Compendium of Building Services & Facility Management

Introductory

The participants:
• identify the key technical systems of a building and describe their basic operating principles and functions in building operation.
• analyze the interrelationships between building services, user requirements and facility management processes and highlight the central interfaces in operation.
• compare basic operating and maintenance models for technical systems and explain how these affect cost-effectiveness, safety and availability.
• formulate simple technical specifications and service level agreements for selected technical systems and structure criteria for their assessment.
• name the central duties of operator responsibility and develop initial risk-based conclusions for safe building operation.

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- Overview of building systems (heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, elevators) as well as basic terminology and simple operating principles (without in-depth engineering)
- Maintenance, inspection, repair - basic principles of upkeep
- Key legal foundations in facility management
- SLAs & specifications of services with a technical focus

- Gondring, H., & Wagner, T. (2018). Facility Management: Handbuch für Studium und Praxis (3. Aufl.). Vahlen.
- Nävy, J., & Schröter, M. (2013). Facility Services: Die operative Ebene des Facility Managements. Springer Vieweg.
- Kaiser, C., Nusser, J., & Schrammel, F. (2018). Praxishandbuch Facility Management. Springer Vieweg.
- Daniels, K. (2003). Advanced Building Systems: A Technical Guide for Architects and Engineers. Birkhäuser.
- Schröder, W. (2010). Ganzheitliches Instandhaltungsmanagement: Aufbau, Ausgestaltung und Bewertung. Gabler.

Portfolio exam

German

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Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, group work

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