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CETEC RiskeNews - Issue 27, March 2009

Contents:
> >  Managing the Open Plan Indoor Environment
> >  Odour Assessment for Indoor Environments
> >  Green Cities and Managing Indoor Environment Quality
> >  Awards Night at UNSW

Welcome to this Indoor Environment Edition of RiskeNews
We hope you find these articles informative and useful.

You may also be interested to know about the Green Building Council of Australia's Trade mission to Germany in June later this year.  The mission will focus on sustainable green buildings.

Although unrelated to the indoor environment theme this month, we found this article, Smart Fabrics for Today and Tomorrow by Maria C Thiry, very interesting and we hope you do too. (reprinted from AATCC News- Feb 2009)

> >  Property Risk
Managing the Open Plan Indoor Environment
Typically acoustic comfort is given a low satisfaction score in occupant surveys for open plan offices.  But your open plan indoor environment can be managed successfully. Find out how in this article.

> >  Occupational Health Risk
Odour Assessment for Indoor Environments
Unwanted chemical odours can be a problem for your indoor environment.  They may be hazardous to the health of your occupants or they may negatively impact on your occupant satisfaction and productivity. Learn more about odours sources, how to test, how to assess the risks, determine the source and remediation.

> >  Environmental Risk
Green Cities and Managing Indoor Environment Quality
In early March, Dr Vyt Garnys of CETEC attended Green Cities in Brisbane and was the Property Council of Australia's invited speaker for the session on Managing Indoor Environmental Quality.

> >  Innovation
Awards Night at UNSW
Last week at the School of Chemistry at the University of NSW, two student were awarded (equal first) the CETEC Prizes for Best Performance in Honours Thesis.

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