The 2018 edition of the standard focuses on improved usability, offering better guidance to minimise the risk of this potentially fatal disease, ASHRAE official says

Posted: August 26, 2018

Relating from his experience, Peter Tracey broadly outlines the various strategies and measures that can be adopted to control Legionella...

Posted: September 11, 2017

Public input is a vital step in the development of ASHRAE guidelines, says official


Posted: July 31, 2017

Saad Ali, VP and Group General Manager at Ruskin Titus Gulf, suggests a few basic measures to prevent SBS.

Posted: September 27, 2016

Given that cooling towers play a critical role in process cooling in HVAC applications, it helps to be aware of the pitfalls one could encounter. We collate the most important ones for easy reference…

Posted: July 28, 2016

Developed by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the toolkit, ASHRAE says, will help identify where legionella could grow and spread in a building and ways to reduce risk of contamination

Posted: June 13, 2016

Air quality inside buildings is a matter of concern in the GCC region, especially since people spend considerable amount of time indoors. While factors like energy efficiency and IEQ have a bearing on indoor atmosphere, industry experts debate about what sort of leadership, solutions and ideas ought to drive the equation.

Posted: February 14, 2016