This research degree covers:
- Commissioning and reliability of facilities
- Energy management and carbon footprint analysis
- Facility operation and maintenance
- Facility planning and design
- Facility support services management
- FM economics and finance
- Information and communication technologies for FM
- Legal and environmental issues in FM
- Outsourcing and contracts
- Performance assessment and benchmarking
- Strategic asset management
- Workplace ecology and management
Building services primarily include air-conditioning and ventilation, electrical distribution and lighting, active fire protection, plumbing and drainage, vertical transportation, security, telecommunication, and building automation systems. Satisfactory performance of these systems is crucial to providing a safe, healthy, comfortable and productive environment for people and processes in buildings.
Building Services Engineering (BSE) is a multi-disciplinary profession which entails the application of art and science in design, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of services systems for buildings. Given the ever-rising needs and expectations of users, building services systems have become increasingly sophisticated, leading to the mounting demand for competent building services professionals.
Worldwide there have been growing recognitions that the performance of buildings and their services systems has significant impacts on the environment. The prevalent pursuit of green and sustainable buildings further highlights the vital role that building services professionals have to play in enhancing such aspects as energy conservation, indoor environmental quality, resources recycling, waste minimization and pollution control associated with the use of buildings.