There are a number of new recommended HVAC measures to address airborne COVID-19 and the climate crisis. But with so much out of our control, good maintenance is our best chance to be prepared, says Paul Robaard. We have heard from several clients and people in the industry over the last two years, seeking guidance and advice on mitigating COVID-19 airborne spread. While the times are changing an
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Hidden fees, ownership, and access. Roshan Gill outlines some issues you should clear up from the get-go in your building data strategy. A good building data strategy should involve a degree of planning for the future and help put measures into place to ensure that whichever piece of the puzzle is being installed or worked on is connected, functional and future integration ready. Obviously, ther
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You probably have a lot more building data available to you than you realise. Here’s Iain Robinson on how to identify it, use it and keep it tidy. Before you even start having conversations about pouring data into a BMS (building management system) to automate and streamline your operations, take stock of the data you’ve probably already been tracking and recording. At Grosvenor we tend to di
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Cyber security threats are not a new phenomenon. For as long as we have had information technology (IT) systems, we have had to protect them from unauthorised access. However, today we face a new era in cyber-attacks that has emerged as a direct result of the increased use of the Internet of things (IoT) in our buildings. The COVID 19 challenges we are currently confronting have further compounded
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