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Dr Nick Agnew Dr Nick Agnew is a Chartered Mechanical and Fire Engineer, with specialist applied fluid dynamics expertise.  He is currently Director of Stacey Agnew Pty Ltd, an engineering consultancy which he has operated with co-founder Conrad Stacey for 13 years.  Nick has 25 years of professional experience covering industrial and underground fire life safety, industrial and underground ventilation, new product development, forensic engineering, accident investigation and reconstruction, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), computational stress analysis, and machinery design. A…

Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) is a systematic process of assessing the performance of buildings that have been occupied for a certain period of time, in particular focusing on occupants and their needs. Conducting an occupant survey is the most prevalent method of collecting building performance data, providing a snapshot of occupant satisfaction and workplace effectiveness. Therefore POE surveys are recommended by professional and regulatory bodies (e.g. ASHRAE, USGBC and CIBSE) as a ‘basic’ instrument for evaluating a building’s Indoor Environmental Quality…

In our October Lunch and Learn session we will hear from Dr Ashak Nathwani AM, Director of the Air conditioning, Refrigeration and Building Services (ARBS) Education & Research Foundation and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, School of Architecture, Design and Planning. Dr Nathwani will present outcomes of the practical tests carried out by professionals from ARBS Education & Research Foundation in association with the IEQ team from the University of Sydney at the Australian National Maritime Museum. They were performed…

Mould-affected housing in Australia: What we know, what we don’t know and who’s at risk? Australian homes have previously been seen as less problematic for damp housing conditions due to relatively mild climate compared to that of other countries and a younger and better condition of housing stock. However, recent studies, a parliamentary inquiry, prolonged wet weather, flooding and media reports have highlight concerns for a potential widespread problem of mould-affected housing. The first step in addressing the problem of…

Fragrance is used in consumer products around the world. However, it has been associated with adverse effects on indoor and outdoor air quality and human health. Also fragranced consumer products can emit and generate potentially hazardous compounds including formaldehyde and fine particulate matter. This talk will present findings from recent studies on the volatile emissions from fragranced consumer products and strategies on how to improve to indoor air quality. Speaker Biography Dr Nigel Goodman is a Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow…

Our June 2021 webinar is free for IAQAA members! Sign in below to watch the recording and download the slides: Sean Maxwell: Good, Better & Best Ventilation plus The Physics of Built Tight & Ventilate Right Dr Cameron Munro: Indoor Air Quality in Passive Houses in Australia Dr Brad Prezant: Assessing Ventilation Design and Performance to Prevent Infection The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

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Watch the recording of our March workshop here!