The built environment accounts for a significant detrimental impact on the natural environment as a result of its substantial use of energy and carbon emissions. Based on their energy usage and carbon emission, the operational phase of buildings has the most injurious effect on the environment. This paper focuses on the property management aspect of facilities management (FM) and presents an analysis of property management in the UK and Nigeria with reference to sustainability. It addresses the need of integrating sustainable practices in the management of public buildings in Nigeria. The research methodology for this paper is based on information and data collated from literature and two structured questionnaires targeted at professionals and maintenance personnel in charge of the maintenance of public buildings in the UK and Nigeria. The primary findings of this paper reveal that as a result of no/poor maintenance strategies for maintaining public buildings, the average condition of public buildings in Nigeria is fair (on a scale 1 -poor to 5excellent). Also, the absence of regulations/legislations, sustainable policies, awareness, training of maintenance personnel, knowledge and senior management commitment are the most severe barriers to the implementation of sustainable facilities management (SFM) in the management of public buildings in Nigeria. Based on the findings, this paper recommends a framework for the implementation of sustainable practices in the management of public buildings in Nigeria.

Facilities management (FM) entails enhancing performance of users in a set environment towards optimising organisational targets. It is about managing user behaviour and includes the desire to provide a pleasant experience for the users of the facility in order to improve their performance. The handling of solid waste in the African urban marketplace environment (MPE) is documented to be a significant problem that needs addressing. Furthermore, the attitudes of the market users have been found to exacerbate this problem. The aim of this research was to identify attitudinal change factors to be incorporated in waste management strategies for the MPE. Research indicates that the key FM component in this facility is the environmental management component particularly the effective management of solid waste. In addition, success or failure of this facility hinges on attitudinal actions of the stakeholders towards waste. Data was collected from observations of four African MPEs and a series of semi-structured interviews with stakeholders. Attitudinal change factors identified in this paper include: waste collection frequency and monitoring of the waste management practices. The study reveals that a deeper understanding of marketplace custom and everyday relationship to market space is essential for enhancing waste management practices in the MPE.