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Category: Events and conferences
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Sustainable House Day series: The challenge of shared sustainability
On Sunday, May 17, 2026, AIRAH’s Advocacy and Policy Manager, Mark Vender, headed to Belvedere Gardens in Randwick (Gadigal), NSW for Sustainable House Day.
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Webinar: Making the invisible visible
The Safer Air Project is hosting a webinar on Monday, August 17 as part of the global campaign “Making the invisible visible”.
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Moving from policy to performance
ASHRAE has released the technical program for the 2026 Building Decarbonisation Conference, taking place in Seattle, Washington from September 23–25, 2026.
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Line up for IAQAA 2026 Conference announced
The Indoor Air Quality Association Australia (IAQAA) has released the preliminary speaker line up for the IAQAA 2026 Conference, being held from August 24–25, 2026 at the Gold Coast, Queensland.
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Talking about embodied carbon
NABERS is launching a free Embodied Carbon Conversations webinar series throughout August and September.
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The Australasian Renewable Heat Conference
The Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) is hosting the Australasian Renewable Heat Conference in Melbourne on September 2–3, 2026.
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NABERS to explore energy flexibility
Australia’s national building performance rating system is launching a feasibility study on incorporating energy flexibility into its framework.
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Sustainable House Day series: Retrofitting the 70s
On Sunday, May 17, 2026, homeowners around Australia opened their doors to the public for Sustainable House Day. Some of the AIRAH team took the chance to have a peek at renovations, retrofits and new builds on display; each story will be showcased as part of a series on HVAC&R News.
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Innovation in the Built Environment 2026
The University of Melbourne is hosting an Innovation in the Built Environment industry forum on Wednesday, July 22.
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NZ venue for international natural refrigerants conference
Early-bird registrations are open for the 2026 IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants (GL 2026), being held at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand from August 23–26.
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Call for abstracts: Adaptation 2027 Conference
Hosted by the International Institute of Refrigeration, the second IIR International Conference of the Role of Refrigeration in Adapting to Rising Ambient Temperatures (Adaptation 2027) will be held from March 8–10 in Birmingham, UK.
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Share your brilliance!
Every year, AIRAH’s National Awards showcase the achievements, technical excellence and emerging talent in the HVAC&R industry. Entries are now open for 2026.
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True Zero Carbon Challenge 2026 Awards Night
The True Zero Carbon Challenge 2026 Awards Night is being held on Friday, August 21, to celebrate the projects and people helping shape the future of low-carbon residential housing in Australia.
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Cool intelligence for flammable refrigerants – celebrating WRD
To mark World Refrigeration Day on June 26, Australian HVAC&R industry bodies are holding a free webinar to share information about flammable refrigerants.
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REB26: Opportunities in a carbon-constrained built environment
Increasingly, achieving net zero in Australia’s built environment is framed as a retrofit challenge. And although the scale of that challenge is large, the inaugural Reshaping Existing Buildings Conference focused on the opportunities, exploring solutions and sharing real-world success stories that reclaim the value in our assets.
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The best of Good Design
The 2025 Good Design Award winners have been announced, with more than 1,100 new products and designs selected and awarded from 49 countries.
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See cool intelligence in action at Woolworths
As part of World Refrigeration Day celebrations on June 26, 2026, Woolworths is holding behind the scenes tours.
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2026 EEC Award winners
The 2026 Energy Efficiency Council (EEC) Awards winners were announced at a gala dinner during the EEC National Conference (May 27–28 in Sydney).
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Circular thinking takes centre stage at REB26
Professor Usha Iyer-Raniga, keynote speaker at the upcoming Reshaping Existing Buildings Conference, offers a preview of her presentation and shares her thoughts on improving circularity in Australia.
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Retrofit and EnerPHit Month
The Australian Passivhaus Association (APA) is running a national “Retrofit and EnerPHit Month” campaign until mid-June, with a range of events on the agenda.