This web 'portal' is well worth bookmarking as it offers good, succinct, easy to read information on a wide range of topics of relevance to facility managers - across the technical as well as the 'organisation culture' and communication aspects of such work.
In some cases this website links through to detailed, technical resources that are free to download. This is an expansive, 'blog-like' website and HCCREMS suggests the following pages to be of particular interest to local government based facility managers:
Energy information introducing the basics on energy efficiency, heating and cooling, lighting, hot water, lighting, renewable energy and transport.
Best Practice Guides on lighting, pumps, compressed air, hot water systems, steam systems, and IT centres are succinct, easy to read and available for free download.
The Energy Efficiency - Best Practice Guide - Lighting (undated, 25 pages) covers:
- Excerpts from the Australian Standards on minimum lighting levels for various activities (page 7),
- A one page comparison of the efficiency of different lighting sources (page 9),
- Brief descriptions of different types of lamp and lighting systems (section 3),
- Things to consider when choosing lighting systems (section 4), and
- a Glossary of common terms (Appendix D).
The 'Sustainability Resource Finder' for local government identifies and catalogues websites that may be pertinent and useful for local government. (note, contains some Victorian specific information). Includes webpages on:
- Sustainable buildings (passive solar design, indoor air quality, 'green office programs' and more)
- Energy (efficency, lighting, energy performance contracting)
- Water (parks and gardens, water management, stormwater and harvesting).