Category: Features

Purpose and place

Posted by Laura Timberlake | Oct 14, 2024 | Features

AIRAH Victorian division president Rula Karali, M.AIRAH, shares her international HVAC&R journey.

A change in the air

Posted by Chloe Sofia Gawaran | Oct 7, 2024 | Features

The adoption of ISO 16890 in Australia will support better filter selection and specification,...

Honour and duty

Posted by Laura Timberlake | Sep 30, 2024 | Features

At Canberra’s Australian War Memorial, a geothermal heating and cooling system goes beyond traditional methods to accommodate extreme temperatures.

Natural selection

Posted by Laura Timberlake | Sep 25, 2024 | Cover feature, Cover story, Features

Architect and biomimicry professional Jane Toner shares with us the principles of biophilia and the importance of designing buildings that are attuned and responsive to their natural surroundings.

Atomic habits

Posted by Chloe Sofia Gawaran | Jul 5, 2024 | Features

Should there be a green light for nuclear energy in Australia? Definitively no, writes Ian Kenins....

Home improvement

Dec 18, 2024

Many Australians live in substandard housing, but what can we actually do to improve thermal performance and reduce our energy bills?

Australian ventilation: the next chapter

Dec 18, 2024

What does “build tight and ventilate right” mean when applied to multi-residential buildings? Sean Maxwell, AM.AIRAH, investigates.

Learning to thrive

Dec 9, 2024

A research centre at Queensland University of Technology has set out an ambitious range of projects to build our knowledge of indoor air quality

The last frontier

Nov 18, 2024

Priya Gandhi, M.AIRAH, took the trip of a lifetime to Antarctica in 2023. Laura Timberlake speaks to her about the lessons she learned.

Ticking the box

Nov 7, 2024

The Australian Refrigeration Council (ARC) has implemented a new automated licence renewal process designed to reduce the amount of time required to complete a licence renewal application.

Cautionary tales