air conditioning

Restorative justice at work: when health and safety breaches don’t lead to fines

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Air conditioning company Airtech has developed a safety app and is making a video in lieu of punishment after two of its workers became seriously ill from carbon monoxide poisoning. Brian Stokes reckons paying for health and safety advice is a “ripoff”. The owner of Auckland air conditioning and refrigeration company Airtech has learned this … Read more

At last an answer to the greatest office debate of all: how cold to set the air-con

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The ‘perfect’ office temperature? It’s a myth, write Fan Zhang of Griffith University, Peter Hancock of the University of Central Florida and Richard de Dear of the University of Sydney It might be blisteringly hot outside, but if you work in an office building, the chances are it’s always reassuringly cool (or cold, depending on your preference) once you walk inside. In Australia … Read more