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We are excited to announce that our new website is finally online, representing a moment of great pride for us. After 19 years of activity, we are grateful for the progress that has led us here, and we are ready to embrace the future with renewed energy.

Our journey has been one of constant growth, both as a company and as individuals, progress which is the result of hard work and a constant commitment. We have learned from our mistakes, and we have grown in terms of experience and maturity. Our mission has never changed – to create healthier and safer environments for people – and it is this awareness which drives us to eagerly take on new challenges.

Change is a fundamental component of growth, and nearly a year ago we decided to undertake a process of overhauling and strengthening our corporate identity. The first step was the restyling of our logo in 2022, which symbolically represented the start of this new phase. Since then, we have worked tirelessly to build a website which measures up to our ambitions.

New goals: strengthening internationalisation

Our main goal with the new website is the internationalisation of the company: being a benchmark in Italy while strengthening our position in the international market, consolidating our leadership position in the HVAC and water system maintenance sector. 

The new website look has been carefully designed to be modern, but without ever forgetting the values which have driven us from the very beginning. Our dedication to quality, innovation and safety remains unchanged!

This new chapter fills us with joy and pride, and we can’t wait to share our latest innovations and projects with you. Keep following us on our website and social media channels to stay up to date – it will be our pleasure to share our challenges and successes with you.

The future is bright, and we are ready to tackle it with passion and determination. Our new website is just the beginning of what we have in store for you. We will continue to push the boundaries of innovation and to embrace new opportunities to grow and serve you better.

The 14th edition of the AIISA NADCA Annual Meeting came to a close on 8 June 2023: an annual event open to all HVAC industry members and operators. The event took place in Bari, southern Italy, on 6, 7 and 8 June 2023, offering the chance to share knowledge, experience and perspectives about the inspection, maintenance and cleaning of HVAC systems.

The AIISA association, founded nearly 20 years ago by a group of companies that wanted to raise the quality of work in the sector, constantly strives to improve the well-being of end users. This year, AIISA has maintained its commitment to offer high-quality training, partnering with the NADCA as an exclusive partner in Italy. AIISA provides qualification courses for professional ASCSs (Air Systems Cleaning Specialists) and CVIs (Certified Ventilation Inspectors), guaranteeing comprehensive and recognised training for experts in the sector.

AIISA plays a key role in promoting hygiene in HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) systems, working in partnership with organisations, professional associations and health authorities. Together, they are committed to creating introductory seminars, courses and webinars dedicated to the importance of HVAC hygiene in order to protect the health of occupants. AIISA’s main goal is to ensure adequate training and awareness to improve indoor air quality, thus contributing to occupant well-being.

During the 14th AIISA NADCA Annual Meeting, important topics and discussions on the new frontiers of HVAC hygiene, innovative technologies in the sector, and best practices for system maintenance and cleaning were covered: a great opportunity to expand personal skills, as well as network with some of the main players in the sector. 

“Our goal is to promote quality as knowledge,” said the president of AIISA, highlighting the association’s commitment to supplying effective solutions for a healthier HVAC environment. “We will share our experience and discuss future projects, which will help raise quality standards in the sector even further.”

The 14th AIISA NADCA Annual Meeting came to a successful close, leaving a significant mark in the field of HVAC hygiene. AIISA will continue to promote training, collaboration and innovation to guarantee safe and healthy HVAC environments for everyone.

On 23 February 2023, Italian Legislative Decree no. 18 (GU no. 55) was issued, listing the methods of implementation of Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of 16/12/2020, introducing Legionella as one of the microbiological parameters to take into consideration when assessing the quality of water intended for human consumption and requiring a risk assessment of water supply systems.

The monitoring focuses, in particular, on priority areas: hospitals, healthcare institutions, retirement homes, childcare facilities, schools, educational institutions, buildings with a lodging facility, restaurants, bars, sports and shopping centres, leisure, recreational and exhibition facilities, penal institutions and campgrounds.

It therefore involves guaranteeing the increased monitoring of high-occupancy places, or by categories potentially more vulnerable to infection.

Annex VIII of Italian Legislative Decree 18/2023 lists the mandatory actions and recommendations for the different types of facilities, with reference to ISTISAN report 22/32 (Guidelines for the assessment and management of water safety risk in internal distribution systems in priority and non-priority buildings and some ships pursuant to Directive (EU) 2020/2184).

The Legionella parameter is set at 1,000 CFU/litre.

Corrective measures may nevertheless be necessary even for values below this limit, for example, for facilities housing vulnerable individuals or in the case of infections and outbreaks. In these cases, the source of infection must be confirmed and the strain of Legionella identified.

Aiming for a better future, we are moving towards more responsible and informed daily operations. And it is responsibility that we want to talk to you about. What we have built in these first eighteen years of activity and what has led us to where we are today.

Today, we feel even more aware and up to the challenge we set in 2004. We have grown, we have changed, we have made mistakes and adjusted our course. We have evolved as people and as a company, and the desire to help people live and work in safer, healthier environments has never left us.

It was, and is still, our mission.

Over the years we have expanded our horizons, creating a group of companies headquartered in Miami (FL) in 2008 and in Szczecin (Poland) in 2019; and with new goals, we are here to tell you about our how our image is changing. Our field of work stated back then, i.e. “Maintenance of HVAC and water systems”, today includes something else we want to offer to all our clients: Health&Safety.

Our new logo has meanings which everyone can understand, and for us represents our context, in colours ranging from blue to green, uncontaminated air and water coming out of a pipe, and in abstract terms also a butterfly, the symbol of a clean and healthy environment; what you will find after we have completed our work. We also have a new tagline – Invisible yet essential, just like clean air – summing up what our clients have always appreciated about our work, and still do.

As of today, you will begin to see Global Trading’s new identity, new in its design, stronger than ever in its spirit, and as reliable as even in its efficiency.

From 6-8 July 2023, the ANAM meeting organised by the Italian Association of HVAC System Hygienists (AIISA) was held.

Health and well-being: let’s start again with indoor air quality

The theme of the event shone a light on the importance of indoor air quality for human health, highlighting the key role played by the air we breathe in indoor environments.

The air we breathe in indoor environments can be contaminated by a number of elements, including:

• Fine dust/particulates
• Dust carrying pathogenic agents
• Gases and vapours
• Foul odours
• Formaldehyde
• Radon

These contaminants can have a negative impact on human health, causing a series of respiratory, cardiovascular and neurological problems.

The ANAM meeting provided a broad overview of the risks to human health associated with poor indoor air quality, and presented a series of solutions to improve air quality in indoor environments.

The proposed solutions included:

• Controlling relative humidity
• Natural ventilation
• Use of HEPA filters
• Maintenance of HVAC systems
• Use of natural cleaning products

The ANAM event was an important opportunity to once again raise public awareness about the health risks associated with poor indoor air quality and to promote solutions to improve it.

The event moderator was Alessandro Cecchi Paone.

The ANAM meeting represented an important step forward in the fight against poor indoor air quality and in occupational health and safety.

We are proud to announce that our colleague Michele Pinza has passed the CVI qualification exams set by the Italian Association of HVAC System Hygienists (AIISA) with flying colours.

The CVI qualification is the highest level of certification for HVAC system cleaning and sanitisation technicians, certifying the knowledge and skills required to assess the hygiene condition of HVAC systems, and knowledge of the system design and potential deficiencies from a hygiene point of view.

The CVI qualification course is organised by AIISA in partnership with the American organisation NADCA, and is divided into 7 modules:

1. Introduction to HVAC inspections
2. Risk management
3. HVAC systems and components
4. HVAC systems and impact on indoor air quality
5. Pre-inspection tasks
6. How to carry out inspections
7. Post-inspection tasks

We are proud of Michele and his success, and we are sure that this qualification will help him to provide an even higher quality service to our clients.

Congratulations, Michele!

Once again this year, we attended the national meeting organised by AIISA (Italian Association of HVAC System Hygienists), of which we are a member, during which “hot” topics were discussed with many of the Italian players in the HVAC technology and maintenance sector. It was also an opportunity for our ASCS-NADCA certified technicians to refresh their knowledge.

The tagline of the 2021 event was “HVAC sanitisation: technologies and solutions compared”

Needless to say, Sars-CoV-2 was the main driver of the discussions, and we were pleased to point out that we at Global Trading had already internally put in place a series of processes and technologies to guarantee our clients the highest levels of effectiveness in terms of minimising airborne microbiological risk, even before this important topic came to the fore mainly due to the spread of the virus.

It is also satisfying to see that what we work towards every day is considered of primary importance to maintaining good hygiene standards in systems and daily living environments, at work and at home: we will continue on this path so that we are always one step ahead and able to give the best possible service to all those who put their trust in us.