Publications

Vyt Garnys from CETEC presented on the topic - National and International Approaches to Legionella Control in health and aged care facilities - at the National Legionella Conference on the Gold Coast on 14 November, 2017

This paper written by Paul Ajiboye and Dr Vyt Garnys of CETEC and David Hemming of Leeds Beckett University was presented at the SEEDS International Conference held in Leeds, UK in September 2017. This paper examined the post occupancy performance of a building designed for energy and wellbeing of occupants when set against internationally recognised indoor environment quality and wellbeing benchmarks. The paper received a SEEDS Award for Building Performance and Evaluation.

Josiah Padget's article was published in the December 2015 edition of The Hospital Engineer. This article discusses state and new national guidelines, how some healthcare facilities are leading the way and also how poor plumbing design and practices can be costly in the long run.

The Wesley Hospital in Brisbane organised and hosted “Legionella Control – Everybody’s business”, a conference promoting and educating practitioners in Best Practice in Hospital Water Safety. Travis Hale and Dr Vyt Garnys presented on the subject of Progress to Legionella guidelines and methods to detect and manage water quality risk.

Published December 2014 in The Hospital Engineer, this article written by Jack Noonan, discusses the importance of IEQ or Indoor Environment Quality in Hospitals

This poster was presented at Indoor Air 2014, in Hong Kong. the international conference of International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ)

This article, written by Jack Noonan and Dr Vyt Garnys was published in the March 2014 Edition of The Hospital Engineer. Key elements include tips for forming a water quality team and what's required for a Water Quality Risk Management Plan.

This article written jointly by CETEC's, Dr Vyt Garnys and Jahangir Yar Khan, Joint President of Shree Ram Urban Infrastructure Ltd was published in the February edition of Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) Newsletter - Mumbai chapter.

This paper was presented at the 8th International Conference of Legionella - also known as Legionella 2013 on 30 October in Melbourne. Authors were Dr Vyt Garnys, Dr Paul Bartley and Raghuram Muguli.

This article written by Dr Vyt Garnys was published in the Hotel Engineer in July 2013. It highlights Practical Control Measures, explains about Legionella risk in warm and cold water systems as well as the importance of management having an appropriate Action Plan.

In this article published in FM Magazine (January 2013), CETEC’s Adam Garnys discusses the state of indoor environment quality (IEQ) in Australia, questions where the responsibility for IEQ lies and debates how a balance can be created for better IEQ in the long run.

This presentation was made by Dr Vyt Garnys and Andrew Bellamy of CETEC at AIRAH's annual Pre-loved buildings conference in November 2012

Presentation made by Andrew Bellamy at Healthy Building 2012. Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) and Productivity Studies are increasingly used to predict and quantify the economic benefit of improving IEQ in a working environment.

Presentation by Jack Noonan, CETEC at Healthy Buildings 2012

A Joint Study by CETEC and Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP), Germany presented by Adam Garnys, CETEC at Healthy Buildings 2012