Cautionary tales
Clearscope Legal’s Raphael Brown looks at some recent projects where HVAC&R has been in the compliance spotlight.
Read More
Category: Industry eye
IAQ on the radar
Mark Vender looks at some key recent developments in IAQ policy across Australia. Since the...
Read More
Climate call and response
As temperatures around the world soar, the question is not just how to stop global warming, but how humans can survive.
Read More
Flying high
The Wings is set to be the first office building in Belgium to generate its own geothermal energy and consume no fossil fuel.
Read More
The life aquatic – and beyond
Ambitious sustainable targets have been set by the host nation for the Paris 2024 Olympics to reduce the Games’ carbon footprint by half.
Read More
Coffee grounds fuel sustainable roads
Researchers at RMIT University have developed an innovative technique that can make concrete 30 per cent stronger by turning waste coffee grounds into biochar. Laura Timberlake explores how the researchers are applying the innovation in the real world. Australia...
Could static power AC?
Researchers at RMIT have created an invention from waste polystyrene that generates static electricity from motion and wind.Created in collaboration with Riga Technical University in Latvia, the invention could lower power usage by recycling waste energy in air...
A nationwide NCC freeze?
The Coalition has followed in the footsteps of the South Australian government, which earlier this year announced that it would not update the National Construction Code (NCC) for a decade.Opposition leader Peter Dutton has unveiled a suite of policies aimed at...
Transparency in the built environment
Standards Australia and the International Code Council have partnered to develop a new protocol that will enhance climate data transparency and operability internationally across the built environment.The two organisations joined forces at the 29th annual United...
Making air safe
A report launched at Parliament House in November has highlighted the human impact of poor indoor air quality, framing it as an access and inclusion issue. In November, the Safer Air Project brought together leaders from engineering, public health, facilities...
It’s time to talk about the F-word
Fluorinated “forever chemicals” such as PFAS and TFA are at the centre of global health concerns. Laura Timberlake investigates the HVAC&R industry’s role in addressing the issue. Concerns have been growing globally as reports come in of high quantities of...
Advertisement