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Article: Legionella: Impact of risk on building services systems in Hong Kong
Title | Legionella: Impact of risk on building services systems in Hong Kong |
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Issue Date | 1997 |
Citation | Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 1997, v. 18, n. 2, p. 93-98 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper summarises the modes of contamination of Legionnaires' Disease (LD) so as to allay fears and misconceptions on LD. Isolation of Legionella in a typical hotel and a summary of LD cases in Hong Kong demonstrate the potential risks of LD infection in building services in such a semitropical climate. The Hong Kong Code of Practice is compared with other codes. It is postulated that the key to maintaining water services so as to minimise risk is to reconcile environmental effectiveness with cost-effectiveness. The optimum operational range of cooling water temperature in cooling towers illustrates this reconciliation. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/255843 |
ISSN | 2021 Impact Factor: 2.473 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.534 |
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dc.contributor.author | Liu, Yanmin | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chao, Christopher Y.H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, Daniel W.T. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Burnett, John | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-16T06:13:50Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-07-16T06:13:50Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1997 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 1997, v. 18, n. 2, p. 93-98 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0143-6244 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/255843 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper summarises the modes of contamination of Legionnaires' Disease (LD) so as to allay fears and misconceptions on LD. Isolation of Legionella in a typical hotel and a summary of LD cases in Hong Kong demonstrate the potential risks of LD infection in building services in such a semitropical climate. The Hong Kong Code of Practice is compared with other codes. It is postulated that the key to maintaining water services so as to minimise risk is to reconcile environmental effectiveness with cost-effectiveness. The optimum operational range of cooling water temperature in cooling towers illustrates this reconciliation. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Building Services Engineering Research and Technology | - |
dc.title | Legionella: Impact of risk on building services systems in Hong Kong | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/014362449701800204 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0030648139 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 18 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 93 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 98 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0143-6244 | - |