SUSTAINABLE FACILITY MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF EGYPTIAN FACILITY MANAGEMENT GUIDELINE
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https://doi.org/10.29121/ijetmr.v12.i4.2025.1571Keywords:
Sustainable Facility Management, Facility Management Challenges, Facility Management Specifications And Guidelines, Egyptian Facility Management GuidelineAbstract
Facility Management (FM) emphasis a strategic focus as it adopt the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) that consider Sustainable Facility Management (SFM) in business decisions. The understanding of the principles of SFM has developed over the last decade. This paper address the challenges of adopting SFM worldwide, and in Egypt in specific and how to overcome those challenges. A survey with FM experts was done to have a complete picture of FM in Egypt then suggest some solutions to improve the current situation of Facility Management in Egypt. One of the main strategies to overcome the challenges that was suggested in this research paper was to develop Egyptian FM guideline to ensure the adoption of SFM and to fulfill the SDGs . An overview of the development of facility management specifications, guidelines and their requirements are demonstrated, Then a Strategic Facility Management Framework for an Egyptian guideline is proposed and its outline is presented.
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