EXPERTBÂTIMENT

Everything you need to know about the annual cooling tower information return (ITRE)

If you own a cooling tower (ITRE), don’t forget that you have certain obligations under Section VII: Provisions for the maintenance of a water-cooled cooling tower installation of the Building chapter of the Safety Code (CBCS).

Since January 2018, the Régie du bâtiment du Québec (RBQ), has been mailing you an information transmission form that you must return before the 1st st March.

Here’s some relevant information to have on hand when completing your tax return.

If one of our professionals has designed and signed off on your cooling tower maintenance program, you’ll need the following information:

If our accredited laboratory carries out your microbiological analyses, you will need the following information:

If you’re not a customer with us, you’ll need …

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IMPORTANT!

To enable us to transmit your data efficiently to the Régie de Bâtiment du Québec, please make sure that the address of the facility that appears on your declaration is exactly the same as the one you indicate on your analysis requests.

When addresses don’t match, the RBQ’s automated system doesn’t record your data when it’s sent by the laboratory, and we don’t receive any error messages.

MAINTENANCE PROGRAM UPDATE

So the reporting period for your cooling systems is a good time to review certain critical points of regulatory compliance…

  • Modifications to the network with an impact on water quality
  • A health threshold exceedance for Legionella pneumophila concentration, i.e. greater than 1,000,000 cfu/l
  • 5 years have passed

If you answered no to any of these questions, your program needs to be revised!

Don’t worry, we can help!

ABOUT OUR EXPERT

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Christian Lebeau-Jacob, Microbiologiste

Directeur et microbiologiste chez LAB’EAU-AIR-SOL depuis plus de sept ans, Christian possède une maîtrise en microbiologie de l’Université de Sherbrooke et un baccalauréat en science de la biologie médicale. Son implication auprès de l’Association des microbiologistes du Québec, à titre de président, ainsi plusieurs autres groupes d’experts font de lui un professionnel reconnu et à l’affût des avancées dans son domaine. Il est spécialisé en bactériologie, identification de moisissure et amiante ainsi qu’en détection de légionnelle.

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