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Making Buildings Work (CIBSE Knowledge Series)
- Published: January 2005
- REF/ISBN: 978 190328 764 4 KS05
- Status: Current
Aimed at facilities managers and others with the day to day responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the engineering services in buildings. It is intended to help identify roles and responsibilities, understand the term "comfort", assess the condition of existing plant, provide an overview of fault finding, address how to keep records and how to monitor performance.
Various published guidance has been brought together to address possible reasons why buildings do not appear to work and provide constructive ways of identifying likely causes with appropriate remedial actions. It is intended to help those responsible for the engineering services to initiate investigations and follow their progress.
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