Laura Timberlake

August 25, 2020

Building Physics Forum goes digital

Events and conferences

The Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) has confirmed that the 2020 iteration of the Building Physics Forum will be streamed virtually on Thursday, September 17. The live stream will run from 10.30am–4pm (AEST), 10am–3.30pm (ACST) and 8.30am–2pm (AWST). The event was originally slated to take place in Brisbane from September 16–17, […]

August 25, 2020

Clean energy in Alice Springs

News

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $2.17 million in funding to support the Alice Springs Future Grid Project. The two-year project will focus on addressing barriers to further renewable energy penetration in the local electricity network. Alice Springs has approximately 10 per cent renewable energy generation, and faces a unique challenge in overcoming […]

August 18, 2020

TechEmerge expands to Latin America

News

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is expanding its program TechEmerge to Latin America. The TechEmerge Sustainable Cooling program is offering the innovators working on sustainable cooling technologies, products and services an opportunity to enter the growing market of Latin America. The program will match the innovators with companies and municipalities to conduct pilot projects and […]

August 18, 2020

COVID-19 and gender equality in lockdown

News

The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) and the Australian Gender Equality Council (AGEC) have partnered with the University of Queensland to understand how COVID-19 is impacting men’s and women’s careers. The research project, which takes the form of an online survey, aims to explore how people’s home and work lives have been altered during the […]

August 7, 2020

Vale to Harrison’s grandson

News

The heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) industry owes much to James Harrison (1816–1893). He emigrated to Australia from Scotland in 1837 and later developed the first successful large-scale ice making machinery sold to industry. He also founded The Geelong Advertiser, was an editor at the The Age and was a member for the town of […]

August 5, 2020

Improved MOF offers leap forward for cooling

News

New research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has uncovered a new way to create an improved metal-organic framework (MOF) for adsorption cooling. Adsorption cooling systems depend on a solid adsorbent and a refrigerant, which transform heat into energy for cooling when they interact. This process can be driven by waste heat from an industrial […]

July 29, 2020

Focus on evaporative technology

Events and conferences

Seeley International is hosting a webinar called “Stay ahead of the HVAC curve” on Thursday, August 6. The webinar will explore the latest indirect evaporative HVAC technology and discover how its capability to cool below wet bulb works, while still supporting WELL standards in buildings. It will also look at sustainable climate control solutions, optimal […]

July 29, 2020

Passivhaus presentation on podcast

Features

AIRAH has released a new episode of the podcast AIRAH on Air, which features a presentation from Clare Parry, M.AIRAH, at the Institute’s Building Physics Forum in 2019. Parry, from Grün Consulting, presented a detailed case study of Australia’s first scale Passivhaus building: Gillies Hall at Monash University’s Peninsula Campus in Frankston, Melbourne. Gillies Hall […]

July 23, 2020

New guide on moisture control

News

AIRAH is releasing the latest design application (DA) manual into its stable of technical publications in August: DA07 Criteria for Moisture Control Design Analysis in Buildings. The purpose of the manual is to specify performance-based design criteria for predicting, mitigating, or reducing moisture damage to the building envelope, materials, components, systems, and furnishings, depending on […]

July 22, 2020

Speakers announced for Outlook 2020

Events and conferences

AIRAH has announced a stellar line up of speakers for the Outlook 2020 Conference, slated to take place in Sydney from November 8–10. The conference celebrates AIRAH’s centenary year by bringing together industry experts and practitioners to share the latest HVAC&R developments, trends and technologies. AIRAH’s Education and Technical Services Manager, Brendan Pejkovic, says Outlook […]