Marcel Janser

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Research Associate

www.zhaw.ch/ifm

Expertise and research interests

Marcel Janser is researcher, lecturer and PhD candidate at the Institute of Facility Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences. His main research interest lies in social change for sustainability and climate-change mitigation and in the history of the strong and weak sustainability paradigms. In this context, his current research projects focus on sustainability management, climate-relevant practices in the Swiss real estate industry and sustainable real estate business models. Marcel Janser’s teaching responsibilities include lectures on human environment interaction, applied statistics and the histories of the strong and weak sustainability paradigms. Before his appointment as a scientist, Marcel Janser completed his degree in social and business psychology, communication science and philosophy at the University of Zurich and gained work experience in personnel development and organizational consultancy.

Strong sustainability, history of the sustainability discourse, degrowth
Sustainability management
Climate action in the real estate industry
Energy performance gaps
Socio-technical systems approach
Practice Theory

Educational background

PhD Candidate Strong Sustainability in the Real Estate Industry
CAS Energy management
Msc in Social- and Business Psychology, University of Zurich

Professional milestones

Since 2011: Institute of Facility Management
2010-2011: Institute for Work Research and Organizational Consultancy (iafob)
2007: Personnel- and Management Development ALSTOM (Switzerland) AG
2004-2008: SPSS tutor, Zurich University

Projects

• Dekarbonisierung von Quartieren / Team member / Project ongoing
• Real Estate Life Cycle Benchmark – Machbarkeit / Team member / Project completed
• Immobilieneigentümer, -dienstleister und Forschende als Co-Kreateure klimafreundlicher Immobiliendienstleistungen (KREA-KLIM) / Project leader / Project completed
• Healing architecture in mental health-care facilities / Team member / Project completed
• Campus Challenge Sustainability Exchange / Team member / Project completed
• Bringing Real Estate Portfolios on a Climate-Friendly Track / Project leader / Project completed
• Standard Modules for FM Contracts / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Innovative business models for integrated real estate services / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Quality of Sustainable Office Buildings / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Monn, Christian; Leiblein, Thomas; Janser, Marcel; Feige, Annika; Wallbaum, Holger; Windlinger Inversini, Lukas; Hofmann, Thomas,

  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, Annika; Wallbaum, Holger; Janser, Marcel; Windlinger Inversini, Lukas,

  2013.

  Impact of sustainable office buildings on occupant's comfort and productivity.

  Journal of Corporate Real Estate.

  15(1), pp. 7-34.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-01-2013-0004

• Janser, Marcel; Hubbuch, Markus; Windlinger Inversini, Lukas,

  2020.

  Call for a definition and paradigm shift in energy performance gap research [paper].

  In:

  IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science.

  World Sustainable Built Environment Conference - BEYOND 2020, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2-4 November 2020.

  IOP Publishing.

  pp. 052052.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/588/5/052052

• Hackenfort, Markus; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Hartmann, Cathérine; Janser, Marcel; Schwarz, Natalie; Stücheli-Herlach, Peter, 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.

  .

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1370

• Janser, Marcel,

  2018.

  Explaining the energy performance gap in professionally managed buildings [paper].

  In:

  Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency.

  5th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency (BEHAVE 2018), Zurich, 5-7 September 2018.

• Leiblein, Thomas; Feige, Annika; Janser, Marcel; Monn, Christian; Wallbaum, Holger; Windlinger Inversini, Lukas; Hofmann, Thomas,

  2014.

  Field study of natural, mechanical and hybrid ventilation systems of 27 office buildings in the temperate zone country Switzerland [paper].

  In:

  Indoor Air Proceedings.

  Indoor Air, Hong Kong, 7-12 July 2014.

  Hong Kong:

  International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1136

• Berger, Verena; Frei, Sabine; Koch, David; Janser, Marcel; Stucki, Matthias,

  2022.

  Klimaduell – das Klima gewinnt.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25280

• Janser, Marcel,

  2020.

  Wer das Klima wirklich schützen will, muss sich committen und Klimaschutz als sozio-technische Herausforderung begreifen.

  FMforFuture!.

  2020, pp. 33-35.

  Available from: https://realestatemove.ch/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/FM-for-Future.pdf

• Jin, Quan; Wallbaum, Holger; Leiblein, Thomas; Hofmann, Thomas; Janser, Marcel; Windlinger Inversini, Lukas,

  2017.

  Assessments of indoor environmental quality on occupant satisfaction and physical parameters in office buildings [paper].

  In:

  14th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate (INDOOR AIR 2016).

  14th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Ghent, Belgium, 3-8 July 2016.

  Curran Associates.

  pp. 868-875.

• Windlinger Inversini, Lukas; Janser, Marcel,

  2017.

  Büros als strategische Ressource.

  Immobilia.

  2017(4), pp. 56-57.

• Janser, Marcel; Monn, Christian; Leiblein, Thomas; Hofmann, Thomas; Schäfer-Cui, Ying Ying; Wallbaum, Holger; Windlinger Inversini, Lukas,

  2017.

  Komfort, Gesundheit und Arbeitsleistung in Bürogebäuden.

  Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Sicherheit und Gesundheit.

  2017(5), pp. 18-20.

• Jin, Quan; Windlinger Inversini, Lukas; Hofmann, Thomas; Janser, Marcel; Wallbaum, Holger; Leiblein, Thomas,

  2016.

  Assessments of indoor environmental quality on occupant satisfaction and physical parameters in office buildings [paper].

  In:

  14th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate (INDOOR AIR 2016).

  14th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Ghent, Belgium, 3-8 July 2016.

  International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ).

  pp. 868-876.

• Windlinger Inversini, Lukas; Konkol, Jennifer; Janser, Marcel; Schanné, Fabienne; Lange, Stefanie; Schäfer-Cui, Ying Ying,

  2016.

  Die 20 hartnäckigsten Missverständnisse und Irrtümer zu Büroarbeitswelten [paper].

  In:

  Windlinger Inversini, Lukas; Hofer, Susanne; Keller Foletti, Barbara; Schlegel, Ronald; Arnold Moos, Irene, eds.,

  Tagungsband zum Symposium FM – here we go! , Standortbestimmung einer Milliardenbranche.

  Symposium Facility Management - here we go! Standortbestimmung einer Milliardenbranche, Zürich, 11. November 2016.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  pp. 258-275.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5033

• Leiblein, Thomas; Feige, Annika; Janser, Marcel; Monn, Christian; Wallbaum, Holger; Windlinger Inversini, Lukas; Hofmann, Thomas,

  2015.

  Field study of natural, mechanical and hybrid ventilation systems of 27 office buildings in the temperate zone country Switzerland [paper].

  In:

  13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2014.

  The 13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Hong Kong, 7-12 July 2014.

  Curran Associates.

  pp. 324-331.

• Janser, Marcel; Windlinger Inversini, Lukas; Leiblein, Thomas; Hofmann, Thomas; Wallbaum, Holger; Feige, Annika; Cui, Ying Ying; Lange, Stephanie,

  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.

  Available from: http://www.nachhaltigebueros.ch/sites/nhb.ias/files/nhb_img/standard/files/janser_et_al_2015_leitfaden_fuer_nachhaltige_buerogebaeude2.pdf

• Windlinger Inversini, Lukas; Hofmann, Thomas; Janser, Marcel,

  2012.

  Die Qualität nachhaltiger Bürogebäude für die Nutzer : Nachhaltigkeit gewinnt im Immobilienbereich.

  SVG Journal.

  2012(2), pp. 8-10.

  Available from: http://www.svg-umwelt.ch/svg-journal/svg-journal-2012?download=212:gut-22012-06-10

• Janser, Marcel; Windlinger Inversini, Lukas,

  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, Lukas; Janser, Marcel; Feige, Annika; Wallbaum, Holger,

  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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