The Immune Building Standard (Immune) – which certifies the built environment’s level of immunity to withstand health challenges and minimise the impact of a pandemic and other bacteriological or toxicological threats – last month marked a major milestone with the world’s first building having achieved the highest certificat

Today, and in fighting this awful coronavirus, it has never been more pertinent to test room integrity for airtightness. A building that is not airtight cannot be properly mechanically ventilated. Now is the time to ‘build tight, ventilate right’.

Daikin, a leading global innovator and provider of advanced, high-quality air conditioning, heating, ventilation, and refrigeration (HVAC-R) products and solutions, has launched its new series of air purifiers for the Middle East and African (MEA) region, in line with its focus on enhancing indoor air quality (IAQ) and comfort levels.

Honeywell Building Technologies (HBT), a leading building controls company, has expanded its holistic Healthy Buildings Air Quality offering with the introduction of Honeywell Electronic Air Cleaners (EACs) with ultraviolet (UV) systems and a new line of sensors that are designed to help improve and measure  indoor air quality (IAQ) in commerc

Khind Solutions – a part of Khind Middle East, a major electrical appliances and consumer electronics brand from Malaysia – is introducing a number of energy-efficient high-volume, low-speed (HVLS) fans for cooling and ventilating residential, commercial and industrial facilities.

Ashrae has released an updated edition of Ansi/Ashrae/Ashe Standard 170, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities. The standard offers guidance, regulation and mandates to designers of healthcare facilities.

Leading Sweden-based ventilation company Systemair says it is fully geared to provide Eurovent Certification’s new Energy Efficiency Classes for Summer Application (EECS) label for its entire range of certified air-handling units (AHUs).