AIRAH 2022 HVAC&R Salary Survey
Our review of industry remuneration has revealed some intriguing narratives. AIRAH last ran a...
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Category: Features
Together in Electric Schemes
The Australian building industry is on the path to electrification, signalling an end to a...
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Change in mood
It is undoubtedly a time of change – socially, politically, environmentally and for many,...
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Less is more with Testo
Testo has launched a new range of compact measuring instruments into the Australian market. “With the new compact measuring instruments testo 417, testo 416 and testo 425, flow and volume flow measurement in ventilation ducts, at air inlets and outlets and when...
Designed for data centres
Mitsubishi Electric Australia has launched a new cooling system for IT environments, s-MEXT. The split cooling package consists of the s-MEXT high precision air conditioner indoor unit connected to a Mr Slim R32 inverter outdoor unit. According to Mitsubishi...
Mind the gap
The federal government has taken concrete action to address gender equity with the Closing the Gender Pay Gap Bill, writes Mark Vender.In building and construction, and in HVAC&R in particular, the heavily male‑dominated nature of the sector and the need to make...
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.“Looking at the winners and finalists of the 2022 AIRAH Awards, I believe the HVAC&R industry has what it takes”On a perfect spring evening, almost 200...
Infill with skill
The new Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) at Tufts University is a nifty response to a challenging brief.When it became obvious that Tufts University, located in Medford outside Boston in the US north‑east, had outlived its science and engineering accommodation,...
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.
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