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AIRAH is holding a Streamline webinar called “Who’s Leak is it Anyway?” on Thursday, May 21. The webinar will cover what the ever-increasing emphasis on energy efficiency and building performance means for HVAC professionals. The session will explore what is expected of HVAC professionals, building air tightness and the main failure points of HVAC professionals. […]
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, ASHRAE has scheduled a four-day live virtual event. The 2020 ASHRAE Virtual Conference is structured to allow participants from all over the world to take advantage of the Society’s strong technical content. The virtual conference will include more than 90 technical sessions, updates from Society leaders, and virtual networking […]
World Refrigeration Day (WRD) is celebrated annually on June 26, the birth date of Lord Kelvin, after whom the absolute temperature scale is named. This year, the day will be dedicated to cold chain technology, and its vital role in food security and in preserving public health and wellbeing. Designated as the world’s biggest celebration […]
HVAC field device manufacturer Belimo has announced the Australian launch of its webinar platform. The Switzerland-based company has been conducting webinars in the US since 2012. The American webinars are delivered as part of Belimo University’s training programs that were designed to assist with understanding HVAC fundamentals. According to regional application consultant, Asia Pacific, at […]
AIRAH has announced the 2020 edition of Big Data and Analytics Forum will be hosted online. Originally scheduled to take place in Melbourne on August 6, this year’s event will instead be delivered entirely as a virtual forum. The 2020 Big Data and Analytics Virtual Forum will be a live-streamed half-day event to be held […]
The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) is now holding Green Building Day online on Tuesday, June 16. It will be live streamed to attendees. Green Building Day examines how to drive change through the Green Star rating system, and is a chance to hear from sustainability experts, learn about Green Star projects and connect […]
The Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, April 28 about the challenges and commercial opportunities for sustainable cooling and the cold-chain in India. The webinar is called The cold-chain imperative – Food saved is as important as food produced, and will explore how the UK can support solutions in this growth […]
The Facility Management Association of Australia (FMA) is hosting its annual conference and exhibition as a virtual event on Monday, June 1. The event is titled Ideaction.2020 – Ahead of the Game 2020: Virtualising the FM Industry, and will focus on what is ahead in the facilities management industry, and how to embrace new technologies and […]
The Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) has celebrated the birthday of James Harrison on April 17 by sharing stories and videos about the Australian refrigeration pioneer, including a digital version of his biography. Harrison emigrated to Australia from Scotland in 1837 and later developed the first successful large-scale ice making machinery […]
The Green Building Council Australia (GBCA) is holding its “Delivering Air Tightness” seminar online, and has reduced usual ticket prices by 30 per cent. The seminar will be held on Thursday, April 30, and offers a start-to-finish understanding of how to achieve air tight construction on building projects. The GCBA says it will show more […]
The Air Conditioning & Mechanical Contractors’ Association (AMCA) will be hosting a Q&A webinar on COVID-19, featuring Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty AO. To be held on Thursday April 16, the Q&A session will shed light on the following questions: What makes COVID-19 different from other viruses’? How long we will need to maintain social […]
As part of an NSW Department of Industry initiative, Netstripes is offering a free live webinar for Australian business owners dealing with COVID-19. “Are you looking at ways to improve your cash flow and meet customer needs during these challenging times?” says Netstrips. “Then this free live webinar Reinvent your business in troubled times is just the […]
The Global Cooling Prize Supervisory Board and Operating Council of the Prize have announced that the Prize timeline will be extended. The Global Cooling Prize is a global competition designed to spur development of a radically more energy efficient cooling technology. The decision comes as a result of the global escalation of measures to contain […]
The International Well Building Institute (IWBI) is hosting a series of free webcasts on responding to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). These sessions are based on webcasts hosted by the IWBI’s China team said to have reached as many as 110,000 attendees at a time. Touching on subjects ranging from remote work ergonomics to air quality […]
The Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) is releasing a new Design Application (DA) manual: DA12 Energy Efficiency in Cold Rooms. “As the definitive reference for walk-in cold room energy efficiency in Australia, this manual will help all stakeholders overcome the barriers to improved energy efficiency in cold room operation,” says AIRAH […]
ARBS has been rescheduled to be held from February 15–17, 2021. The event was originally planned for May 19-21, 2020, but had been postponed due to the coronavirus. The exhibition will remain in the same venue at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. According to ARBS Exhibition Organiser Sue Falcke, it will occupy the same […]
AIRAH is hosting a webinar about HVAC&R maintenance on Thursday, March 26. It will be the first in a series of webinars that highlight key changes to the newly updated DA19. The series will discuss: The key changes to DA19’s 2019 edition How to use the manual in everyday practice Why maintenance of HVAC&R systems […]
The Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) has suspended all scheduled events up until May 31, 2020, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. AIRAH CEO Tony Gleeson, M.AIRAH, says the Institute is closely monitoring developments regarding the coronavirus. “Unfortunately, as a result of COVID-19, AIRAH has had to make the decision to […]
The Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) has suspended the Refrigeration 2020 Conference, scheduled for March 23–24 in Melbourne, due to concerns around the spread of COVID-19. “In this time of great upheaval for everyone, we ask for your patience as we work with attendees, speakers, sponsors and other stakeholders to reorganise,” […]
The NSW Institute of Instrumentation, Control and Automation (IICA) is preparing its first Technology Expo of 2020 on April 29 at Doylonson, on the Central Coast. The IICA is a not-for-profit institute that aims to further the science and practice of measurement, instrumentation and control. It describes the Technology Expo as “a one-stop shop, featuring […]