Oceania
Australia carbon tax: Abbott prepares repeal bill
Oct 22, 2013 Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has published draft legislation to repeal the country’s carbon tax. The controversial tax, which was introduced under the previous Labor government,...
Australia: Code of Practice for Flammable Refrigerants
12/09/2013 Faced with the rising use of flammable refrigerants, AIRAH has issued a draft Code of Practice for handling these gases, which will be proposed as an approved code of practice under section...
Daikin Launches Skyfi Control For Ducted Air Conditioning
03 October 2013 Daikin, a world leader in air conditioning technology have launched Daikin SKYFi - a high tech solution to provide users with the power to control their Daikin ducted air conditioner f...
New Product Awards winners for 2013 announced
13 September, 2013 Commercial Catering Equipment took out the Best New Hospitality Equipment Product award, which was sponsored by Hospitality, for its Kay Bee battery operating oil filter machine. T...
Australia: Code of Practice for Flammable Refrigerants
12/09/2013 Faced with the rising use of flammable refrigerants, AIRAH has issued a draft Code of Practice for handling these gases, which will be proposed as an approved code of practice under section...
A Heat Pump Using Carbon Dioxide as the Refrigerant
A new generation of CO2-based heat pumps could avoid the high global warming potential of standard refrigerants and generate much higher temperatures Posted On Aug 29 2013 By Alex Wilson In res...
Newly introduced Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Levy in New-Zealan
20/08/2013 On July 1, 2013 the Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (SGG) Levy entered into force in New Zealand and applies to a range of goods including freezers, fridges and air conditioners. The levy rates for goods containing HFCs and PFCs are linked to the price of carbon and vary between items to reflect gas amounts, specific gases and their global warming potential. SGG rates also vary de...
2.5 Australia
Market Trends The Australian ATW market scale was 30,000 units in 2012, an increase of 15% over 2011. Sydney, the largest city in Australia, and its environs has a relatively warm winter, and a...
