On how Google and AI could get smarter than smart The Fifth Estate – our view At a Sydney dinner this week, a few people started shooting the breeze, wondering what the bright new world of technology and data mining would bring and how it will change our worlds. As you do.
The case for passive homes as a national standard Nick Lane, Passive Place The energy policies and building standards that govern our homes need to keep us comfortable and limit global warming. Passive house, a rigorous building standard for ultra-low energy buildings, ticks these boxes. 14
Behaviour rises up the ranks of efficiency trends Willow Aliento | 29 November 2018 Human nature and behaviour patterns are increasingly coming to the fore in managing energy efficiency for commercial buildings in particular. Now Johnson Controls has released a report showing it’s a rising trend.
The trends changing the face of facilities management Sponsored: Total Facilities | 19 March 2018 Smart cities, changing workplace design, new international standards, sustainability and improved waste management are changing the face of the facilities management sector, and how facility managers do their job.
Green strata, learning from the big guns Willow Aliento | 4 December 2017 Sustainability lessons from some of Australia’s leading commercial property investment trusts are being applied to the strata sector in order to drive environmental, social and financial outcomes.
The changing face of facilities management and the 3 game-changing trends Martin A Leitch, FM Scope | 14 March 2017 Sustainability, procurement and thermal comfort are three of the major trends changing the shape of the facilities management industry, according to Martin A Leitch, principal consultant at FM Scope, who…
New FM business to challenge existing models Sandra Edmunds | 17 January 2017 According to a former chair of the Facility Management Association of Australia and his partners in a new business there is plenty of steam left in the outsourcing business and…
Why even our premium grade buildings are failing on efficiency Cameron Jewell | 18 August 2016 There’s a story going around that a building lauded by many as one of Sydney’s most sustainable just doesn’t work. Energy use is nowhere near as low as expected, and…
This salt-based product does away with toxic cleaning chemicals Tina Perinotto | 21 April 2016 Celebrity chef Neil Perry has it in all his restaurants. The Melbourne Cricket Ground has it installed, and now the new Sydney Convention Centre has signed up.
AMP Capital extends sustainability agenda to human rights Annie Kane | 24 November 2015 Investment management company AMP Capital has said that it is working to incorporate social equality and human rights into its sustainability agenda.
JLL and PSGH form Indigenous facilities management company Annie Kane | 28 October 2015 Real estate services firm JLL and Indigenous-owned Pacific Services Group Holdings have established a new Indigenous facilities management company, evolve Facilities Management.
AIRAH on designing for resilience and upgrading preloved buildings Willow Aliento | 4 December 2014 Climate change resilience and improving B and C grade building energy efficiency are high on the agenda for the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Airconditioning and Heating, the institute’s chief executive…
Construction projects urged to bring FM experts to the table early Willow Aliento | 2 December 2014 The new Framework for Project Team Integration and Building Information Modelling has launched today (Tuesday) in Canberra, making a strong case for the integration of facilities management professionals in the…
ARBS: how the new HVAC rating tool works 25 May 2014 By Sandra Edmunds 22 May 2014 – A world-first design and performance rating method for HVAC systems is a step closer with the imminent release of an online tool for industry comment.
Melbourne 1200 Building Programs on HVAC 101 14 May 2014 By Tina Perinotto 14 May 2014 — According to Bryon Price, strategic development director with A.G. Coombs, heating and cooling systems are generally quite well built and surprisingly resilient.
News from the front desk: Issue No 190 8 May 2014 On lock-ups, taxes, Panzers and the Paris thing 8 May 2014 — In the view of one person in the lock up for the Victorian budget, the greenies weren’t happy.…
How tuning can lead to big performance gains in old buildings 8 May 2014 By Andrew Smith, A.G. Coombs 8 May 2014 — You don’t need to invest in new equipment to get savings from older buildings. It’s possible to get up to a 50 per cent performance improvement in old building stock by tuning alone, A.G. Coombs’ Andrew Smith says. Many people hear “retrofit” as a big rip-and-replace operation, but you don’t need to replace all your existing building systems to achieve substantial energy savings.
