Passivhaus at Scale - Clare Parry, Grün Consulting
Last year at AIRAH’s Building Physics Forum in Melbourne, Clare Parry, M.AIRAH, from Grün Consulting presented on how to create high-performance buildings with the help of the Passivhaus methodology. In this episode of AIRAH on Air, you’ll hear her present a detailed case study of Australia’s first…
AIRAH celebrates 100 – an interview with two former Presidents
As AIRAH celebrates 100 years, we commemorate not just our Institute’s history but also our members and their contributions to heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration. In this episode of AIRAH on Air, we talk to two former AIRAH Presidents about the state of HVAC&R. In an intervie…
AIRAH gets physical at Building Physics 2019
On Oct 23 and 24 at AIRAH’s Building Physics Forum in Melbourne, over 100 attendees came together from the fields of building science, architecture and design to discuss topics related to different areas in constructed performance. From air movement to thermal performance, control of moisture, pass…
A career in a prosperous, stable industry? HVAC&R Salary Survey results
In 2019, AIRAH conducted a comprehensive analysis of salaries in the Australian heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) industry. It is the first of its kind and covered professionals and practitioners across the sector. Almost 500 people participated, providing benchmarks…
Melbourne Forum - What's involved in retrofitting low-income households?
In the last of three episodes from the 2019 Melbourne Forum on energy poverty, we hear from Sustainability Victoria’s Michele Burton. She details a pilot project in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley that aims to retrofit low-income households – its target market occupying homes originally constructed as sh…
25 King Street - Tall Timber
Brisbane’s 25 King is a timber building pushing boundaries in construction, sustainability and indoor environment quality What goes into a timber building? What’s the difference between timber and crosslaminated timber? And will we start seeing more wooden buildings?-The latest episode of AIRAH on …
Melbourne Forum - Are energy suppliers giving people what they need?
The eighth episode of the AIRAH on Air podcast was recorded at the Melbourne Forum on June 25, 2019. Kerry Connors, the associate director of research at Energy Consumers Australia (ECA), details ECA’s Power Shift program and research underlining the link between energy and household health. She s…
Melbourne Forum - What is Energy Poverty, and how does it affect HVAC&R?
The seventh episode of the AIRAH on Air podcast was recorded at the Melbourne Forum on June 25, 2019. The Melbourne Forum aims to increase the development and refurbishment of our built environment to achieve greater levels of sustainable performance. The series facilitate a unique space for leadin…
ARUP, a firm famous for the Sydney Opera House, has a new headquarters in Sydney; It's something special.
Thanks for tuning in for the sixth episode of AIRAH on Air. This time we’re taking a trip to Sydney’s CBD to visit Investa’s Barrack Place – the first Australian building to earn a WELL Core & Shell Precertification at the Gold level from the International WELL Building Institute. Barrack Place is …
What is the Global Cooling Prize? How could you win a million dollars?
In this special episode of AIRAH on Air, we’re talking with Iain Campbell of the Rocky Mountain Institute – a US-based not-for-profit working to find practical, market-based solutions that will shift dependency from fossil fuels to renewables. Part of the Institute’s work involves administrating th…