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Category: Events and conferences
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European heating industry transition: 2020–2030
Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA) is hosting a free webinar on June 30, exploring insights gained from a study titled “HVAC 2030: paths to decarbonisation of the residential heating market”. During the study, BSRIA researched the expansion of heating products during the transition period 2020–2030 in three of the major heating markets in […]
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Global update on solar heating and cooling
The Solar Academy of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme is running a webinar on developments in the global solar thermal market, as well as industry and business trends in 2020. The session will focus on successful applications, such as solar assisted district heating, solar heat for industrial processes and PVT systems, which have […]
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Holyoake to run meet-and-greet evening in Brisbane
Holyaoke Air Management Solutions is inviting interested professionals to attend a casual meet-and-greet event in Brisbane on Thursday evening, June 10. The company will introduce its new partnership with Price Industries and share the educational resources and tools now available to the engineering community. The event will feature: The Price Learning Portal (PLP): The PLP […]
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HVAC&R the hero at WRD21
To celebrate World Refrigeration Day on June 26, organisers of the event have scheduled a series of 16 webinars to explore career paths in the HVAC&R industry. The theme for WRD21 is “Cooling Champions: Cool Careers for a Better World”. Tying in with this, the webinars will describe trends and opportunities in the technologies that […]
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i-Hub Summit III
The Innovation Hub for Affordable Heating and Cooling (i-Hub) and AIRAH are hosting the third instalment of the free online knowledge sharing summit in June. The three interactive webinars will share information on the current i-Hub projects, their progress, and key findings. The sessions bring together leading universities, researchers, consultants, building owners and equipment manufacturers to build […]
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ARBS calls for speakers for 2022 Seminar Series
Professionals in the air conditioning, refrigeration and building services industry are invited to submit abstracts for seminars, panels, and workshops to be delivered as part of the Seminar Series at ARBS 2022. ARBS is Australia’s most comprehensive HVAC&R and building services exhibition. It will be held in Melbourne from April 27–29, 2022. The ARBS Seminar […]
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To be or not to be at the Be Summit …
Registrations have opened for Australian built environment event, the Be Summit. The one-day event on Monday, June 7 is being held at The Edge in Federation Square. Although there are only 300 places being offered at the physical event, there is also the option of participating virtually via live stream. “The Be Summit is a […]
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Green Building Day returns to in-person events
Green Building Day is returning to in-person events for 2021 with Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney all hosting days of sharing knowledge and expertise on Green Star projects. Green Building Day is an annual event held across four cities nationally. It celebrates all things Green Star and explores the strategy areas of the Green Building […]
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Free webinar on design for low-GWP refrigerants
Alfa Laval is hosting a free industry webinar on Tuesday, June 8, to help HVAC&R professionals upskill on the design requirements for low-GWP refrigerants – both natural and synthetic. The event has been organised exclusively for countries in the Asia Pacific region, and will look at the specific challenges in these markets. “The shift to […]
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Opening the door to better commissioning
Building commissioning is in the spotlight once again given the coming release of a Standards Australia Technical Specification for building commissioning, and AIRAH’s Commissioning Virtual Forum on June 3. The recent Expert Group report Leaks, Maintenance and Emissions in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning highlighted the potential for better commissioning to improve the energy efficiency of […]
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Refrigeration 2021 goes hybrid
AIRAH has announced that its two-day Refrigeration 2021 Conference will be run as a hybrid event, with a modified live-streamed program to run alongside the live happening, slated for Melbourne over May 17–18. The program for attendees who join AIRAH for the live stream of the Refrigeration 2021 conference includes presentations and panels in one […]
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Courses in WUFI hygrothermal analysis
Building envelope expert Pro Clima is running three online training sessions in June on WUFI, a program for calculating the coupled heat and moisture transfer in building components, in one and two dimensions, developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics. Analysis of the coupling of heat and moisture is known as hygrothermics. Hygrothermal analysis […]
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IIR partners with World Bank to set up Bangladesh cold chain
In partnership with British and Bangladeshi universities, the International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) has inked a pact with the World Bank to develop a sustainable cold chain in Bangladesh. Named “Technical Assistance on Clean and Energy-Efficient cooling solutions for Livestock Supply Chain,” the project will provide the analytical underpinning to inform the Livestock and Dairy […]
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Program announced for Refrigeration 2021
The Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) has released the program for its Refrigeration 2021 Conference, scheduled from May 17–18 in Melbourne. Keynotes Thomas Lund of Danfoss Industrial Refrigeration, Bruce Nelson, M.AIRAH, of Colmac Coil Manufacturing, and Thomas Frank of Refolution will headline a list of more than 20 speakers and four […]
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Solar Decathlon launches 2022 and 2023 editions
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon has announced the launch of the 2022 Design Challenge and 2023 Build Challenge. The Solar Decathlon is a collegiate competition that challenges student teams to design and build highly efficient and innovative buildings powered by renewable energy. The Design Challenge is a one or two semester, design-only competition; while the Build Challenge is […]
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What to expect from a user-friendly NCC
The Australian Building Codes Board’s (ABCB) announced late last year that they would be releasing the 2022 National Construction Code (NCC) as a digital product, to make it more accessible and to improve its usability. The ABCB is running a webinar about the changes to the NCC’s structure and format on Tuesday, April 20, to […]
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Professor Ian Arbon to keynote 2021 IOR Conference
Professor Ian Arbon has been named a keynote speaker for the Institute of Refrigeration’s (IOR) Annual Conference – the Journey to Net Zero Heating and Cooling – Beyond Refrigeration 2021. The conference is slated to run over April 21–22. A Fellow of IMechE, Arbon boasts a long history in spearheading the Institution’s work in sustainable […]
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James Harrison exhibition opens in Geelong
Geelong Design Week is hosting an exhibition about James Harrison at Barwon Grange from Saturday, March 20 until Sunday, March 28. The exhibition is titled James Harrison’s Momentous Achievements – models, medals, memorabilia and explores Harrison’s life from 1816–1893. He was the first to create ice via mechanical means, and the founder of the Geelong […]
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Building ventilation and COVID-19 transmission
The Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC), in collaboration with IEA EBC Annex 86, are organising a free webinar discussing the impact of building ventilation on COVID-19 transmission. The webinar, titled “Building ventilation: How does it affect SARS-Cov-2 transmission”, is part of a series of three webinars. This session will address the potential mitigating role […]
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Forecasting energy efficiency
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) is seeking expressions of interest to attend a workshop about forecasting energy efficiency on Wednesday, March 24. The workshop is open to stakeholders with knowledge on energy efficiency policies, experience in designing and managing energy efficiency measures, and experience in modelling and quantifying energy efficiency impacts. AEMO is focused […]