, H., Elbeltagi, E., & Smith, A. (2020). Practical approach for paving the way to motivate BIM non-users to adopt BIM. International Journal of BIM and Engineering Science, 2(2), 1-22

Typically, the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is considered one of the most effective contributor to the national developments worldwide. However, the AEC industry is facing myriad challenges due to the pressing calls for... Read More about Practical approach for paving the way to motivate BIM non-users to adopt BIM.