sectors-categories: Essential Services

New research suggests that SARS CoV 2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19 coronavirus, is more stable on plastic and stainless steel than on cardboard or copper. This is disquieting news for building designers and the manufacturers of door hardware and taps, who have traditionally used stainless steel or chromed brass under the common (but incorrect) impression that they provide an unfriendly environment for bacteria and viruses.

Those gremlins that create persistent but unexplainable electrical problems in your facility? A thorough power quality analysis can put them down for good.

Tap water introduces a range of variables that can have a negative impact on the health and productivity of your building’s users. Isn’t it time to consider a filtration system?

New research reveals unsealed and damaged tanks could expose millions of Australians to the risk of mosquito-borne infectious diseases like dengue fever.

With our days getting colder and shorter, our coats get longer and our noses run faster. As the seasons change, we return to an age-old remedy in order to mitigate the onset of cold and flu season.

After securing the latest certification standards for the first in a series of fully-accredited domestic wastewater treatment systems, Kingspan Water and Energy is now preparing to roll out the treatment plants across Australia.

Building efficiency is set to be significantly transformed with the release of new ground breaking research undertaken by academics at UOW.

We buy it, use it briefly and throw plastic away into landfill or as litter with reckless abandon. Only a small proportion, actually makes it to a recycler.

Plumbing issues can escalate from a headache to a horror story in the blink of an eye. How does this risk translate to your building or facility? By PAUL ANGUS.

Specialist cleantech investors are expressing confidence in Australia’s clean energy sector, with 82 percent expecting to increase investment levels over the next five years, according to new analysis from the Clean Energy Innovation Fund.