Nick Johns-Wickberg

May 23, 2025

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November 22, 2024

2024 AIRAH Awards winners announced

The winners of the 2024 AIRAH Awards have been announced at a black-tie gala dinner held at Crown Aviary Melbourne on Thursday, November 21. 

June 20, 2024

A cooling touch for Olympic athletes

The Paris 2024 Olympics will see some athletes use “cooling mitt” technology to reduce their core temperature and recover more quickly.

May 14, 2024

A great trade: Jennah Halley on her move to HVAC&R

Jennah Halley took the scenic route to a career in HVAC&R, but the Cairns-based refrigeration technician has made up for lost time.

March 27, 2024

A coordinated approach to embodied carbon

On March 22, the DBI initiative ran a workshop at University of Melbourne to coordinate action on embodied carbon.

March 6, 2024

2024 Energy Efficiency National Conference

The Energy Efficiency Council is holding its annual conference in Sydney on Wednesday and Thursday May 15–16.

February 20, 2024

A comprehensive guide to walk-in cold rooms

The IIR has collaborated with Efficiency for Access to produce a comprehensive guide to walk-in cool rooms in developing countries.

September 26, 2023

A chameleon coating for buildings

In the natural world, chameleons can change colour to reflect heat and stay cool or transition to a darker colour to absorb heat. Now, researchers from the American Chemical Society have developed a coating inspired by the Namaqua chameleon, which acts as a colour-shifting coating. Fuqiang Wang and colleagues wanted to create a coating that […]

July 6, 2023

A closer look at ASHRAE Standard 241

Since the recent approval of ASHRAE Standard 241 Control of Infectious Aerosols, international interest has grown in how the standard could be applied. That includes Australia. Responding to this interest, Prezant Environmental Managing Director and 241 Committee member Brad Prezant, Affil.AIRAH, is running two breakfast sessions in Melbourne to provide an introduction to and summary of […]

March 28, 2023

‘Blue to green’ upgrade at 180 Queen Street, Brisbane

Oventrop and Masterflow Solutions have successfully supplied new potable domestic hot water products at 180 Queen Street, Brisbane. The 1930 former National Australia Bank building managed by Cornerstone Property Services was heritage listed onto the Queensland Heritage Register in 1992. Today, 180 Queen is a seven-storey building, comprising street-level retail and six floors of commercial […]