David Anthony Collins
Sentralbygg 1, 7 Etasje, Gløshaugen
About
About
Dave Collins is an Innovation Manager and researcher at NTNU's Department of Architecture and Technology. His work focuses on research-based innovation in the built environment, particularly the relationship between sustainability, innovation, facilities management, smart cities and the transition from research results to practical implementation.
As Innovation Manager for the Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (FME ZEN), Dave works with researchers, industry partners and public-sector organisations to identify innovation opportunities emerging from research and to support their development and application in practice. His interests include innovation processes and ecosystems, sustainable neighbourhood development, citizen and stakeholder engagement, and the organisational conditions that enable new ideas to be adopted.
Dave holds a PhD in Architecture from NTNU, specialising in sustainable facilities management. His doctoral research examined green leasing and the relationship between building owners and occupiers in improving the environmental performance of commercial buildings. His subsequent research has expanded into urban facilities management, smart and sustainable neighbourhoods, citizen participation and collaborative urban development.
In 2019, Dave received the European Facilities Management Network (EuroFM) European Researcher of the Year Award for his contribution to advancing knowledge in facilities management and its application in research, practice and education.
Before completing his PhD, Dave studied Politics and Modern History at Cardiff University and Globalisation, Global Politics and Culture at NTNU. He has also worked at SINTEF Technology and Society and, before moving to Norway, spent nearly five years working for a Member of the UK Parliament.
Alongside his research and innovation work, Dave teaches innovation in the built environment, with particular emphasis on how innovation develops through collaboration between researchers, industry, public authorities, users and other stakeholders.
Research and professional interests
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Research-based innovation
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Innovation in the built environment
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Sustainable facilities management
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Green leasing and green leases
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Zero-emission and sustainable neighbourhoods
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Smart cities and smart neighbourhoods
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Citizen and stakeholder engagement
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Innovation ecosystems and research-industry collaboration
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Sustainable urban development
Publications
2025
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Adhikari, Aashish;
Collins, Dave;
Johansen, Agnar;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka.
(2025)
Effective digital citizen participation processes in urban development.
Non-fiction chapter
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Bjelland, David;
Collins, David Anthony;
Gullbrekken, Lars;
Hrynyszyn, Bozena Dorota.
(2025)
Energy retrofitting of heritage-protected buildings: Establishing representative case studies.
Energy Reports
Academic article
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Adhikari, Aashish;
Afshari, Mahgol;
Collins, David Anthony;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Johansen, Agnar.
(2025)
Evaluating Digital Citizen Participation in Smart Cities.
Academic chapter
2024
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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
Research report
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Aakervik, Anne-Lise;
Collins, Dave;
Kvellheim, Ann Kristin.
(2024)
Innovasjonsrapport 2023.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
2022
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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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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
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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
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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
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Indergård, Kaja;
Hansen, Geir Karsten;
Collins, Dave.
(2022)
Academic Work - Something Else?.
Academic chapter
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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
2021
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Collins, Dave.
(2021)
A Case of Principle: The Commonalities Between Green Leasing and Urban FM from the perspective of Practice.
Academic chapter
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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.
Academic chapter
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Collins, Dave;
Senior, Coline;
Jowkar, Mina;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Johansen, Agnar.
(2021)
The impact of an urban facilities management summer school on the participants.
Facilities
Academic article
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Collins, Dave;
Senior, Coline;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Kuijlenburg, Rachel;
Roux, Peter C. Le.
(2021)
Back to School - the Impact of Short Timeframe Student Case Studies on Projects and Educational Programs in the Context of Urban FM.
Academic chapter
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.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
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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
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Collins, David.
(2019)
Opportunity Knocks: Green Leases and Green Leasing in Sustainable Office Buildings.
Academic chapter
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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
2018
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Collins, David.
(2018)
Green Leases and Green Leasing:
A Terminological Overview of Academia and Practice.
EuroFM
Anthology
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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
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Collins, David.
(2018)
Green leases and green leasing in theory and in practice: a state of the art review.
Facilities
Academic article
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
2016
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Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje;
Haugen, Tore.
(2016)
Green and Sustainable – How are These Terms Reflected in the Context of Facilities Management?.
Academic chapter
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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
2015
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Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje.
(2015)
The Users Impact on Buildings’ Sustainability – A Qualitative Approach.
Academic chapter
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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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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, 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
-
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, 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
-
Bjelland, David;
Collins, David Anthony;
Gullbrekken, Lars;
Hrynyszyn, Bozena Dorota.
(2025)
Energy retrofitting of heritage-protected buildings: Establishing representative case studies.
Energy Reports
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, 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, David.
(2018)
Green leases and green leasing in theory and in practice: a state of the art review.
Facilities
Academic article
-
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, 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, Dave;
Senior, Coline;
Jowkar, Mina;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Johansen, Agnar.
(2021)
The impact of an urban facilities management summer school on the participants.
Facilities
Academic article
-
Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje.
(2015)
Sustainable facilities management and green leasing: The company strategic approach.
Procedia Economics and Finance
Academic literature review
-
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
Books
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Collins, David.
(2018)
Green Leases and Green Leasing:
A Terminological Overview of Academia and Practice.
EuroFM
Anthology
Part of book/report
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Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje.
(2015)
The Users Impact on Buildings’ Sustainability – A Qualitative Approach.
Academic chapter
-
Collins, David;
Junghans, Antje;
Haugen, Tore.
(2016)
Green and Sustainable – How are These Terms Reflected in the Context of Facilities Management?.
Academic chapter
-
Adhikari, Aashish;
Collins, Dave;
Johansen, Agnar;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka.
(2025)
Effective digital citizen participation processes in urban development.
Non-fiction chapter
-
Collins, Dave.
(2021)
A Case of Principle: The Commonalities Between Green Leasing and Urban FM from the perspective of Practice.
Academic chapter
-
Adhikari, Aashish;
Afshari, Mahgol;
Collins, David Anthony;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Johansen, Agnar.
(2025)
Evaluating Digital Citizen Participation in Smart Cities.
Academic chapter
-
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
-
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.
Academic chapter
-
Indergård, Kaja;
Hansen, Geir Karsten;
Collins, Dave.
(2022)
Academic Work - Something Else?.
Academic chapter
-
Collins, David.
(2019)
Opportunity Knocks: Green Leases and Green Leasing in Sustainable Office Buildings.
Academic chapter
-
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
-
Collins, Dave;
Senior, Coline;
Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka;
Kuijlenburg, Rachel;
Roux, Peter C. Le.
(2021)
Back to School - the Impact of Short Timeframe Student Case Studies on Projects and Educational Programs in the Context of Urban FM.
Academic chapter
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
Research report
-
Aakervik, Anne-Lise;
Collins, Dave;
Kvellheim, Ann Kristin.
(2024)
Innovasjonsrapport 2023.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
Student thesis or dissertation
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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.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Teaching
Courses
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
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LectureIndergård, Kaja; Hansen, Geir Karsten; Collins, Dave. (2022) Kunnskap og Campus 10.11.22. Academic Work - Something Else?. Kunnskap og Campus
2021
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Conference 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. 17th International Conference on Urban Health Transforming our Collective Urban Future: Learning from COVID-19
2016
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Interview