Air Conditioning and Mechanical Contractors' Association (AMCA) through our Service Manager’s Group has been closely involved in the development of the revised AIRAH Application Manual DA19 on HVAC&R Maintenance.
DA19 is used throughout the Australian property and facility management industries as the authoritative best-practice guideline for HVAC&R maintenance. It is clear, however, that the largely non-technical professionals in this sector would benefit greatly from a plain English resource for the use of DA19 in their procurement and management of maintenance. This would help improve system performance, asset management and environmental outcomes for building owners and occupants. AMCA fully supports AIRAH’s initiative to develop this resource.

HVAC maintenance is so important to the operational sustainability of buildings, we call up AIRAH's DA19 as a condition in Green Star Performance and are delighted to see an updated version launched with continuous improvement in mind.

Good maintenance practices underpin the performance of a building’s air conditioning and ventilation services, and to ensure safety, reliability and comfort as well as to manage operational costs, environmental ratings and to comply with legislation. Maintenance is recognised as a key step to achieving net-zero emissions buildings.
We support AIRAH’s initiative to develop a plain English guide to procuring maintenance in accordance with the air conditioning industry best practice. Such a guide can help the industry to understand contemporary and innovative maintenance practices to ensure the best outcomes for building users and reinforce the ability for the building owner, manager, tenants and maintenance contractors to work in partnership to achieve these outcomes.

The project presents an ideal industry engagement tool that will deliver tangible benefits for the industry. As an enabling industry, this will have further flow-on benefits to the broader economy. FMA is committed to supporting this project.