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2021
✅ 12 April 2021 - New ventilation requirements for licenced premises
......learn more
✅ 23 February 2021 - Hong Kong GHG emissions
increasing ......learn more
✅ 2 February 2021 - The WSD Public consultation for updating the Waterworks
ordinance is closing 3-2-2021......learn more
✅ 29 January 2021 - Moisture and water damaged building materials causes mould
related sick building illness......learn more
✅ 28 January 2021 - Thermal Imaging Services use advanced
software to trace moisture and water damage......learn more
✅ 22 January 2021 - How to track down water ingress in
your home......learn more
✅ 21 January 2021 - Yesterday (20 January 2021) CHP reported
COVID19 positive results were found from environmental sampling at
Hiu Fung House, retrieved from the drain pipes and "kitchen exhaust
vents".
Let's assume they mean the kitchen exhaust fans, that means extra
care is required for members of the public, domestic helpers and HVAC
technicians touching or handling exhaust fans and kitchen exhaust
systems.
.... click here to learn more about Hong Kong sick buildings
✅ 20 January 2021 - A brief video clipping demonstrating moisture and water leakage detection inside building wall
Or view it on You Tube
✅ 1 January 2021 - wishing all our friends and colleagues around the world a healthy and Happy New Year!!
2020
✅ 16 Dec. 2020 - Feeling unwell at home
.......learn more
✅ 15 Dec. 2020 - updated Which buildings in Hong Kong we know are sick
.......learn more
✅ 10 Dec. 2020 - COVID19 cluster in the same Kowloon building
.......learn more
✅ 9 Dec. 2020 - Carbon Neutrality targetted by 2050
.......learn more
✅ 28 Nov. 2020 - Upfront CX submittal, saves time and effort
.......learn more
✅ 26 Nov. 2020 - Virtual 2020 World Sustainable Building Conference
.......learn more
✅ 25 Nov. 2020 - Carbon Neutrality by 2050
.......learn more
✅ 11 Nov. 2020 - Building owners and managers need this management plan for cooling tower systems
.......learn more
✅ 4 Nov. 2020 - Coastal towns and cities have extra options to save
drinking water.......learn more
✅ 20 Sept. 2020 - New Code of Practice for Lifts..........learn more
✅ 3 Sept. 2020 - Summer 2020 broke records HKO reports..........learn more
✅ 2 Sept. 2020 - Hazards inside your existing buildings have changed..........learn more
✅ 13 August 2020 - Burning incense indoors, not so smart .......learn more
✅ 8 August 2020 - All cables should be clipped and support with METAL fixings .......learn more
✅ 26 June 2020 - HKUST Indoor Sports Center scored 80 points and received BEAM PLUS GOLD rating......learn more
Low WWR secures BEAM PLUS Final Gold rating
✅ 26 June 2020 - Data center operators should be aware of the possibility
that Schneider Electric UPS is vulnerable to remote shut down.
✅8 May 2020 - WSD post-lockdown recommendations for drinking
water........learn more
✅18 April 2020 - HKGBC asked how to improve our buildings? Surely
stopping stupidity must be the first step..........learn more
✅ 14 April 2020 - Get prepared to re start, reduce the associated risk of Legionnaires
Disease in your building.... learn more
✅ 4 April 2020 - COVID-19 is circulated in the air, including HVAC
systems .... learn more
✅ 27 March 2020 - Typical Hong Kong HVAC air filters will not stop COVID-19
droplets circulating inside your building ....learn more
✅ 16 March 2020 - During this period of heightened COVID19 awareness
dont forget Health and Safety of your employees .... learn more
✅ 9 March 2020 - During this period of heightened awareness "ALL buildings"
not residential and domestic dwellings need to take action, safe building drainage
......learn more
CREDIT: HKSAR Government Information Sheet
✅ 18 February 2020 - During this period of heightened awareness, sure
the passenger lifts are probably disinfected, but don't overlook
the rest....learn more
✅ 18 February 2020 - Hong Kong Legionnaires Disease Outbreak update - On 17-2-2020 CHP reported four (4) new legionnaires disease
cases, that is twenty (20) cases in total. Fourteen (14) cases
are located around the Choi Hung / Ping Shek area of the city...........READ MORE
Legionnaires Disease Outbreak Update 17-2-2020 so far 20 cases in total, 14 cases associated with Choi Hung / Ping Shek area https://t.co/6Y4YllWry8 #hongkong #legionella https://t.co/5y2LGcMeD9
— John Herbert (Hong Kong) (@johnherbert) February 17, 2020
✅ 11 February 2020 - Legionnaires Disease Outbreak in Hong Kong but not reported in the media yet....READ MORE
✅ 23 January 2020 - Kung Hei Fat Choi - Happy Chinese new year!
✅ 23 January 2020 - Tips to avoid the stress caused by tenants complaints about mould in your property....learn more
✅ 16 January 2020 - Has the time for embodied carbon arrived? ....learn more
✅ 1 January 2020 - Happy New year!