Sustainability assessment of retail facilities: Framework development and application
2013 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
During recent years market demand, public consent as well as political legislation have brought about a rise in sustainability requirements for building infrastructure. In many cases it is the facility or property managers’ responsibility to put these changes and requirements into practice. However, there is a lack of adequate management and assessment tools, especially for retail facilities. This paper develops and explores a framework for the sustainability assessment of retail facilities, encompassing all three sustainability dimensions: environmental, social, and economic. Following a thorough literature review of sustainable property management and sustainability assessment of built infrastructure a three-dimension sustainability assessment framework and tool for retail facilities are developed. This framework is subsequently applied to existing retail facilities using a multiple case study approach. The study’s results show the framework to be adequate to serve as a management instrument to owners and managers of retail facilities. It can, with slight modifications, also be applied to other types of commercial buildings.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013. , p. 80
Keywords [en]
sustainability assessment, triple bottom line, facility management, property management, retail facilities, case study approach
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-29110Local ID: FÖ-V13-A1-52OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-29110DiVA, id: diva2:1037343
Subject / course
Business Administration FE1
Supervisors
Examiners
Note
2014-06-07
2016-10-142016-10-142016-10-21Bibliographically approved