Facility Management

Digitalization has long since found its way into our living spaces. Modern smart home systems offer property owners numerous opportunities to improve living comfort, increase security and use energy more efficiently at the same time. Convenience through automation Smart home technologies can be used to automate everyday processes. Lighting, heating and...

Real estate is one of the most stable forms of investment - but only if it is regularly maintained and serviced. Neglected maintenance can not only lead to high repair costs, but can also significantly reduce the value of a property. Owners who actively manage their properties and carry out regular maintenance work benefit in the long term from a higher...

"Data-Driven & Smart Technologies", "Smart Mobility & Building" and "Resources and Sustainability" are the new research focus areas at Bochum University of Applied Sciences. The aim of these three areas is to find innovative solutions to current challenges, promote interdisciplinary research and develop innovations. In the area of...

The German Facility Management Association (gefma) awarded prizes to university graduates for their theses at the end of 2023. Laura Beck from the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences in Wolfenbüttel received the main prize for her master's thesis on Building Information Modeling (BIM) in facility management ("BIM@FM - Analysis of the requirements for BIM data for...

The website of the Sustainable Teaching Buildings Network launched by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) provides information on environmentally friendly approaches to the planning, construction and operation of sustainable school and university buildings. The variety of topics ranges from constructional approaches to energy efficiency and the use of renewable energies to...

The German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) has presented the new digital network platform "myDGNB" to the public. The platform is aimed at architecture, engineering and planning offices, real estate and finance companies, construction companies, product manufacturers, local authorities, universities and all other interested parties. Via the platform, they have...

The Master's degree course "Real Estate and Facilities - Management and Technology" at the Rhineland-Palatinate University of Technology Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) will also be offered on a part-time basis from the coming winter semester. Registration for the winter semester is still possible until Friday, September 15. In the Master's program, students can expand their knowledge in the areas of strategy,...

Architects and employees from planning offices and building developers can attend a seminar on the topic of "Recording and visualizing existing buildings" on Wednesday, 30 November from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Fraunhofer Institute Center Stuttgart at Nobelstraße 12. At the seminar, Building Information Modeling experts Günter Wenzel, Frank Sulzmann and Jörg...

The German Facility Management Association (GEFMA) and the German Business Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF) have concluded a cooperation agreement to ensure greater energy efficiency, resource conservation and sustainability. Through the cooperation agreement, GEFMA and DENEFF also hope to achieve a stronger exchange between their own members and...

Can investors reduce the number of parking spaces required for new residential construction and can this save space if there are subway stations, car-sharing services or rental bike systems in the immediate vicinity? How many parking spaces are still needed? What legal conditions need to be taken into account? The German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) is investigating these questions on behalf of the Bavarian...