The Future of HVAC Stream

Sustainable systems and smart solutions

Charting the Future of HVAC

Day one and two - Thursday, September 12 – Friday, September 13

The heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) building services industry impacts our society in myriad ways.

Throughout its history, HVAC&R has evolved to meet the needs of society and enable considerable leaps forward in work productivity, home and community life, healthcare, and food production. It also continues to offer innovations in science and technology. 

Call for abstracts

The technical organising committee is calling for presentations on an array of subjects. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:  

Embodied Carbon, decarbonisation and Electrification

• Embodied carbon: Understanding and defining embodied carbon and its significance, LCA and measuring HVAC&R’s impact
• Regulatory disclosures: readiness for scope 3 emissions data for building owners
  • What does that mean to HVAC&R industry – Designer/ Manufacturers/ Installers and record keeping & data sourcing
• A sustainable future: Building the circular economy, climate resilience, energy efficiency, refrigerant changes, and new technologies
• The drive to net zero: Electrification technologies, embodied energy, mechanical-electrical requirements, decarbonising HVAC and solar HVAC

Digital Transformation

• Cyber threats: Business continuity and cybersecurity planning, strategies for maintaining operations, and identification of cybersecurity risks associated with the supply chain
• Industrialisation of construction: Integrated project design and delivery, design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA), kit of parts, mass customisation, automated design, and automated construction
• Digitisation of the built environment: Digital design, digital twins, and the metaverse
• Data ownership and accessibility, transferability (between building owners, services providers, and users)
• Internet of Things: Cybersecurity of equipment, chillers, air conditioners, sensors, programmable logic controllers and meters.
• Industry 4.0: Preparing for the future, artificial intelligence, automation, and cloud computing

Building Better for Wellness

• IAQ: Operational guidelines for healthier buildings, workplaces, and people
• The built environment’s role in human health and wellness: COVID-safe systems and IAQ, pandemic preparedness

Sustaining the Built Environment

• The move from HVAC maintenance management to asset management: Life-cycle management, maintenance engineering, IoT, and data analytics
• Regulation of the built environment: Building regulation, industry rating systems, and certification of building professionals

The future of refrigerants

• Global trends/legislation in refrigerant selections
• Natural refrigerants for commercial applications
• Manufacturer R&D trends and findings

Technical organising committee

Organising committee

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