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Date: 1830 hrs, Monday, October 21st, 2019

Venue: Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde Rd., Dublin 4.

Topic: Legionella Control in the Hospitality Sector

The global hospitality sector is expanding at a fast pace to keep up with the booming travel & tourism business. Improvements in the hotel sector infrastructure is typically done by the provision of superior amenities as a value proposition to the guests, which include water features such as spas, lobby fountains, splash pools in guest rooms etc. These water sources and supply lines running into and within the building provide locations for the growth of legionella bacteria and pathways for potential exposure to infection and contraction of legionnaires disease. In addition, hotels with modern HVAC systems which utilize high-efficiency water cooled chillers connected to cooling towers requiring high standards of water hygiene to be maintained in the circulating water, which otherwise could emanate contaminated drifts (aerosols) – one of the main causes for the proliferation of legionella bacteria.

The presentation deals with legionella control in the hospitality sector and traces the origins, proliferation, and monitoring of legionella bacteria and the causes and symptoms of legionnaires disease. Various risk systems are discussed with emphasis on cooling towers as high-risk systems. The concept of a biofilm as the culprit within pipelines is explained. Basics of monitoring the legionella bacteria, various global standards with a specific reference to ANSI-ASHRAE standard 188-2018 and its importance are highlighted. The presentation touches upon solutions to legionella control in hotel water systems with a reference to various water treatment strategies being practiced. The presentation concludes with the emphasis on legionella compliance as the way forward for the global hospitality majors to protect their brand image and ensure continuity of business.

Speaker: Mahesh Prabhu

Mahesh Prabhu holds a BE (Environmental Eng) from Manipal University and a MS from Illinois Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chicago, USA. Mahesh is a Legionella Management Specialist with competency qualifications from City and Guilds UK. He is a 1st Generation Entrepreneur with a passion for providing innovative Solutions to issues arising in Water Treatment and Legionella Management in all types of Buildings - especially in the Hotel segment. His firm M/s Essem Technologies – a Specialty Chemicals distribution company, is a strategic channel partner for globally reputed organisations such as Vasu Chemicals, Nissan Specialty Chemicals and The Lonza Group since the past 2 decades and is solution provider for a slew of multinational branded Hotel chains in India. Mahesh has been instrumental in drafting Legionella Policy documents for reputed Hospitality Chains and also recommending revisions in American Legionella Guidelines ASHRAE 10-2000 currently under upgradation. Mahesh has authored papers published in leading Technical journals on the subject of Water treatment and Legionella Control and is part of the peer review Technical Committee of ASHRAE Technical Committee 3.06. Recognised for his domain expertise, Mahesh was empanelled as a Distinguished Lecturer by ISHRAE in April 2017 and since has been a invited speaker and trainer at several National and International Conferences across India including ASHRAE technical seminars held in Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai and Athens (Greece) and conducted Training sessions on behalf of Thomas Cook and Skal International for the benefit of their Hotel customers /members in Goa. Mahesh is currently a member of the ISHRAE National Technical Committee, BoG member and GAC Chair of the ASHRAE Mumbai Chapter and a charter member of the IAQA India Chapter.

HVAC Design: Level I – Essentials provides intensive, practical training ideal for recent technical or engineering school graduates, engineers new to the HVAC field, those who need a refresher in new technologies, and facility managers, sales representatives and others who want to gain a better understanding of HVAC fundamentals, equipment and systems.

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