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Cooling systems ban: are facilities managers prepared?
A total ban on certain chemicals that go into common workplace equipment could have a major impact on the FM industry. On 1 January 2010 a complete ban on the use and sale of virgin Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) will be introduced. HCFCs are gases which contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer, so over the past decade work has been underway to eliminate them and other gases like them.The gases are used in products including commercial refrigeration and air conditioning, so this ban is going to affect retailers, food manufacturers...
News | 7 May 2008
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Cooling systems ban: are facilities managers prepared?
Is their an alternative type of gas available to replace HCFCs for refrigeration and air-conditioning? Otherwise, it is like banning petroleum fuels.
Comment | 8 May 2008
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HCFC ban: what should businesses be doing?
Following the announcement that a ban on virgin Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); gases which go into cooling systems such as air conditioning, will come into January 2010, Workplace Law spoke to Pascal Faidy, Sales and Marketing Manager at DuPont Refrigerants about what businesses are going to need to do to prepare for the ban.HCFCs deplete the ozone layer and so have been banned as part of the Montreal P...
News | 20 May 2008
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Contractors: are you watching them?
...rred in Barrow-in-Furness in 2002, when seven people died and a further 172 were infected. The cause of the outbreak was traced back to a council-run building. Following a change in maintenance contractor, the building had been left without any regular water testing for legionella in the building's cooling towers. Over several months the bacteria multiplied and escaped as steam into a nearby passageway that was a common route for people to walk through. After an investigation charges were brought against Barrow Council and one of its employees, Gillian Beckingham. Manslaughter charges against the Cou...
Magazine issue | 16 May 2007
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R v. Beckingham: case closed
...ingham was brought to account as the result of health and safety failings in the way that a council-run facility -- called Forum 28 -- was run. Following a change in maintenance contractor, the building had been left without any regular water testing for the presence of legionella in the building's cooling tower. After months of neglect, the bacteria multiplied, escaping as steam out of the Forum 28 building into the passage nearby. Seven people subsequently died and there were 172 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' Disease in the weeks after the outbreak. Beckingham was considered by the prosecution t...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2006
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Survival of the fit note?
... everyday energy usage as a means to achieve these legally binding objectives. However, embracing a policy of controlling and cutting energy usage is an approach that also offers huge money-saving potential. But the question is: how do we encourage end users to cut back on the amount of heating and cooling they demand, when it is widely acknowledged that changing user behaviour is the holy grail of achieving real carbon reduction? www.workplacelaw.net Given this difficulty, and with Display Energy Certificates looking likely to become mandatory for commercial buildings in the foreseeable future, the...
Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011
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Open for Business
...centre. Summer preparation Although all workers should take steps to protect themselves, employers are under a duty to consider implementing measures, outdoors or indoors, such as: n n n n n shading employees from direct sunlight; the insulation of hot plant and pipes; the provision of fans or air-cooling plant; ensuring hats and other suitable clothing is worn; suitable rest breaks; n scheduling work during a cooler time of day or year; n additional supplies of drinking water; and/or n educate workers about the risks of outdoor working and sun exposure. Managing Editor Sara Bean Sub Editor Alex Da...
Magazine issue | 4 May 2010
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The world in your hands?
...age in the UK is likely to double in a `normal' year in the 2040s-60s, compared to a current year. Knock-on impacts of these more extreme weather events are also likely to become increasingly important issues, such as water shortages as a result of higher temperatures and increased energy costs for cooling of premises. In some cases, these events will also affect suppliers and/or customers, such as changing demands in specifications of products and services, for instance in the construction industry. In a wider context the overall economy will be affected by climate change, impacting on businesses in...
Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010
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Have we binned your Workplace Law Magazine?
...b descriptions to include flood warden duties. n Hazardous materials plan -- You must ensure that chemicals, oils and other substances in your possession are kept safe and do not contaminate flood water. n Health and safety assessment -- Plan to check functioning of flood products and flood warning systems regularly, just as you do for fire safety equipment. Important contacts n Make a list of important telephone numbers, including contacts for gas, electricity, water and telephone providers. Staff n Make a list of employees' contact details in the event of an evacuation. This might include mobile te...
Magazine issue | 7 Apr 2008
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
...threat of legal action. As the two-day court case coincides with Bonfire Night, Howitt has legally changed his name to Hamish Guy Fawkes Howitt. 8976 n Minimum statutory holiday entitlement increases to 24 days. 8994 24 October: n The Data Protection Act 1998 comes fully into force: Manual filing systems in existence before 24 October 1988 are now required to comply fully with the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC). 8532 7 November: n National Ban Bullying at Work Day: National Ban Bullying at Work Day aims to raise awareness of workplace bullying 8515 n National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
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Legionella trial special
...onnaires' Disease.Thepoorlymaintainedairconditioningsystemwaspumping cloudsofmistintoanalleywayoutsidetheForum28centre,which weredescribedbywitnessesas'likerain'.Unknowntoanyoneatthe time,themistwascontaminatedwiththe ead legionellabacteria,whichhadspread innear-perfectbreedingconditions rts in the cooling tower within the arts ht -bywerewalkingright centre.Passers er water intoapotentiallyfatalcloudof h vapour.Altogether,duringthemonth e t 2002, 494 people were of Augus s admittedtohospitalwithsymptoms d ofacuterespiratoryinfection,and 172peopleweretreatedashaving The intens e med contractedLegionna...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2005
