Marcel Janser

Work at ZHAW

Position

Lecturer / Researcher

Focus

• Strong Sustainability in the Real Estate Industry
• History of the sustainability discourse
• Circular Economy
• Sustainability Management
• Energy Performance Gaps

Teaching

• BSc in FM: Fundamentals in FM
• BSc in FM: Empirical Research Methods (module responsibility)
• BSc in FM: Energy Management (individual interdisciplinary input)
• MSc in REFM: Circular Economy Management
• CAS Energy Management (individual interdisciplinary inputs)

Experience

• Senior Research Associate in Sustainability
  Institute of Facility Management, ZHAW
  05 / 2011 - today
• Internship
  Institute for Work Research and Organizational Consultancy (iafob)
  11 / 2010 - 04 / 2011
• Internship Personnel- and Management Development
  ALSTOM (Switzerland) AG
  04 / 2007 - 09 / 2007

Education and Continuing education

Education

Msc / Social- and Business Psychology
University of Zurich
10 / 2003 - 04 / 2010

Continuing Education

• CAS Energy Management
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  01 / 2020
• CAS Higher Education Didactics
  Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  10 / 2017

Network

Social media

Linkedin

Projects

• An integrated, data-driven Smart Real Estate life cycle benchmark as a foundation for innovative delivery models in the real estate sector / Team member / ongoing
• Care for Rare Navigator: Digital AI-supported counseling service for families with rare diseases / Team member / ongoing
• Space sufficiency in office buildings / Deputy project leader / completed
• Massive Decarbonisation of the Swiss Building Stock / Team member / completed
• Healing architecture in mental health-care facilities / Team member / completed
• Campus Challenge Sustainability Exchange / Team member / completed
• Bringing Real Estate Portfolios on a Climate-Friendly Track / Project leader / completed
• Standard Modules for FM Contracts / Deputy project leader / completed
• Innovative business models for integrated real estate services / Deputy project leader / completed
• Quality of Sustainable Office Buildings / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Monn, C. et al. (2015) 'Umgebungsbedingungen in Büros in Abhängigkeit von der Lüftung : Auswertungen aus dem Projekt "Qualität von Nachhaltigen Bürogebäuden" (QNB-Projekt)', Gefahrstoffe - Reinhaltung der Luft, 2015(5), pp. 191–196.
• Feige, A. et al. (2013) 'Impact of sustainable office buildings on occupant's comfort and productivity', Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 15(1), pp. 7–34. doi: 10.1108/JCRE-01-2013-0004.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Janser, M., Hubbuch, M. and Windlinger Inversini, L. (2020) 'Call for a definition and paradigm shift in energy performance gap research', in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. IOP Publishing, p. 052052. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/588/5/052052.
• Janser, M. (2018) 'Explaining the energy performance gap in professionally managed buildings', in Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency.
• Hackenfort, M. et al. (eds) (2018) Behave 2018 : Book of Abstracts, 5th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency (BEHAVE 2018), Zurich, 5-7 September 2018. Zürich: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1370.
• Leiblein, T. et al. (2014) 'Field study of natural, mechanical and hybrid ventilation systems of 27 office buildings in the temperate zone country Switzerland', in Indoor Air Proceedings. Hong Kong: International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1136.

Other publications

• Windlinger Inversini, L. et al. (2025) Zwischenbericht Projekt FBB : Flächensuffizienz bei Bürogebäuden. Bundesamt für Energie BFE. Available at: https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Dokument.aspx?DocumentID=73830.
• Berger, V. et al. (2022) Klimaduell – das Klima gewinnt. Wädenswil: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-25280.
• Janser, M. (2020) 'Wer das Klima wirklich schützen will, muss sich committen und Klimaschutz als sozio-technische Herausforderung begreifen', FMforFuture!, 2020, pp. 33–35. Available at: https://realestatemove.ch/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/FM-for-Future.pdf.
• Windlinger Inversini, L. and Janser, M. (2017) 'Büros als strategische Ressource', Immobilia, 2017(4), pp. 56–57.
• Jin, Q. et al. (2017) 'Assessments of indoor environmental quality on occupant satisfaction and physical parameters in office buildings', in 14th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate (INDOOR AIR 2016). Curran Associates, pp. 868–875.
• Janser, M. et al. (2017) 'Komfort, Gesundheit und Arbeitsleistung in Bürogebäuden', Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Sicherheit und Gesundheit, 2017(5), pp. 18–20.
• Windlinger Inversini, L. et al. (2016) 'Die 20 hartnäckigsten Missverständnisse und Irrtümer zu Büroarbeitswelten', in Windlinger Inversini, L. et al. (eds) Tagungsband zum Symposium FM – here we go! , Standortbestimmung einer Milliardenbranche. Wädenswil: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, pp. 258–275. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-5033.
• Jin, Q. et al. (2016) 'Assessments of indoor environmental quality on occupant satisfaction and physical parameters in office buildings', in 14th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate (INDOOR AIR 2016). International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate, pp. 868–876.
• Janser, M. et al. (2015) Leitfaden für Nachhaltige Bürogebäude : Handlungsempfehlungen für Eigentümer, Bauherren, Planer, Betreiber und Nutzer von Bürogebäuden in der Schweiz. Wädenswil: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-5553.
• Leiblein, T. et al. (2015) 'Field study of natural, mechanical and hybrid ventilation systems of 27 office buildings in the temperate zone country Switzerland', in 13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2014. Curran Associates, pp. 324–331.
• Windlinger Inversini, L., Hofmann, T. and Janser, M. (2012) 'Die Qualität nachhaltiger Bürogebäude für die Nutzer : Nachhaltigkeit gewinnt im Immobilienbereich', SVG Journal, 2012(2), pp. 8–10.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Janser, M. and Windlinger Inversini, L. (2018) 'Workplace related predictors of exhaustion symptoms : results from a multi-level analysis of 26 office buildings', in Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference, Tampere, Finland, 20-22 September 2018.
• Windlinger Inversini, L. et al. (2012) 'The role of office users in the sustainability of office buildings : an empirical investigation and implications for FM', in IEECB 2012 - 7th International Conference on Improving Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings, Frankfurt, Germany, 2012.

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