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There are a number of steps businesses can take to enhance their energy management, such as installing systems to minimise energy usage and incorporating daylight harvesting With power being the biggest cost for both commercial and residential facilities, effective energy management is more important than ever before, both for businesses and the planet as a whole Energy management is defined as the process of controlling, monitoring and conserving energy – it involves practices such as metering and taking all possible opportunities to save energy. The economics of building ownership have become a major risk consideration in property development, particularly as energy management constitutes around 40 percent of building management costs. Therefore, every party involved, from those in development and operations to those in management and ownership, now has a significant…

FM IN PPP - The Nigerian Experience Presentation by Dr. MKO Balogun at the World Engineering Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure, November 2014, Abuja-Nigeria TABLE OF CONTENT GLOBAL AFRICAN & NIGERIAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2014-2020 INFRASTRUCTURAL DEFICIT GLOBAL AFRICA & NIGERIA FACILITY MANAGEMENT OUTLOOK PPP- TRENDS, OPPORTUNITY & CHALLENGES FM & PPP IN THE NIGERIAN ENVIROMENT FM IN A PPP – LAGOS MM2 EXPERIENCE. INTRODUCTION In discussing the topic, I have taken the liberty to think the topic and the theme “FM Beyond Buildings”. Linking economics/growth to infrastructure and linking sustainability infrastructure to FM. I hope you will find it useful, beneficial and will lead to further discussion on the topic and increase in FM participation in PPP WORLD ECONOMY OUTLOOK 2014 – 2025 WORLD ECONOMY OUTLOOK Global growth of Gross Domestic…

World FM Day 2013 Thursday 27 June 2013 (CREATING, SHARING & LEARNING) THE FUTURE WORKPLACE – ROLE OF FM OPENING Five years ago, the Global FM, a body of professional facilities management associations around the world, instituted the celebration every year of World FM day to create awareness, celebrate the profession and educate members on new thinking in FM. In Nigeria, starting 2010, I pioneered the celebration by doing a live TV program on TV Continental, with the then Lagos State Governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Communication, and in 2011, it was with the then Secretary of IFMA, Lagos, by 2012 it has become an industry practice with others companies joining. OPENING Today, following on the Global FM Theme for this year – Creating. Sharing. Learning, we have decided to…

ENERGY MANAGEMENT & SUSTAINABILITY THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE WHY SAVE ENERGY START FROM THE BEGINNING - LCC, BEMs, BMS, BIM ROLE OF FACILITY MANAGERS Introduction Energy management has become an important part of business decisions not only the job of building managers or facilities managers or developer. As economics of building ownership becomes a major risk consideration in building development energy management becomes very important has it constitute about 40% of the cost of building management Everybody involved in building development, operations, management and ownership has to be involved in energy management. “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Brundtland report's definition of sustainable development: Reductions in energy consumption – emissions and cost –…