Category: Features

Plant room

Living green walls can improve aesthetics, add a soothing touch of greenery to a space and lift our moods. But can they have a material impact on indoor air quality? Nick Johns-Wickberg investigates.

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Fan forum

Returning to Sydney for the first time since 2018, ARBS 2024 once again was a meeting point for the HVAC&R industry, writes Matt Dillon.

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Donga danger

Much has been made of the poor ventilation in Australian classrooms, but the situation is even more dire for thousands of mining, construction and agriculture workers. Mark Vender investigates.

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Ticking the box

Ticking the box

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

Cautionary tales

Clearscope Legal’s Raphael Brown looks at some recent projects where HVAC&R has been in the compliance spotlight.

Big shoes to fill

Big shoes to fill

If you’ve been an avid reader of Ecolibrium over the past decade and a half, you’ll notice that, for the first time in 160-odd issues, there’s a new photo on this page. It’s with a mixture of excitement and nervousness that I take the reins from the inimitable Matt Dillon.

The time is now

The time is now

AIRAH’s IAQ 2024 conference underscored the once-in-a-century opportunity to improve indoor air quality – and what we need to do to seize it.

Shine bright

Shine bright

AIRAH has announced the finalists for the 2024 AIRAH Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements from across Australia’s HVAC&R building services industry.

ACT professional registration 

ACT professional registration 

The ACT has opened applications for mechanical engineers under its Professional Engineers Registration Scheme.  The scheme, which opened in March 2024, is being phased in across different branches of engineering:  Phase 1, which started in March 2024, covered civil...

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