by Brianna Crandall — June 6, 2014—Global FM, the worldwide alliance for member-centered facilities management (FM) organizations, announced The Global FM Awards of Excellence winners on World FM Day, June 4, 2014. The awards are a high-level international competition awarding the best-of-the-best within FM.
The awards focus on promoting the strategic value and progression of facilities management, which the organization says was demonstrated by the outstanding entries received from around the world.
The 2014 winners are:
Platinum Award of Excellence in FM—BIFM, Deborah Rowland
Creation of a central FM strategy is assisting the U.K. government in reducing the budget deficit by proving that FM is the enabler to achieving significant running cost efficiencies across the public sector estate. Working closely with key central government estate stakeholders enabled the development of the FM Contract Model that is now being procured. This will provide transparency of spend and supplier performance and consistency in FM standards, and will enable the government to become an intelligent client.
Gold Award of Excellence in FM—IFMA, Greg Wood, Washington County Sustainable Cleaning Program
Washington County constructed and opened over 350,000 square feet of new facility space in 2011 to bring the total portfolio to 1,019,707 rentable square feet. Space maintained is wide ranging in type including jail cells, courts, libraries, standard office space, and fleet maintenance.
One solution to help address many challenges was to adjust cleaning processes and move staff from night to the daytime in order to optimize HVAC and lighting systems hours of operation. During the assessment process, the company determined there were other opportunities to implement such as reducing the number of cleaning products used, using Green Seal-certified products, and further developing the recycling program to reduce solid waste expenses and the amount that goes to the landfill.
Silver Award of Excellence in FM—ARSEG, AXA France
AXA France, an insurance market leader, wants to be an example in terms of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Energi’com software for tracking and management of energy consumption is one of the answers for this requirement. The Energi’com goal is to get all users involved in cutting their own energy consumption. The company says that facilities management is no longer solely a management issue led by building technical specialists, but a real user’s issue, too. Built around a market toolkit, Energi’com organizes a win-win relationship with all hard-services suppliers. Real-time data acquisition offers a concrete and dynamic vision for equipment management related to site lifecycle.
