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Tag: World Refrigeration Day
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Woolworths to host World Refrigeration Day events
Supermarket chain Woolworths has announced that it will mark World Refrigeration Day by holding events in six cities on Thursday, June 26.
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DCCEEW releases video about HVAC&R technicians
The DCCEEW has released a video that highlights the vital role industry technicians play in the fight against climate change.
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World Refrigeration Day theme announced
In honour of Lord Kelvin’s achievements, the theme of World Refrigeration Day 2024 is “temperature matters”.
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Geelong to host World Refrigeration Day events
Geelong will host a series of events on World Refrigeration Day – Wednesday, June 26 – to honour refrigeration pioneer James Harrison.
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Woolworths to organise site visits for World Refrigeration Day
Woolworths will mark World Refrigeration Day on June 26 with a series of site visits to transcritical CO₂ refrigeration plant rooms.
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INWIC announces video competition winner
Charlotte Robinson from the UK has claimed top spot in the second edition of INWIC’s Women in Cooling video competition.
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Get set for the coolest day of the year
World Refrigeration Day, dubbed the coolest day of the year, will be marked on June 26 this year with a range of celebrations aimed at raising the profile of HVAC&R. First started in 2019, WRD honours the important contribution that HVAC&R makes globally across all aspects of modern life. It’s an opportunity to highlight the […]
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World Refrigeration Day celebrations at RMIT
The RMIT Refrigeration Department in Melbourne is hosting tours of its facility and opening its new CO2 lab to celebrate World Refrigeration Day on Monday, June 26. Trade teachers at the department will take groups on guided tours of the new state-of-the-art training facility starting at 3.30pm, followed by an address by Shannon Egan from […]
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WRD 2023: The future is in our hands
World Refrigeration Day has announced its theme for 2023: “Next Generation Cooling: The Future is in our hands”. World Refrigeration Day celebrates the people and technologies responsible for creating and maintaining a world dependent upon temperature-controlled environments. Taking place on June 26, the event is supported globally by industry, professional groups, scientific and engineering associations, […]
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Woolworths scales up effort for World Refrigeration Day
Woolworths is scaling up its World Refrigeration Day (WRD) efforts in 2023, hosting plant room familiarisation tours in mainland capital cities across Australia on June 26. Recognising the pivotal role refrigeration plays in our lives, Woolworths has been an important agent for promoting World Refrigeration Day since the event’s inception in 2019. WRD is an […]
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Gill named to senior role at The Carbon Trust
Steve Gill, the head of the World Refrigeration Day secretariat, has been appointed head of sustainable cooling at The Carbon Trust. In this new role, Gill will lead global initiatives to address critical climate change challenges. He’ll also be charged with developing new propositions to address gaps and opportunities globally where The Carbon Trust can […]
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Top chefs launch global campaign about cooling
To celebrate World Refrigeration Day, world-leading chefs have launched a campaign to remind people that cooling enables nutritional diets, helps reduce the number of undernourished, and can lower greenhouse gas emissions. The chefs are part of the Chefs4thePlanet network, which is joining with United Nations Environment Programme OzonAction and Global Food Cold Chain Council in […]
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WRD 2022: Cooling matters … to reach net zero
To celebrate World Refrigeration Day (WRD) on June 26, AIRAH is sharing the keynote address from its Refrigeration 2022 Conference held earlier this year. The presentation, delivered by Dr Paul Bannister, L.AIRAH, looks at our climate change challenges and opportunities for refrigeration. Best known as the primary author of NABERS and the leader of the […]
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Say Yes To The Trades day
As part of the STC Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Apprentice program, Superior Training Centre is holding an employer and student meet-up event on World Refrigeration Day, June 26. The goal is to highlight hidden trades such as refrigeration and air conditioning and metal fabrication, and also to promote more mainstream electrical trades. RACCA, Beijer Ref and […]
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Top chefs serve up message about cooling
To celebrate World Refrigeration Day on June 26, United Nations Environment Program OzonAction, Chefs4thePlanet, and Global Food Cold Chain Council are partnering to explain cooling’s essential role in protecting human health and the planet. The Cooling Keeps Food Fresh campaign will describe why cooling is necessary for food safety and how it supports nutritious diets […]
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International alliance to promote women in cooling
The International Network for Women in Cooling (INWIC) has been launched to advance the engagement of women, promote career opportunities, and increase female participation in the HVAC&R sector. The initiative is led by the World Refrigeration Day (WRD) Secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction in cooperation with founding partners from around the […]
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World Refrigeration Day announces 2022 theme
At a session held during the 2022 AHR Expo in Las Vegas, World Refrigeration Day founder Steve Gill announced the theme for 2022: Cooling matters. Held annually on June 26 – the birthday of Lord Kelvin – World Refrigeration Day is an international initiative that raises awareness of the benefits of cooling. It also aims […]
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New program to build diversity of STEM workforce
The STEMAZING Inspiration Academy in conjunction with World Refrigeration Day is opening up spaces for women from the Asia-Pacific region to participate in its program. The STEMAZING initiative is aimed at building the diversity of the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) workforce. “To tackle our current and future global challenges we need a bigger, […]
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Empowering women in STEM to shine as role models
An initiative aimed at raising the confidence of women working in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields will soon be available for Australians. Known as STEMazing, the program ran its (northern) spring 2021 program as a pilot initiative. “The aim of the STEMazing program is to empower women in STEM to shine as […]
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World Refrigeration Day webinars
ASHRAE and The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) are hosting two webinars to mark World Refrigeration Day 2021. The theme for 2021 is “Cooling Champions: Cool Careers for a Better World”, and 16 webinars will be taking place this week and next to explore the career paths available to students and practitioners in the HVAC&R industry. […]