BEST HVAC RETROFIT OR UPGRADE
| 2022 finalists |
- Air Engineers – Woolworths Shoreline Tasmania
- ESBS – Australian Institute of Sport's testing and training pool and recovery centre
- McClintock Engineering Group – Otto Hirschfeld Dissection Laboratory AHU upgrade
- NDY – Griffith University’s N79 Super Lab
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EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
| 2022 finalists |
- Cundall
- ESBS – Lasath Lecamwasam, F.AIRAH
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EXCELLENCE IN HVAC&R RESEARCH
| 2022 finalists |
- Stantec – Analysis of effectiveness of pandemic-mode HVAC strategies
- Conserve It – Real-time model predictive control with digital twins and edge computing technologies
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EXCELLENCE IN INNOVATION
| 2022 finalists |
- Airius Asia Pacific – Ken Rosewall Tennis Arena
- AMP Capital – Quay Quarter Tower
- CSIRO – i-Hub Data Clearing House (DCH)
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EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABILITY
| 2022 finalists |
- Benmax – The University of Newcastle's Q Building
- Conserve It – Optimal scheduling of air conditioning systems with renewable energy resource and thermal storage
- Jesse Clarke, M.AIRAH – Building code airtightness and moisture management
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FUTURE LEADER
| 2022 finalists |
- Jay Goh, M.AIRAH
- Mark Elliott, M.AIRAH
- Patrick Page
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JAMES HARRISON MEDAL
The James Harrison Medal is the highest honour AIRAH can bestow upon an individual. Named after Australian refrigeration pioneer James Harrison, it recognises the highest levels of individual achievement in the Australian refrigeration and air conditioning industry. For more information and to view previous recipients, please
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The James Harrison Medal recipient is selected by the AIRAH Board, and must be an AIRAH member. It is not awarded every year.
INNOVATIVE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN HVAC&R
| 2022 finalists |
- A.G. Coombs and Thermal Energy Solutions – 101 Collins Street, Melbourne
- Conserve It – Optimal scheduling of air conditioning systems with renewable energy resource and thermal storage
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PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by HVAC&R Search
| 2022 finalists |
- Johnson Controls – OpenBlue Command Centre
- Smartair Diffusion – Smartemp Helical Vari-Swirl Diffuser
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STUDENT OF THE YEAR – HIGHER EDUCATION OR RESEARCH
| 2022 winner |
- Jason Jarvinen, Stud.AIRAH – University of South Australia
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STUDENT OF THE YEAR – TRADE
Sponsored by LG
| 2022 finalists |
- Nicholas Scriva, Stud.AIRAH – PEER
- Renzo Antonio Munster, Stud.AIRAH – Superior Training Centre
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WR AHERN AWARD
Sponsored by Ecolibrium
This award goes to the best technical paper by an AIRAH member published in Ecolibrium over the previous year.
| 2022 finalists |
- "Propagation of droplets in an HVAC system" by Simon Witts, M.AIRAH, and Sam Coleman – April 2021
- "Potential impact of evaporative cooling technologies on Australian office buildings" by Dr Paul Bannister, F.AIRAH, Hongsen Zhang, Affil.AIRAH; and Stephen White, F.AIRAH – May 2021
- "Carpark mechanical ventilation – time to take performance seriously?" by Dr Craig Pregnalato, M.AIRAH – June/July 2021
- "Best-practice energy performance benchmarked for refrigerated warehouses" by Stefan Jensen, F.AIRAH – August/September 2021
- "Next-generation fault-detection for commercial building HVAC systems" by Hao Huang and Craig Roussac, M.AIRAH – November 2021
- "Planning for carbon neutral in existing buildings" by Grace Foo, M.AIRAH – Summer 2021
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