Regulation 2 min read Kyoto Mühendislik technical team
The regulation concerns air conditioning systems not only at the design stage but throughout their service life. In most facilities, the duties it places on the building owner and operator are not well enough known.
Who is responsible?
Periodic inspection, testing and maintenance of ventilation and air conditioning systems are the responsibility of the building's owner, manager or energy manager, and this process is expected to be documented. Contracting the maintenance out to a company does not remove the responsibility; it only transfers the execution.
What must be settled at the design stage
Which maintenance the system will need, and at what intervals, must be defined in a report prepared during the design stage. This report is not a document written after the fact but a roadmap for the operating period. In our projects we deliver it as part of the handover file.
Filter management
Filters used in air handling units must be cleaned or replaced at the intervals set by the manufacturer, and this must be documented. In practice it is the most frequently skipped item, yet the filter directly determines both hygiene and energy consumption.
The operation and maintenance standard
Operation and maintenance of ventilation and air conditioning systems are expected to follow the relevant standard. In practice this means recording the work carried out, writing down the measured values and following up on open findings.
What should you do?
If your facility has no maintenance schedule and no record-keeping, the first step is to take an inventory: which unit, where, at what capacity, and when it was last serviced. Maintenance plans drawn up without this list remain incomplete.
Have a question?
If you would like an assessment specific to your facility on this topic, write to us for details on our measurement and reporting process.