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Category: Events and conferences
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IAQAA launches Lunch & Learn
The Indoor Air Quality Association Australia (IAQAA) will be hosting its first Lunch & Learn session via Zoom on July 7. The online presentation will kick off IAQAA’s series of free monthly webinars. Tuesday’s session will feature Bryon Price, F.AIRAH, one of Australia’s leading figures in building services. He will be presenting on the role […]
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Rankine 2020 conference heads online
The IIR International Rankine 2020 Conference – Advances in Cooling, Heating and Power Generation, will be held from July 27–31 as a virtual event. The conference celebrates the life and legacy of William Rankine (pictured above), the Scottish mechanical engineer who helped found the science of thermodynamics. This year the event will include more than […]
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Seven ways to celebrate World Refrigeration Day
On June 26, the global HVAC&R community will be rallying around a common cause in celebration of World Refrigeration Day (WRD 2020). This year, the scale and means of marking the occasion has been restricted by the pandemic, but WRD founder Stephen Gill says there is still plenty going on. “WRD 20 is going to […]
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Efficiency key to recovery
An online summit called Energy Efficiency and Australia’s Economic Recovery has been scheduled on July 1 to discuss how energy efficiency and energy management can help support Australia’s economic recovery post-COVID-19. The forum is being delivered by the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS), Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), the Energy Efficiency Council (EEC), the […]
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MCE 2020 cancelled
Reed Exhibitions Italia has announced the cancellation of the 2020 Mostra Convegno Expocomfort (MCE 2020) trade show. The next edition of the biennial event will be held March 8-11, 2022. The European air conditioning, refrigeration and heating exhibition was originally scheduled to take place on March 17-20, but was later postponed to September 8-11 due […]
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NABERS and CBD 2020 Conference
The NSW Department National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) and the Commonwealth Government’s Commercial Building Disclosure (CBD) program have organised a free conference based on the theme “Working together for a sustainable future”. To be held on Thursday, July 16, the conference will explore how to make the built environment more sustainable. It will […]
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Reece Group celebrates World Refrigeration Day 2020
For the second year running, Actrol along with Reece HVAC and Metalflex are celebrating World Refrigeration Day, on June 26. With social distancing measures still firmly in place in branches, celebrations will take on a digital spin this year, with a social media competition and customer giveaways throughout the day. “For those in the industry […]
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Female engineers shaping the world
To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day on Tuesday, June 23, a panel of female industry leaders shared their experiences at an online event. International Women in Engineering Day is an internationally recognised day that aims to highlight the work done by women in engineering and technical roles. Hosted by Girls in Engineering, an outreach […]
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i-Hub Digital Summit
AIRAH and the Innovation Hub for Affordable Heating and Cooling (i-Hub) are hosting a free online knowledge-sharing summit in June and July. The series of three webinars will bring together leading universities, researchers, consultants, building owners and equipment manufacturers in a connected research and development community. They will discuss the i-Hub projects, their progress, and key findings […]
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Focus on AC future
Shecco, the organiser of ATMOsphere, and the Danish Technological Institute (DTI) are teaming up to host an online event entitled “The Future of Air Conditioning”. Taking place from June 23–24, the ATMO/DTI Technical Conference will feature a range of special topics and technical sessions delivered by leading experts. On the first day, Senior Fellow of Rocky […]
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AASA to hold global alliance meeting
As part of the ASHRAE Annual Meeting, the ASHRAE Associate Society Alliance (AASA) will convene its own meeting on June 17, just days ahead of the 2020 ASHRAE Virtual Conference scheduled to take place from June 22-25. The Alliance is an assembly of representatives of Associate Societies of ASHRAE, representing 15 regions and more than […]
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Free webinars on re-opening buildings
AIRAH as part of its relationship with the ASHRAE Associate Society Alliance will offer three free webinars focused on mitigating potential health risks during re-opening of buildings closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. As buildings begin to reopen after the COVID-19 closures, it is important to make sure that building readiness plans are in place for […]
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Chillventa 2020 cancelled
Chillventa 2020, a prominent Germany-based biennial event on the European HVAC&R calendar, has been cancelled. While a digital congress has now been scheduled to take place on the original dates (October 13-15), the next Chillventa will be held on October 11-13, 2022. For its tenth outing in 2018, the European event had surpassed 1,000 exhibitors […]
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Virtual seminars on a net-zero future
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) will be holding a series of virtual seminars on net-zero building practices and tackling future policy changes in Australia and New Zealand. Titled 2020 Vision for a 2030 Reality, the program will explore and answer pertinent questions facing building services engineers, in view of the 2030 deadline […]
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simPRO launches digital summit
Cloud-based operations management software company simPRO is organising a digital summit to provide an in-depth look at its software. Comprising a series of free webinars, the summit aims to gather field service professionals from around the world for an interactive and informative multi-day event. The simPRO Digital Summit will be held from June 24–26 […]
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AIRAH to hold Virtual Industry Showcase
On June 26, AIRAH will be celebrating World Refrigeration Day by staging its first ever Virtual Industry Showcase. Forming part of AIRAH’s Centenary celebrations, the exhibitor showcase and networking event is open to organisations, professionals and practitioners working in HVAC&R. In step with AIRAH’s ongoing COVID-19 response in converting some of its physical events into […]
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China to tackle HFCs
China has proposed a national plan to deal with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The plan recommends adjusting the existing regulations dealing with Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) to cover HFCs, and to strengthen monitoring and enforcement of existing measures. It also proposes adding HFCs to existing regulations consistent with implementation of the Kigali Amendment, including a quota system […]
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Free webinar on integrative design
Energy efficiency is traditionally assumed as a host of separate technologies to be added in order of increasing cost – the more energy saved, the greater the marginal cost of that saving. Yet as physicist Amory Lovins would counter, designing buildings, vehicles, and factories instead as whole systems could save several times more energy at […]
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Webinars on safe use of HFC alternatives
Industry groups in Europe and around the world are joining together to provide information on the safe adoption of alternatives to high-GWP HFC refrigerants via the REAL Alternatives 4 LIFE learning program. The program covers the full range of low-GWP refrigerants, including hydrocarbons, HFOs, carbon dioxide and ammonia. On May 28, the REAL Alternatives 4 […]
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The Future of NABERS Energy
The National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) is seeking submissions for The Future of NABERS Energy (FoNE) paper. The FoNE project seeks to adapt NABERS Energy to match changes in the industry. NABERS Energy currently uses the National Greenhouse Accounts (NGA) emissions factors to compare buildings that use different mixes of energy sources. These […]