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Facilities @ Management
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Facilities @ Management

by Edmond P. Rondeau, Michaela Hellerforth
February 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
560 pages
23h 33m
English
Wiley
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3.15 The Robert L. Preger Intelligent WorkplaceTM a Transformative Living Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University

Joint Contribution By Volker Hartkopf and Vivian Loftness

Climate change, rapid advances in technology, and the global pandemic have significantly changed the nature of work and the workplaces that are best suited to ensuring a healthy, productive workforce. Over 25 years, the Advanced Building Systems Integration Consortium (ABSIC), an NSF Industry-University-Government collaborative based in the Center for Building Performance & Diagnostics (CBPD), has researched and advanced the definition of high-performance, intelligent workplaces and intelligent facilities management to support:

  1. Individual Productivity and Comfort

    High-performance workplaces ensure individual comfort, health, and productivity through quality enclosure, HVAC, lighting, and interior systems that deliver thermal, acoustic, visual, and air quality, as well as spatial and ergonomic support.

  2. Organizational Flexibility

    High-performance workplaces ensure sustained individual productivity and collaborative creativity in the face of ongoing organizational and technological change through user-centric, customizable plug-and-play infrastructures that support spatial change.

  3. Technological Adaptability

    High-performance workplaces support advances in technology and connectivity for individual and collaborative work, through accessible and open interior systems and engineering infrastructures that ...

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