Blog

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.

Feb
08^th

QED Sponsors FMA's Legionella Guidelines Update Lunch

Facility Management Australia (FMA) presents "The Guidelines for Legionella control in the operation and maintenance of water distribution systems in health and aged care facilities", with keynote speaker Dr Vyt Garnys and others at an update lunch on March 28th, at 9:00 am...

Nov
11^th

Senate Reopens Submissions to the Committee Inquiry Into Non-Conforming Building Products

On June 23, 2015 the Senate referred an inquiry into non-conforming building products to the Senate Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by October 12, 2015. Following several extensions, and the cessation of the previous Parliament, on October 11, 2016 the Senate agreed to the committee’s recommendation that this inquiry be re-adopted in the current Parliament...

Nov
08^th

Australian Building Codes Board Produces New IAQ Procedure Handbook

The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) have published a new handbook for the application of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) verification methods. This non-mandatory document covers the general prin...

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!