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Category: Events and conferences
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Australian Women’s Leadership Symposiums
Women & Leadership Australia has announced the 2019 schedule for its Women’s Leadership Symposiums. The Symposiums are a national series of events focused on the experiences of women leaders in the contemporary workforce. Taking place in every state and territory capital between May and August, the events have been conceived as an “unparalleled gathering of […]
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KSB announces pump management seminar
Pump specialist KSB Australia is hosting a seminar in Adelaide to highlight a new range of monitoring and automation products. “Be among the first to learn about innovative new ways to manage your pump assets,” says the company. “Gone are the days of reactive maintenance. Partnering with KSB Australia and our new technologies means you’ll spend less time trouble-shooting and […]
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Green Building Day 2019
Green Building Day is returning in 2019 to explore major industry trends, upcoming changes and innovations enabling sustainability outcomes. Green Building Day is the Green Building Council of Australia’s (GBCA) annual conference for its members and the wider industry. The conference is an opportunity to hear about a variety of projects, including commercial, industrial, social […]
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Reliable Controls: Australasian Dealer Conference
Reliable Controls recently held its bi-annual Australasian Dealer Conference. Thirty senior business leaders, representing 15 independent authorised dealers from 10 regions in Australasia came together in Hobart for the three-day event. Reliable Controls regional sales manager Jason Duncan says it was a rare opportunity to have senior business leaders from so many different building automation companies […]
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Nominations open for trade scholarships
Nominations have opened for the 2019 Industry Educational Trade Scholarship. Now in its fourth year, the scholarship provides students studying commercial refrigeration and air conditioning through TAFE with the opportunity to train at one of the industry’s premier educational institutions – the Refrigeration and Climate Control Centre of Excellence (RCCC) in Melbourne. The program was […]
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Research to Reality Expos
The Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living (CRCLCL) is holding a series of events across Australia in May and June to celebrate the research it has done with six universities. The tertiary institutions and the CRCLCL have been working together to develop next-generation, low carbon materials and technologies to help develop sustainable cities. “It’s […]
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National Clean Technologies Conference and Exhibition
The National Clean Technologies Conference and Exhibition is being held on the Sunshine Coast from May 29–31. The conference will focus on all clean technology (cleantech) growth areas including energy, waste, water, built environment and transport. There will be a particular focus on commercialisation, creating effective business clusters, the potential of the circular economy, innovation case […]
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RICS announces Confidence Conference
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is convening a Building Confidence Conference in Sydney on May 2 and is encouraging professionals in property – working across investment, lending, valuation, cost reporting, construction risk, certification and development – to attend. The aim of the conference is to facilitate industry-led discussion around the challenges to winning […]
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Recognising the competence of fire safety practitioners
Fire Protection Association Australia is holding seminars about the Fire Protection Accreditation Scheme in March and April in New South Wales. Changes to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 in 2017 mean that anyone designing a fire system, or conducting an annual fire safety assessment must be a competent fire safety practitioner. There is currently […]
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Updated NSW Government Resource Efficiency Policy
The New South Wales government has released an updated Government Resource Efficiency Policy (GREP). The aim of the GREP is to reduce the state government’s operating costs, and to lead by example in increasing its resource use efficiency. The updated policy will continue to drive resource efficiency by NSW government agencies in four main areas: energy, […]
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‘Transformation’ coming for chillers and large AC
A “transformation” is on the way for chillers and large air conditioning systems. That’s the message from the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing Association (AREMA) and the Air Conditioning Mechanical Contractors Association (AMCA), who together have organised a seminar series to help the Australian HVAC&R industry come to grips with these changes. Named Future:Air, […]
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Demand response webinar
Energy retailer Flow Power is running a webinar to show how businesses can reduce energy bills by taking advantage of demand response. This is where energy users voluntarily reduce usage in times of extreme demand. The event will bring together experts to discuss how businesses have unlocked value and reaped the benefits of managing their […]
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Untangling industry training
The Australian training package for electrotechnology – including refrigeration and air conditioning – is under review. Revised units are now available for public feedback. The project was originally intended to be a straightforward “transition” to reorganise the material in line with the Standards for Training Packages 2012 format. But it soon became apparent that the […]
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Global Cooling Prize workshop
The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) are presenting a Global Cooling Prize (GCP) workshop in Melbourne on March 27. The GCP aims to provide cooling solutions that will enhance lives without contributing to runaway climate change. It is calling on leaders and innovators around the […]
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World Refrigeration Day Celebration receives UN boost
The inaugural World Refrigeration Day set for this coming June 26 has received a boost from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), which is strongly encouraging its members to support the initiative. World Refrigeration Day aims to raise awareness of how refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat-pump technology and science contribute to modern living and society. Meeting […]
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Managing moisture: WUFI training announced
Pro Clima has teamed up with Fraunhofer IBP to offer training in WUFI, a C-Program for calculating the coupled heat and moisture transfer in building components. Analysis of the coupling of heat and moisture is known as hygrothermics. It is well known that high moisture levels result in higher heat losses, and that temperature conditions […]
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RACCA industry breakfast
RACCA’s 2019 NSW U&E ITAB Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Breakfast is being held at the Bankstown Sports Club in Sydney on March 20. The event has been organised by the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Contractors Association (RACCA) and the Industry Training Advisory Bodies (ITAB). Invited speakers will discuss training and other initiatives that could help […]
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DFC looks to a ‘regenerative’ future
The Design Futures Council (DFC) has announced a leadership summit on sustainable design and ecological stewardship. The summit will take place in Sydney on March 28–29. Titled Towards a Regenerative Future, the event will pull together a “unique range of action-oriented, inspirational and aspirational stories, from global leaders from across the spectrum of architecture, engineering, […]
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CIBSE Qld: Industry networking event
The Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) is holding an HVAC&R industry networking event in Brisbane on Thursday, February 21. There will be a brief address by the new CIBSE Queensland chair, Keith Merry, and insights into 2019 technical and networking sessions. This event is free for CIBSE members and some similar association members, […]
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Rocky Mountain Institute’s Iain Campbell to speak at Refrigeration 2019
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) Senior Fellow Iain Campbell has joined the prestigious list of keynote speakers for AIRAH’s Refrigeration 2019 Conference. The two-day conference will take place over March 25–26 in Melbourne. Based in Colorado, Campbell will discuss the Global Cooling Prize, an initiative aimed at unearthing a more efficient air conditioning solution. Launched last […]