Blog

Jul
10^th

Hazardous Chemicals Management – Continued Compliance in a Changing Landscape

Employers are required to maintain a register of hazardous chemicals that are in use or stored in the workplace. We explain the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) and recent implementation across various states will impact your obligations.

Jun
15^th

New rules reward hourly temperature logs for NABERS indoor environment ratings

NABERS Indoor Environment for Offices: Rules for collecting and using data version 1.0 has now been in operation for over 12 months. Having undertaken ratings under the new rules we would like to quickly share our thoughts with you on our findings thus far.

Apr
26^th

Preventing infection by monitoring air quality with telemetry

During construction and revovation in healthcare facilities, effective control measures are required to prevent outbreaks of airborne infection. This whitepaper by Matthew Weir explains the risks and potential mitigating solutions.

Apr
19^th

Legionella Risk Management: a review of the State and Commonwealth requirements

Recent outbreaks of legionellosis in Australia have been associated with the water distribution systems inside hospitals, as well as the better publicised source of the air conditioning cooling tower.

Mar
28^th

Air Quality in Harmony with Infection Control

Infection control in healthcare facilities is dependent on indoor air quality - past outbreaks of hospital acquired infections have been shown to be caused or spread by air handling systems.

How IEQ Impacts Employee Productivity

We believe tenants should engage with landlords on the indoor environment quality with the same level of importance at which they consider the energy consumption of a building – it will improve their bottom line faster!