HOCHTIEF Facility Management is firmly convinced that CO2 emissions from buildings and facilities can be cut by up to 20 percent in the next five years. In pursuit of this ecological and economic goal it will be developing sustainability concepts for clients with its new “blueFM” quality seal.
HOCHTIEF will be presenting its integrated approach - which will be a fixed element of every facility management contract in future - at the Facility Management Trade Fair 2011, taking place from 22-24 February in Frankfurt.
In order to achieve the targets it has set itself, HOCHTIEF Facility Management is currently training all employees who are responsible for properties. They will learn to better recognize optimization potential in ongoing building operations and present the corresponding proposals to clients, showing how a significant reduction of energy costs and carbon dioxide emissions can be achieved. Buildings optimized in this way will then bear the new blueFM quality seal. There is certainly plenty of potential: HOCHTIEF estimates that only around 15 percent of Germany’s commercial buildings meet the criteria of the latest Energy Saving Ordinance. This is frequently because of outdated building engineering, which may be as much as 30 years old. blueFM will start where savings potential can best be realized. This primarily involves technical systems control and the mechanical elements used such as filters, pumps or engines. Apart from that, blueFM focuses on the entire life-cycle of buildings. Accordingly, sustainability begins during project development, is continued during construction or conversion, and is then consistently implemented during operation.
HOCHTIEF Facility Management will be presenting blueFM at the Facility Management Trade Fair 2011 in Frankfurt (Hall 11, Stand D11).