David Anthony Collins
About
Dave is the Innovation Manager at the Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (FME ZEN).
Daves's primary responsibility is to realise more of the innovation potential in research and research collaboration.
Innovation Manager’s at NTNU have a position in the discipline of innovation, in which key responsibilities are:
- Explore research results in depth to identify and realize ideas for potential innovations
- Help to increase innovative activity with clusters, centres and strategic areas of focus as a starting point
- Realize research-based innovation together with partners
- Further develop a culture of innovation and work methods in the discipline of innovation in our academic communities
- Increase the visibility of innovation activity in our academic communities and collaborative partners
- Participate in relevant strategic arenas
Originally from Wales in the United Kingdom, Dave has a PhD in Sustainable Facilities Management from the Centre for Real Estate and Facilities Management in the Department of Architecture and Planning.
In 2019 Dave was awarded the European Facilities Management Network (EuroFM) ‘European Researcher of the Year’ for his contributions to the advancement of "knowledge in FM and promote its effective application in practice and education".
Dave also has a Bachelor's in Politics and Modern History from Cardiff University completed in 2007, as well as a Master in Globalisation, Global Politics and Culture from NTNU completed in 2014. He also worked for SINTEF Technology and Society during the last year of his Master's.
Competencies
Prior to his move to Norway, Dave worked for nearly 5 years for a British Member of Parliament.
In 2022 Dave completed a post-doctoral fellowship, researching how users and communities can better engage themselves in Smart Cities projects as more formal intermediaries on the Nordforsk project 'Citizens as the Pilots of Smart Cities' (CaPs).
Dave is outgoing, enthusiastic, and social and thrives best with people. Do not hesitate to contact him!
Publications
2024
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Aakervik, Anne-Lise;
Collins, Dave;
Kvellheim, Ann Kristin.
(2024)
Innovasjonsrapport 2023.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Report
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Vergerio, Giulia;
Collins, Dave.
(2024)
BREEAM Communities and ZEN Definition at a glance. A qualitative comparison and what we can learn.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
ZEN Memo (56)
Report
2022
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Collins, Dave;
Senior, Coline;
Jowkar, Mina;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Johansen, Agnar.
(2022)
From the North Country: The Citizen Centered Journey towards Sustainable Smart Cities in the Norwegian Context.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Johansen, Agnar;
Collins, Dave;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Hagehaugen, Geir.
(2022)
By the fjord: successful public and private collaboration in a neighbourhood redevelopment project in Norway.
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Management, procurement and law
Academic article
-
Collins, Dave.
(2022)
At differing scales: the commonalities between green leasing and urban FM from the perspectives of sustainable urban development projects.
Facilities
Academic article
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Indergård, Kaja;
Hansen, Geir Karsten;
Collins, Dave.
(2022)
Academic Work - Something Else?.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Collins, Dave;
Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret.
(2022)
Block by block: potential and challenges of the blockchain in the context of facilities management .
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
-
Collins, Dave;
Johansen, Agnar;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Senior, Coline.
(2022)
Get smart: the importance of urban facilities management to smart neighbourhoods and their citizens in a project’s early stages
.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
2021
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Collins, Dave;
Senior, Coline;
Jowkar, Mina;
Salaj, Alenka Temeljotov;
Johansen, Agnar.
(2021)
The impact of an urban facilities management summer school on the participants.
Facilities
Academic article
-
Collins, Dave;
Johansen, Agnar;
Kalsaas, Bo Terje;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Hamdy, Mohamed.
(2021)
Brought by Degrees: A Focus on the Current Indicators of Lean ‘Smartness’ in Smart Cities.
Fondo Editorial (FE) de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Collins, Dave;
Senior, Coline;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Kuijlenburg, Rachel;
Le Roux, Peter C..
(2021)
Back to School - the Impact of Short Timeframe Student Case Studies on Projects and Educational Programs in the Context of Urban FM.
EuroFM
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Collins, Dave.
(2021)
A Case of Principle: The Commonalities Between Green Leasing and Urban FM from the perspective of Practice.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2020
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Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Collins, David;
Bjørberg, Svein;
Haugen, Tore.
(2020)
Exploring urban facilities management approaches to increase connectivity in smart cities.
Facilities
Academic article
2019
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Collins, David;
Haugen, Tore;
Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret;
Junghans, Antje.
(2019)
Green Leasing
A Study of the Barriers and Drivers for Green Leased Offices in Norway.
Skipnes
Doctoral dissertation
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Collins, David;
Haugen, Tore;
Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret;
Aamodt, Christian.
(2019)
Bridging the gap between sustainable FM and sustainable buildings an exploratory study of six public buildings in Norway.
Facilities
Academic article
-
Collins, David.
(2019)
Opportunity Knocks: Green Leases and Green Leasing in Sustainable Office Buildings.
EuroFM
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Collins, David;
Bjørberg, Svein.
(2019)
Defining a niche for Facilities Management in Smart Cities.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
2018
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Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje;
Haugen, Tore.
(2018)
Green leasing in commercial
real estate.
The drivers and barriers for owners and
tenants of sustainable office buildings.
Journal of Corporate Real Estate
Academic article
-
Collins, David.
(2018)
Green leases and green leasing in theory and in practice: a state of the art review.
Facilities
Academic article
-
Collins, David.
(2018)
Green Leases and Green Leasing:
A Terminological Overview of Academia and Practice.
EuroFM
EuroFM
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
2017
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Collins, David;
Haugen, Tore;
Aamodt, Christian.
(2017)
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE FM AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
An exploratory study of six public buildings in Norway.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2016
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Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje;
Haugen, Tore.
(2016)
Green leasing in theory and practice: A study focusing on the drivers and barriers for owners and tenants of commercial offices.
Raportti (Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto. Rakennustuotanto ja -talous)
Academic article
-
Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje;
Haugen, Tore.
(2016)
Green and Sustainable – How are These Terms Reflected in the Context of Facilities Management?.
Polyteknisk Boghandel og Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2015
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Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje.
(2015)
The Users Impact on Buildings’ Sustainability – A Qualitative Approach.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje.
(2015)
Sustainable facilities management and green leasing: The company strategic approach.
Procedia Economics and Finance
Academic literature review
Journal publications
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Johansen, Agnar;
Collins, Dave;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Hagehaugen, Geir.
(2022)
By the fjord: successful public and private collaboration in a neighbourhood redevelopment project in Norway.
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Management, procurement and law
Academic article
-
Collins, Dave.
(2022)
At differing scales: the commonalities between green leasing and urban FM from the perspectives of sustainable urban development projects.
Facilities
Academic article
-
Collins, Dave;
Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret.
(2022)
Block by block: potential and challenges of the blockchain in the context of facilities management .
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
-
Collins, Dave;
Johansen, Agnar;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Senior, Coline.
(2022)
Get smart: the importance of urban facilities management to smart neighbourhoods and their citizens in a project’s early stages
.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
-
Collins, Dave;
Senior, Coline;
Jowkar, Mina;
Salaj, Alenka Temeljotov;
Johansen, Agnar.
(2021)
The impact of an urban facilities management summer school on the participants.
Facilities
Academic article
-
Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Collins, David;
Bjørberg, Svein;
Haugen, Tore.
(2020)
Exploring urban facilities management approaches to increase connectivity in smart cities.
Facilities
Academic article
-
Collins, David;
Haugen, Tore;
Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret;
Aamodt, Christian.
(2019)
Bridging the gap between sustainable FM and sustainable buildings an exploratory study of six public buildings in Norway.
Facilities
Academic article
-
Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Collins, David;
Bjørberg, Svein.
(2019)
Defining a niche for Facilities Management in Smart Cities.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
-
Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje;
Haugen, Tore.
(2018)
Green leasing in commercial
real estate.
The drivers and barriers for owners and
tenants of sustainable office buildings.
Journal of Corporate Real Estate
Academic article
-
Collins, David.
(2018)
Green leases and green leasing in theory and in practice: a state of the art review.
Facilities
Academic article
-
Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje;
Haugen, Tore.
(2016)
Green leasing in theory and practice: A study focusing on the drivers and barriers for owners and tenants of commercial offices.
Raportti (Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto. Rakennustuotanto ja -talous)
Academic article
-
Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje.
(2015)
Sustainable facilities management and green leasing: The company strategic approach.
Procedia Economics and Finance
Academic literature review
Books
-
Collins, David.
(2018)
Green Leases and Green Leasing:
A Terminological Overview of Academia and Practice.
EuroFM
EuroFM
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Part of book/report
-
Collins, Dave;
Senior, Coline;
Jowkar, Mina;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Johansen, Agnar.
(2022)
From the North Country: The Citizen Centered Journey towards Sustainable Smart Cities in the Norwegian Context.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Indergård, Kaja;
Hansen, Geir Karsten;
Collins, Dave.
(2022)
Academic Work - Something Else?.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Collins, Dave;
Johansen, Agnar;
Kalsaas, Bo Terje;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Hamdy, Mohamed.
(2021)
Brought by Degrees: A Focus on the Current Indicators of Lean ‘Smartness’ in Smart Cities.
Fondo Editorial (FE) de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Collins, Dave;
Senior, Coline;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Kuijlenburg, Rachel;
Le Roux, Peter C..
(2021)
Back to School - the Impact of Short Timeframe Student Case Studies on Projects and Educational Programs in the Context of Urban FM.
EuroFM
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Collins, Dave.
(2021)
A Case of Principle: The Commonalities Between Green Leasing and Urban FM from the perspective of Practice.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Collins, David.
(2019)
Opportunity Knocks: Green Leases and Green Leasing in Sustainable Office Buildings.
EuroFM
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Collins, David;
Haugen, Tore;
Aamodt, Christian.
(2017)
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE FM AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
An exploratory study of six public buildings in Norway.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje;
Haugen, Tore.
(2016)
Green and Sustainable – How are These Terms Reflected in the Context of Facilities Management?.
Polyteknisk Boghandel og Forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje.
(2015)
The Users Impact on Buildings’ Sustainability – A Qualitative Approach.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Aakervik, Anne-Lise;
Collins, Dave;
Kvellheim, Ann Kristin.
(2024)
Innovasjonsrapport 2023.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Report
-
Vergerio, Giulia;
Collins, Dave.
(2024)
BREEAM Communities and ZEN Definition at a glance. A qualitative comparison and what we can learn.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
ZEN Memo (56)
Report
-
Collins, David;
Haugen, Tore;
Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret;
Junghans, Antje.
(2019)
Green Leasing
A Study of the Barriers and Drivers for Green Leased Offices in Norway.
Skipnes
Doctoral dissertation
Outreach
2022
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LectureCollins, Dave; Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret. (2022) Block by Block: Potential and Challenges of the Blockchain in the context of Facilities Management. World Building Congress - CIB 2022 2022-06-27 - 2022-06-30
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LectureIndergård, Kaja; Hansen, Geir Karsten; Collins, Dave. (2022) Kunnskap og Campus 10.11.22. Academic Work - Something Else?. Fremtidens Campus, NTNU Samfunnsforskning Kunnskap og Campus , Digitalt ved Microsoft Teams 2022-11-10 -
2021
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PosterJowkar, Mina; Senior, Coline; Collins, Dave; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka; Johansen, Agnar. (2021) Urban development and public participatory mechanisms to promote health equity: A Norwegian case study . Elsevier 17th International Conference on Urban Health Transforming our Collective Urban Future: Learning from COVID-19 2021-07-06 - 2021-07-08
2016
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InterviewBacke, Tom; Collins, David. (2016) Barekraftig eiendomsforvaltning og grønne leiekontrakter. Fremtidensby Fremtidensby [Newspaper] 2016-03-31