Volhoubare fasiliteitsbestuur in winkelsentrums in Pretoria
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Date
2017
Authors
Van der Merwe, Jaco
Kleynhans, Bouwer
Cloete, Chris
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University of the Free State
Abstract
Although sustainable facility management is increasingly gaining recognition
in developing countries and is implemented in new buildings, in particular,
hardly any information is available regarding sustainable practices in facility
management that are applied locally in South Africa, and particularly in
Pretoria. In this article, five key areas for sustainable facility management
in shopping centres are investigated, namely energy consumption, water
consumption, materials and resource management, internal environment
quality management, and location management.
This study also established which sustainable facility management strategies and
methods are currently being applied and what perceptions property managers
in shopping centres in Pretoria have regarding sustainable facility management.
Questionnaires and one-on-one interviews with property managers and centre
managers and owners were employed to obtain qualitative information such
as the perceptions and knowledge of the respondents, as well as quantitative
information such as quantities and percentages. The sample and data collected
for the study are limited to shopping malls in Pretoria with a commercial area of
10 000m² or more, which yielded a total of 69 shopping centres.
Completed questionnaires were returned by approximately a quarter of the
total sample population, representing a lettable area of 765 835m2 and 1 663
stores. Nearly 90% of the respondents indicated that the ‘property’ management
function is done internally, compared with over 94% that internally manage the
‘facility’ management function.
It was found that sustainable facility management practices are being applied
in shopping centres in Pretoria, but that there is a clear preference for widely
applied practices that lead to financial savings. Practices that contribute to
social and environmental objectives are applied to a much lesser extent,
due to the perception that such practices do not result in financial savings or
contribute to the management of the centres and are, therefore, regarded as
less important.
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Keywords
Sustainable facilities management, Property management, Sustainability criteria, Shopping centres
Citation
Van der Merwe, J., Kleynhans, B., & Cloete, C. (2017). Volhoubare fasiliteitsbestuur in winkelsentrums in Pretoria. Acta Structilia, 24(1), 73-98.