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  • Peter Lowndes, F.airah

    Wind in his sails

    Sydney-based Peter Lowndes, F.AIRAH, is director of EecMec, a specialist in commissioning, and an assessor for AIRAH’s Postgraduate Diploma in Buildings Services – HVAC&R. He also loves the life aquatic.

  • Ecolibrium Airtime

    Air time

    During my time in the employ of this venerable Institute, it’s regularly astounded me how frequently our name is mispronounced.

  • Eco2304 Gap Analysis Lead

    Gap analysis

    AIRAH used the occasion of International Women’s Day to celebrate women in HVAC&R, and discuss how to address the gender pay gap.

  • Rob Holovka, M.airah

    WRAP artist – meet Robert Holovka, M.AIRAH

  • Airah Ecolibrium Trishhyde

    Trish Hyde named as new AIRAH CEO

    Following a detailed recruitment process, the AIRAH Board has appointed Trish Hyde to the role of AIRAH Chief Executive.

  • Eco2303 Presidents Letter

    Cost v sustainability

    Well, it’s a little late, but I hope that you have had the opportunity to take a well‑earned break over the summer. Let’s face it: in January the construction industry usually grinds to a halt, and just about everybody you’re trying to reach is away. We all need the chance to rest and recharge.

  • Eco2303 Maddy Johnson

    The kind and decisive one

    Based in Sydney, Maddy Johnson, Affil.AIRAH, is a graduate mechanical engineer at A.G. Coombs, working in the Projects team.

  • Meet Stephen Podetti, M.AIRAH

    Sydney-based Stephen Podetti, M.AIRAH, is the founder and director of Quality Air Equipment.

  • 05 22 Eco Forum

    Development of a whole-house energy rating tool for new housing

    In 2019, Australian energy ministers agreed on the need for the Trajectory for Low Energy Buildings (the Trajectory). One of the key aspects in the Trajectory for residential buildings is to expand the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) to offer nationally accredited whole-of-home (WoH) tools to enable compliance requirements in the National Construction Code (NCC).

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    Harbourside hoorah for HVAC&R

    The winners of the AIRAH Awards 2022 were announced at a gala dinner on November 24 at Luna Park in Sydney.

  • 05 22 Eco Forum

    Streamlining electrification in support of decarbonisation

    Our industry has increasingly focused on the electrification of building utilities coupled with low-carbon electricity to support the global decarbonization effort. Examples include the University of California’s system-wide ban on the use of on-site fossil fuel combustion in new construction and major renovations, and the City of Seattle’s recently passed measure to prohibit the use of natural gas for space heating in new construction and major replacements of heating systems in commercial buildings, as well as for water heating in new hotels and large apartment buildings. This column presents an approach to integrating the production of domestic hot water with an electric heat-recovery chiller plant as a streamlined solution.

  • Future Leader Mark Elliott, M.airah

    The nouse of Elliott 

    Perth-based Mark Elliott, M.AIRAH, is a building services engineer for Devlin Engineering & Management, and the 2022 AIRAH Future Leader Award winner.

  • 05 22 Eco Forum

    Feasibility study of wastewater energy transfer for an existing campus building cluster

    The HVAC-related energy usage of a group of three existing buildings on a Canadian university campus (the “Cluster”) was simulated. Two scenarios were compared: (1) an ambient loop paired with conventional HVAC equipment (boiler plant and cooling tower), and (2) an ambient loop using wastewater energy transfer (“WET”). The study aimed to assess the feasibility of implementing WET as a heating and cooling method for cold-climate institutional buildings, as well as to measure the effects of WET implementation on energy usage, greenhouse gas emissions, and energy costs

  • Eco 1122 Stephen White 01

    The enthusiast

    Dr Stephen White, F.AIRAH, has been name the winner of the 2022 James Harrison Medal, AIRAH’s highest individual honour. Ecolibrium broke bread with him about the news.

  • Ecolibrium Salarysurvey 01

    AIRAH 2022 HVAC&R salary survey

    Our review of industry remuneration has revealed some intriguing narratives.

  • Eco2210 Collins Arch Correction

    Collins Arch article correction

    We wish to make a correction and clarification regarding the “Arch of triumph” article that featured in August‑September Ecolibrium.

  • Gwen Gray

    Joining the pantheon

    Congrats to Gwen Gray, AIRAH’s first female member when she joined and now a posthumous member of the ARBS Hall of Fame.

  • Dr Josh Wall

    Q&A: Dr Josh Wall, M.AIRAH

    Ecolibrium shoots the breeze with the Newcastle-based CTO of Airconnect about life after CSIRO.

  • 05 22 Eco Forum

    Pushing the boundaries of net zero in the Australian outback

    Using a hybrid of dynamic thermal simulation and detailed hourly spreadsheet calculations, the analysis identified design and operation strategies to size PV and batteries for various degrees of grid independence.

  • Tony Gleeson

    From the CEO

    As we face the unknown financial road ahead, it’s useful to people reflect on the most recent major economic downturn, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of more than a decade ago. Officially spanning form late 2007 to mid-2009, it took several more years for employment and the economy to stabilise to previous levels. It is important for us to look at the business successes and failures from this challenging time, and to learn from them.