Education

Back to school for hospitality engineers

EH Staff - New Delhi

In order to provide updated information and strengthen the knowledge base of hospitality engineers regarding heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R), Bry-Air Learning Institute (BALI) has introduced short term courses across cities in India.

The training sessions are being conducted in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. Saravana Raj, assistant chief engineer of Trident Hilton Chennai, said, "Such training helps us understand key issues related to engineering, information on energy saving devices, newer technologies and its implementations, etc."

The course also addresses the problem of indoor air pollution, which is on a rise due to the centralised air-conditioning technique used in hotels, hospitals, malls, etc. Wing Commander S K Dey (Retd), dean of BALI, said, "The implications of poor indoor air quality are fatal. Air-conditioning does not always guarantee quality and the rising concerns over decreasing work productivity and ill health can be attributed to poor indoor air conditions." Jagdeep Singh, GM of Desiccant Rotors International (DRI), while conducting a two-day training programme on 'Indoor Air Quality - Health and Energy Consequences' said, "The quality of air in conditioned spaces is far more harmful than that outdoors and the regulation on maintaining fresh air flow in India is negligible. Only four to five per cent of total properties have an acceptable standard of indoor air quality and that is alarming."

He added, "The training session focuses problems like power consumption costs, equipment choice, life cycle cost analysis, design specification of a building/facility, indoor air quality (IAQ) facility management, etc."