Oceania
AIRAH Industrial Ammonia Refrigeration Courses 2015
AIRAH will be holding four industrial ammonia refrigeration courses this year. The three courses are: Industrial Ammonia Plant Operations, Ammonia Emergency Response, Ammonia Safety Awareness and Energy Efficient Industrial Refrigeration. The Industrial Ammonia Plant Operations Course is suitable for refrigerant plant operators who need to be aware of potential hazards associated wit...
Air Con and Refrigeration Efficiency in the Built Environmen
There are major energy savings available from air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) in Australia, in the order of $10 billion per year. Accessing these savings requires significant changes...
Stulz Launches Data Center Optimization Service
Stulz Australia has launched a data center audit and optimization service designed to assist Australian organizations with identifying risk, reducing energy consumption and improve power usage effecti...
Global Infrastructure Hub to enable BIM adoption
17 Feb 2015 It’s been a slow start for Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Australia but industry is confident that the creation of a Global Infrastructure Hub in Sydney this year will provide the momentum necessary to really get the ball rolling. At the same time government and industry have developed a formal framework for the adoption of BIM which will enable industry to realise the full b...
Energy Efficiency Council announces new president
13 Feb 2015 Tony Arnel has been appointed president of the Energy Efficiency Council (EEC), Australia’s peak body for energy efficiency, cogeneration and demand management. Arnel assumes the reigns f...
Australia: a cool benchmarking tool
10/02/2015 An estimated 22% of Australia’s electricity is used in air-conditioning and refrigeration systems and HVAC systems are responsible for more than 40% of the energy used in commercial buildings. In order to measure system efficiency and reduce the use of HVAC systems, a calculating tool has been launched online for building owners and HVAC industry professionals. This Calcula...
Aged care provider trials geothermal heat pumps
10 Feb 2015 Residential care services in Australia top $17 billion Western Australia’s largest not-for-profit aged care and retirement living provider Bethanie Villages is trialling geothermal heat pu...
First building in Australia to achieve a five star excellenc
06 Feb 2015 Green Building Council of Australia Australia has achieved its very first 5 Star Green Star - Performance rating signifying a new level of excellence. The rating has been awarded to...
AEMC rejects introduction of an air conditioner tax in 2017
04 Feb 2015 Weekend media reports claiming that an air conditioner tax is being introduced in 2017 to reduce the burden on Australia’s electricity network are incorrect. There are also no plans to fo...
ASBEC appoints new president
02 Feb 2015 Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council The Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) has announced the appointment of its new president Ken Maher, a leading architect and Professor of Practice in the Faculty of Built Environment at the University of NSW. Professor Maher is a past chairman and current Fellow of multi-disciplinary architecture and design firm HA...
