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Indoor living plants' effects on an office environment (2017)
Journal Article
Smith, A. J., Fsadni, A., & Holt, G. (2017). Indoor living plants' effects on an office environment. Facilities, 35(9/10), 525-542. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-09-2016-0088

Purpose The use of indoor living plants for enhancement of indoor relative humidity and the general environment of a large, modern, open plan office building; are studied using a mixed-methods paradigm. Design/methodology/approach The quantitat... Read More about Indoor living plants' effects on an office environment.

Impact of facilities management in achieving sustainable buildings (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Olaniyi, O., & Smith, A. (2015). Impact of facilities management in achieving sustainable buildings. In Proceedings of the European Facility Management Conference EFMC 2015: 14th EuroFM Research Symposium, Glasgow, UK, 1- 3 June 2015

A sustainable environment is the primary focus of many building designers, and even building users in order to attain high level of satisfaction of occupants' safety and comfort and to meet the sustainable development (SD) agenda requirements. Facili... Read More about Impact of facilities management in achieving sustainable buildings.

Impact of living plants on the indoor air quality in a large modern building (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, A., & Fsadni, A. (2015). Impact of living plants on the indoor air quality in a large modern building. In Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2016, Volume II: Environmental Opportunities and Challenges. Constructing Commitment and Ackno

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of living plants in enhancing the indoor air quality (IAQ) and the general indoor environment within a large modern open-plan office building with a central atrium design and a building management s... Read More about Impact of living plants on the indoor air quality in a large modern building.

Facilities Management Approach For Achieving Sustainability in Commercial Buildings in Nigeria (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Olaniyi, O. O., Smith, A., Liyanage, C., & Akintoye, A. (2014). Facilities Management Approach For Achieving Sustainability in Commercial Buildings in Nigeria. In Promoting Innovation in FM (361-365)

The purpose of this research is to determine the extent of sustainable facilities management (FM) practice in the management of commercial buildings in Nigeria and identify barriers to it, in order to develop a solution model that will proffer ways o... Read More about Facilities Management Approach For Achieving Sustainability in Commercial Buildings in Nigeria.

Awareness and effectiveness of quality function deployment (QFD) in design and build projects in Nigeria (2014)
Journal Article
John, R., Smith, A., Chotipanich, S., & Pitt, M. (2014). Awareness and effectiveness of quality function deployment (QFD) in design and build projects in Nigeria. Journal of Facilities Management, 12(1), 72-88. https://doi.org/10.1108/jfm-07-2013-0039

Purpose – Quality function deployment (QFD) is a method for structured product planning and development that enables a development team to specify clearly the wants and needs of customers. This method has been successfully employed in the construct... Read More about Awareness and effectiveness of quality function deployment (QFD) in design and build projects in Nigeria.

Sustainability best practice in PPP: case study of a hospital project in the UK. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, L., & Smith, A. (2013, March). Sustainability best practice in PPP: case study of a hospital project in the UK. Paper presented at PPP Body of Knowledge International Conference

Globally, sustainable development has been given high priority for the Government agenda in order to achieve a balance of social, economic and environmental factors. The UK government realise the importance and criticality of sustainable development... Read More about Sustainability best practice in PPP: case study of a hospital project in the UK..

Towards an anthropocentric approach in sustainability research (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Akintoye, A., & Smith, A. (2012, May). Towards an anthropocentric approach in sustainability research. Presented at European Facility Management Conference and 11th EuroFM Research Symposium, Copenhagen, Denmark

Since 1973, when the issue of energy consumption was first addressed, there has been extensive research on how energy use in buildings can be reduced. Sustainability research trends of the past four decades have been focusing on how physics and engin... Read More about Towards an anthropocentric approach in sustainability research.