How do we prevent bad indoor air quality?
Did you know that the air pollutants found indoors can be two to five times higher compared to the outside air? An exception to this would be during the terrible annual hazy months in Malaysia.
物管答疑：施工拙劣
问：如果业主不满意建筑物的施工品质，管理机构（Management Corporation）可以向哪一个机构投诉？ 如果是分层房产的公共财产，管理机构可以向分层管理仲裁庭投诉。管理机构也可以将有关投诉带到地方政府或民事法庭。切记要准备好充分的证明文件和证据。 问：我们的公寓才建好五年，油漆就已经开始剥落，这算是施工拙劣吗？为什么会发生这样的情况，我们能够怎样防止情况发生？ 一个涂抹在没有裂缝和渗水墙面上的优质外墙涂料，在五年后的情况应该还是尚好的。 在五年内发生油漆剥落的情况，可能是因为当初在油漆前没有对墙壁表面做好准备功夫，因此导致如今出现油漆粘合力消失的问题。 导致油漆过早损坏的常见因素，也包括油漆当中有掺杂了其他填料，还有墙面出现渗水、霉菌、藻类、裂痕和空洞等问题。而墙面褪色和出现风化现象，就是油漆过早损坏的的预兆。 Anthony Lee是Architect Centre培训员兼顾问、2019年EdgeProp大马最佳产业管理大奖评委（Best Managed Property Awards）与2019年EdgeProp.
重点报道：产业发展商们，你们可以建造“健康”的建筑物吗？
大部分人对户外空气品质很关切，但常常忽视室内空气品质的重要性。你知道吗？家中和办公司的室内空气可以在你察觉之前，慢慢地危害你的健康。 外界有许多确保室内空气品质的方法，但最好的办法是预防胜于治疗。因此，EdgeProp.
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Design for maintainability and better indoor air quality
A gym with adequate equipment, beautiful fittings and sufficient air-conditioning, but not a single window.
Dear developers, you can build 'healthy' buildings
More people are clamouring for good air outside but what about indoors? The air in your home or office could be slowly killing you without you knowing it simply because they could be odourless and invisible.
物管答疑：公寓外墙重新粉刷事宜
问：我的大楼管理机构（Management Corporation，简称MC）正在计划重新粉刷建筑的外墙。请问哪种涂漆比较适合大马的天气？
答：
马来西亚的热带气候非常考验建筑外墙涂漆的耐久度。这是因为空气湿度的变化较大，导致外墙涂漆收缩和剥离，进而导致水分渗入和扩散、藻类和霉菌滋生。
在大马，多数高楼住宅都使用石膏砌墙（plastered masonry walls）。由于这种墙体需要工人们在高处快速地用人工的方式建造，因此许多石膏砌墙的做工质量都大幅下降。
Your questions on crucial property management answered
Questions from the audience were forwarded to the respective speakers of Edgeprop.
Pay your sinking fund and don’t touch it until it’s needed
PETALING JAYA (April 27): Industry experts have raised concerns over the low awareness regarding the importance of the sinking fund in strata management.
Understand the cost of preserving the value of your property
PETALING JAYA (April 27): If you want to future proof the property that you own - probably the single largest investment that you have made, start by understanding the management and maintenance cost of the property, according to Architect Centre Sdn Bhd accredited architect and trainer Anthony Lee Tee.
