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<p>Facilities Management (FM) industry players must be mindful of the current economic digitisation. It aims to empower the community and industry players with digital skills and digital-based businesses. Positively, this also will benefit FM industry players. Therefore, many FM organisations are starting to take advantage on IoT, big data analytics and mobile phone application in their activities. This paper utilised a literature review to discover the application of IoT, big data analytics and mobile application in FM processes. Then, a case study on Al Nabooda Chulia Facilities Management Co LLC (AN.C) success story as the recipient of Urbanise Smart City Pioneer Award 2017 were cross-examined on the tools they use in digitisation FM. The novelty from the integration of IoT, big data analytics and mobile phone application towards digitisation FM has significantly reducing management costs and improving facilities performance and service quality. The paper highlight an example of digitisation of FM activities that successfully optimising and innovating the current FM practices with the paradigm shift from cost management towards value creation in the future.<strong> </strong></p>

Green building technology, sometimes referred to as eco-friendly building materials are used in building constructions with minimal negative influence on the surrounding natural environment such as using renewable resources rather than relying on depletable fossil fuels. The problem statement of this research is the high cost of the green building material; lack of awareness of adopting green building practices among construction players; and lack of availability of technology. The aim of the research is to identify the factors contributing to the lack of adoption of green building technology among contractors and find a way to increase its use in the future. Therefore, this research has set the objectives of determining the factors contributing to low adoption of green building technology and recommending ways to increase the adoption of green building technology. This research adopts a quantitative method by using a questionnaire survey. A total of 341 Grade 7 contractors registered with Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) were selected as the respondents of this study. According to the findings, the majority of respondents identified a high initial investment and long payback period as significant barriers to implementing green building technology in construction. Besides, lack of awareness and financial resources were also found to be major contributors to the low implementation.

This paper aims to assess the facilities management (FM) practices and performance at Malaysian private finance initiatives (PFI) university campus. This paper critically analysed the current FM practices and performance of the FM company. The single case study approach is a research method used in this research to analyse a single case or phenomenon in depth. In this approach, a single unit of analysis, such as, a case study of PFI campus of a public university in Malaysia is studied in detail to gain a deep understanding of the case and its context. The findings of this paper revealed that the state of FM practices and performance is based on the Concessionaire Agreement (CA) within the appointed FM Company and the University. The extent of its implementation and understanding are significantly important to the university management. The FM Company performance increased towards the year and recorded high level performance with Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) average score within 9 years around 98.45%. However, the FM company received a total of 773 demerit points and incurred a deduction of maintenance charges amounting to RM319,153.23 suggesting that there were some areas of improvement can be made. This paper reached out to address the FM practices and performance under the Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) at Malaysia Public University after 9 years of its implementation. It gives a better understanding of PFI concept and FM practices in the country. The review also helps to identify practices and measures to the performance impact to the university operations.