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Category: News
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Trades buck the national trend
Data released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has revealed construction trade qualifications continue to grow, despite an overall decline in VET enrolments.
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Clarification on air discharge requirements in AS 1668.2:2024
In response to queries about air discharge requirements in AS 1668.2: 2024, Standards Australia and the Technical Committee ME-062 Ventilation and Airconditioning have provided a clarification statement.
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Is prefab fab? Draft scheme out for comment
One of the keys to unlocking the potential of prefabrication is regulatory credibility. We’re now a step closer, with the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) releasing a proposed National Voluntary Certification Scheme for Manufacturers of Prefabricated Construction.
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Smardt move
Oil-free centrifugal chiller technology company, Smardt, has appointed Sandeep Nair as its Chief Executive Officer.
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Brief reprieve for fire testing facility
CSIRO has extended the lease on the site of its Fire Technology Laboratory in North Ryde, but still plans to close the facility in June 2027 – with potentially major impacts on Australia’s building and construction industry.
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Global cooling market on the rise
In 2025, global demand for space cooling consumed more energy than the entire European Union, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). This is expected to continue growing, as rising heat sends demand for cooling equipment soaring.
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Changes planned for heating and cooling incentives
The Victorian Energy Upgrades Program has responded to public feedback about its space heating and cooling activity – and has announced measures to address system oversizing.
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New AI infrastructure achieves 45°C breakthrough
Multinational technology company NVIDIA has developed a liquid cooling solution for AI servers that can operate at up to 45°C.
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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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Update coming for best practice AC guideline
AIRAH is updating the Air Conditioning Residential Best Practice Guideline for Victoria, and we are looking for reviewers.
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Sonia Holzheimer: role change, and reflecting on the HVAC&R profession
AIRAH Associate Director, Sonia Holzheimer, M.AIRAH, has moved into a new role as Partner at Queensland-based multidisciplinary engineering consultancy, STP Consultants.
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Ready, set, benchmark! NatHERS for existing homes now live.
Research has delivered abundant evidence that the energy and thermal comfort performance of much of Australia’s existing housing is woeful. Changing this starts now, with the full public release of NatHERS for existing homes. Here’s why it matters.
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Vertiv expands into Asia-Pacific
Critical infrastructure solutions provider Vertiv has opened a new manufacturing facility in Johor, Malaysia.
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New CEO for MAC Trade Services
South Australia-based energy management and building services business, MAC Trade Services (MAC) has appointed Matt Csortan as CEO.
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Whitepaper unpacks food retail energy efficiency
Refrigeration accounts for a major share of energy use in supermarkets, making HVAC&R a prime candidate for optimisation, as a new white paper from CAREL explains.
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Microbial control standards open for comment
Draft revised editions of AS/NZS 3666 Part 1 and 2 are now out for public review.
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Medal-winning trade skills
In a warm-up for the major WorldSkills International Competition in Shanghai in September, HVAC&R apprentices from six countries converged on Wollongong, with Australia’s Adam Morgan taking home a silver medal.
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Improving HVAC in operating theatres
The University of Melbourne and Professor Forbes McGain, an anaesthetist and intensive care physician at Western Health in Melbourne, are running a survey to help improve the efficiency of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in operating theatres.
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Future-proofing the third space in Tokyo
Heat records are shattering around the world, including Japan, where Daikin is collaborating to trial new ways to keep outside areas safe and comfortable.
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New hands on the helm at Cundall
Global multi-disciplinary engineering and sustainability consultancy, Cundall, has appointed UK-based building services engineer, Kevin Hayes, to the position of Managing Partner.