Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAR 2022年3月 亞博匯 72 FEATURES by 2030. As wonderful as it is to hear that, is it achievable? Well at the moment they are way off it, but at last they are starting to think green. There is also the health and safety aspect these days. We have been talking about the environment but due to COVID-19 there is now a fear factor too. We’ve all heard the stories about “COVID hotels” where it has spread, so now it’s more important than ever for hotel owners to ensure their filtration system and the amount of air flow is all up to scratch. IAG: How and why does commissioning during the early stages of a development provide the best means of energy and cost savings once a property is operational? KH: Not only for the hospitality industry but for every sector we cover, the earlier the better because again, doing peer reviews on design, you often pick up single points of failure or design flaws. Once the design is approved and the contractors are going through their processes of implementation it is far more difficult to change and the cost impact on the construction side is two-fold, sometimes three-fold. If you pick it up early in the design you can mitigate that cost. And aside from adding to the construction cost by having to go back and fix something, there is also further environmental impact in terms of the materials being used, the use of power tools, so that journey of construction is an area where we can mitigate energy usage. IAG: We understand that Commissioning management is often seen by owners or developers as an additional cost, is that correct? Members of the Commtech Asia team conducting systems testing. Commtech Asia團隊成員正在進行系統測試。