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AIRAH is sad to inform members of the recent passing of Derek Olsen, an active AIRAH member and HVAC&R professional based in WA.
Simon Witts, M.AIRAH, and co-authors James Moyes and Broden Kay have been honoured at the 2024 AIRAH Awards, winning the WR Ahern Award.
Queensland firm Graphene Manufacturing Group has won Product of the Year at the 2024 AIRAH Awards for its Thermal-XR coating system.
Poorya Shaghaghi, Stud.AIRAH, has taken home the Student of the Year – Higher Education or Research award at the 2024 AIRAH Awards.
Bilal Babadagi, M.AIRAH, has taken home the Future Leader award at the 2024 AIRAH Awards gala, held on November 21.
Jordan Hocking, Stud.AIRAH, has won the Student of the Year – Trade award at the 2024 AIRAH Awards, held on November 21.
Woolworths has won the 2024 AIRAH Award for Excellence in Refrigeration with its Gadsden CO2 WaterLoop system.
A joint project by Exergenics and A.G. Coombs at Sydney Airport has won the 2024 AIRAH Award for Excellence in Innovation.
A project by the University of Wollongong has taken home the 2024 AIRAH Award for Excellence in HVAC&R Research.
Two projects have shared the 2024 AIRAH Award for Excellence in Sustainability, announced at a gala dinner on November 21.
SP&R Group has taken out the 2024 AIRAH Award for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion in the Australian HVAC&R industry.
NRG Services has won the 2024 AIRAH Award for Best HVAC Retrofit or Upgrade for its work on Goondiwindi Hospital.
We speak to Janamdeep (JD) Singh, Stud.AIRAH, winner of the 2024 AIRAH SA Apprentice of the Year award and the Airefrig scholarship award.
The South Australian government is undertaking an extensive review of laws that govern the building and construction industry, and is seeking feedback from industry stakeholders. The review will focus on opportunities to enhance industry compliance, protect and inform consumers, and support the building sector to deliver high-quality building work. The review will consider: This review […]
ASHRAE has published a new resource designed to safeguard indoor air quality (IAQ) during wildfire or bushfire events.
Researchers from UNSW have created a national index to measure and then mitigate heat vulnerability in Australia’s towns and cities.
Energy ministers have released Version 2 of the Home Energy Ratings Disclosure Framework, which sets out a national approach to implementing disclosure schemes. The framework defines: The second version of the framework has been developed in collaboration between Australian, state and territory governments, as well as industry and community group stakeholders. Energy Ministers also released […]
Untrained operators are common in the air conditioner wet wash industry, and the consequences of substandard work are potentially deadly.
The Victorian Energy Upgrades program – billed as the largest energy-efficiency program in Australia – is setting emissions reduction targets for 2026 and 2027, and has produced a regulatory impact statement to present options and elicit public comment. The VEU program is a market-based scheme that provides financial assistance to households and businesses adopting more […]
TRANSFORM 2025 has released a new round of speakers who will be presenting at the conference both virtually and in Sydney on March 19–20, 2025.