Gain control with insights into how successful projects get done
Often building projects are started by jumping straight to a solution and ploughing ahead. This is the wrong place to start. The best place to start is by asking questions and considering options. Using objective criteria from credible sources can help for deciding which option is best.
Our Latest Posts
- Industrial Ventilation: Fume Cupboard Flow Control and Safeguarding Users
- Pressure dependent vs pressure independent airflow control
Publications
Project Leadership
Heuristics for Better Project Leadership: Teasing Out Tacit Knowledge – Bent Flyvbjerg, 2024
The Uniqueness Trap – Harvard Business Review, Bent Flyvbjerg, Alexander Budzier, M.D. Christodoulou, and M. Zottoli, March 2025
Workplace Productivity
Frigid Offices Might Be Killing Women’s Productivity – Olga Khazan, The Atlantic 2019
Economic, Environmental and Health Implications of Enhanced Ventilation in Office Buildings by Piers MacNaughton, James Pegues, Usha Satish, Suresh Santanam, John Spengler and Joseph Allen, November 2015
Building Automation and HVAC Control
Fact Sheet: Particle Sensors – EPA Victoria, 2019
Commissioning Controls for Energy Efficiency – John Penny, EcoLibrium AIRAH, 2004
New Approaches to Slash Laboratory Energy Use & Improve IEQ – Gordon Sharp, Aircuity, Future of HVAC Conference AIRAH, 2018
HVAC Planning for Critical Control Spaces – Mitigating the risk from airborne transmission of disease – John Penny, AIRAH Outlook Conference, 2020
Integrated “All-Airflow Control” – David Dougan, Ebtron, 2024
Fume Hood Sash Stickers Increases Laboratory Safety and Efficiency at
Minimal Cost – US Department of Energy, 2012
The Building Performance Tracking Handbook – Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 2011
i am your optimisation guide – NSW Environment and Heritage, 2016
Case Studies
Lofty Goals – South Australia Cancer facility boasts world-class design – EcoLibrium AIRAH, 2019
Reducing emissions provides other benefits including reduced operating costs at 45 Clarence St, Sydney – John Penny, AIRAH Achieving the Green Dream Conference, 2013
Reconciling automated and user control of a mixed-mode office building in Brisbane – Kathryn Healey, Brett Beeson, Ecolibrium, 2014
HansaMatrix Electronics Manufacturing Monitoring – Aranet 2025
Tools
Viscon Toolbox – help to get started on your system approach for commissioning building systems, 2024
Laboratory Benchmarking Tool – International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories, 2024
Use this free tool to compare the energy use of your lab buildings. Analyse operational and embodied emissions. Compare operational practices with those of similar facilities. The tool’s peer-group database holds owner-submitted data from an ever-growing number of lab buildings.
Fume Cupboard Energy Calculator – Berkeley Lab
One of the simplest ways of saving energy is by operating fume cupboards so that the sash is always in the lowest possible operating position. This simple action will in all cases, provides the safest working environment. Use this free tool to estimate the energy savings.