Laura Timberlake

December 27, 2023

AIRAH Awards 2023: Excellence in Innovation

Events and conferences

AIRAH has awarded A.G. Coombs and LCI Consultants the award for Excellence in Innovation at the AIRAH Awards 2023. The award celebrates significant Australian improvements in the areas of HVAC&R achieved through innovation, including new or significantly improved systems or plant and equipment or processes. The A.G. Coombs and LCI team won the award for […]

December 18, 2023

AIRAH Awards 2023: Joint winners for Best HVAC Retrofit or Upgrade

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AIRAH awarded two companies the Best HVAC Retrofit or Upgrade Award at its Awards ceremony gala in Sydney on Thursday, November 30, 2023. The award award recognises excellence in the retrofit or upgrade of a HVAC system. JMG Engineers and Glaciem Cooling won the award for their respective projects, in recognition of the excellence of […]

December 18, 2023

Confirmed: 2023 the hottest year on record

News

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has confirmed that 2023 is the hottest year on record with the latest climate data from November. The organisation says the world has seen six record-breaking months this year, and two record-breaking seasons. “The extraordinary global November temperatures, including two days warmer than 2°C above pre-industrial [reference period], mean […]

December 15, 2023

Planning incentives could drive greener builds

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The Property Council of Australia and the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) are calling for sustainability-driven planning incentives and reforms to facilitate the rapid development of energy-efficient new buildings. The organisations have released the state and territory level version of the Every Building Counts report. It outlines a series of policy recommendations, centred on […]

December 6, 2023

CSIRO lights path to net zero

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The CSIRO has released a report highlighting steps the energy, transport, mining and heavy industries can take in the next 10 years to help Australia achieve its net zero targets by 2050. Funded by the Commonwealth Bank, the modelling demonstrates how each industry will need to transform its economic and social systems. According to the […]

December 5, 2023

Promising signs for electrocaloric heat pump

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Scientists have created a prototype of a heat pump from a ceramic with a strong electrocaloric effect. It uses the ceramic and electric fields to heat up when exposed to electric fields – and has the potential to replace a standard heat pump, which uses refrigerants. The team, from the Luxembourg Institute of Science and […]

November 28, 2023

The Passivhaus Playbook

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The Australian Passivhaus Association has released an industry resource titled The Passivhaus Playbook that covers all things Passivhaus. Created in collaboration with Development Victoria and Introba, the Playbook started as a project to develop a practical approach to designing a Passivhaus project. CEO of the Australian Passivhaus Association, Alexia Lidas, says the successful delivery of a Passivhaus project […]

November 23, 2023

Refrigeration helping elite athletes

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The University of Melbourne has found a new use for one of its research refrigerators: helping to train a woman for an arctic marathon. Sia Kindberg is undertaking the 230km Ice Ultra Arctic marathon in February next year at Swedish Lapland, Sweden. Temperatures can drop to -40°C, and Kindberg will be expected to carry her […]

November 23, 2023

Women in construction speak out

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The Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) has released the results from its Women in Construction Future Leaders Pilot scoping study. With assistance from the NSW government’s Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program (IIP) grant, ASBEC launched the pilot to create lasting change in the industry and promote gender diversity. It is also a part […]

November 21, 2023

Heat pump tour at Hardwick’s

Events and conferences

The Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) is holding a bus tour on Wednesday, November 29 in Kyneton, Victoria to visit some commercial and industrial heat pump installations. The tour will showcase how heat pump technology efficiently supplies heating and cooling services for a range of applications. Hosted by A2EP CEO Jarrod Leak, the tour […]