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During the year, industry experts from across A.G. Coombs provided useful building services advice through our Advisory Notes.
For your convenience and easy reference, you’ll find all seven Advisory Notes published in 2023 consolidated below:
- Net Zero 101 for facility management
- Electrifying buildings for Net Zero – Opportunities & issues
- EV charging in buildings
- Decommissioning trigeneration systems
- Safe working around electrical equipment
- How effective is your fire sprinkler system
- The importance of data classification & structure.
We hope you find Advisory Notes a valuable source of practical information and insight.
On behalf of A.G. Coombs teams everywhere, we look forward to keeping you informed in 2024.
To access the complete library of 60 Advisory Notes, please click here.
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Net Zero 101 for facility management
The concept of “net-zero” is pivotal to any discussion regarding sustainability in the built environment. Despite its widespread use, there remains confusion about what exactly it means, what actions are required to get there, and what the practical implications are for building owners and facility managers.
Andrew Nagarajah, Senior Engineer – Sustainability
A,G, Coombs Advisory
Electifying buildings for Net Zero – Opportunities & issues
As businesses and building owners move toward reducing their emissions and achieving emissions targets there is a growing requirement to convert buildings to be fully electric in order to decarbonise.
Eoin Loughnane, Senior Engineer
A,G, Coombs Advisory
EV charging in buildings
With the increasing demand for electric vehicles, particularly in urban centres, provision of suitable charging infrastructure must be considered within buildings.
Simon Jokvic, Electrical Engineer
A,G, Coombs Advisory
Decommissioning trigeneration systems
Soaring gas prices, uncertainty around the validity of carbon offsets and updates to the National Greenhouse Accounts emissions factors are just some of the reasons that building owners are switching off their trigeneration and cogeneration plants.
John Bourne, Senior Engineer
A,G, Coombs Advisory
Safe working around electrical equipment
In response to the identification of potential risks to workers from electric shock and arc flash, an Australian Standard (AS/NZS 4836) has been updated to provide new guidelines for the principles for safe working.
John Topouzakis, Leader – Electrical
A,G, Coombs Advisory
How effective is your fire sprinkler system
This advisory note explains the principles behind automatic fire sprinkler systems, common reasons for system failure and a key test for older systems that is often overlooked.
Marcus Royle, Leader – Fire
A,G, Coombs Advisory
The importance of data classification & structure
As the construction and property sectors continue to develop and embrace new technologies including digital twins, cognitive buildings, artificial intelligence and machine learning, there is a need to ensure that data systems are suitable to maximise the potential value and return on investment.
Nathan Semos, Executive Manager
Virtual Buildings Information System (VBIS)
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Advisory Notes published by A.G. Coombs are a longstanding information service developed to keep our valued customers and colleagues better informed and up to date on building issues, particularly in the changing areas of regulatory and industry standards.
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