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Overview

 

Refrigeration Engineering - adapting to our low carbon reality will deal with refrigeration issues in the age of the carbon tax. The cost impact to refrigerants, skills shortage and the latest technical developments all need to be discussed in detail.

 

Abstracts

 

AIRAH is calling for 300-400 word abstracts. Topics and case studies may include, but are not limited to:

  • Regulation, Australian Standards and policy initiatives
  • Trends in International Standards
  • Domestic air conditioning - split systems
  • Domestic hot water systems - heat pump (natural and synthetic refrigerant)
  • General commercial refrigeration
  • Safety in refrigeration
  • Montreal Protocol as a vehicle for HFC phase-out – latest international developments
  • Latest in energy-efficiency/carbon reduction technology and practices
  • Controls strategies
  • Lessons learned from carbon taxes internationally
  • Refrigeration and risk management
  • End-user perspectives
  • Issues for small, medium and large-scale contractors
  • Refrigeration into the future - how to prepare for change
  • Addressing the skills shortage
  • Maintenance, refrigerant leakage and automated monitoring
  • Liability issues for manufacturers, installers, end user/employers
  • Modelling system energy consumption
  • Industrial refrigeration systems for storage and process applications
  • High-temperature industrial heat pumps using natural refrigerants
  • Thermal storage

 


Abstracts are due April 1. All submissions must be sent with a 50-100 word author bio and high-res author photo.



Who should submit an abstract?
  • Government: state, federal, and associated consultants
  • Commercial and industrial refrigeration
  • Energy conservation technologists
  • Food industry: entire food chain (storage, transport, processing, retail)
  • Beverage industry participants
  • Health industry: blood banks/hospitals/pharmaceuticals
  • Marine and mining industry representatives.

 

AIRAH members chosen to present at the conference will receive complimentary registration. Non-AIRAH members chosen to present at the conference will be entitled to a discounted conference registration fee.
 
Submissions should be sent to kristy@airah.org.au 

 

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Conference committee

 

  • John Mott (Chair) - Gordon Brothers
  • David Upward - Heatcraft
  • Dave Redden - Reftrol Consulting
  • Stefan Jensen - Scantec
  • Heather White - AIRAH
  • Ryan Malsem - Cold Energy Contracting
  • Noel Otto - Actrol

     

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Who should attend?

 

  • Refrigeration system designers
  • Contractors
  • Consultants
  • Maintenance personnel
  • Regulators
  • Sustainability managers
  • Architects
  • OHS personnel

     

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Registration

 

To register online please click here



Registration category

 

 Fees

 

Please note:

 

AIRAH Members (early bird rate)     

 $475

Register before June 25

AIRAH Members rate

 $575

After June 25 

Delegate (early bird rate)

 $620

Register before June 25

Delegate rate

 $775

After June 25 

Student member

 $220

Must provide evidence of full-time study.
Please send a copy of your student card
and current statement of enrolment to
conferences@airah.org.au

Student non-member                               

 $290                        

Must provide evidence of full-time study.
Please send a copy of your student card
and current statement of enrolment to
conferences@airah.org.au 

 

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Venue

 

Holiday Inn Brisbane
159 Roma Street, Brisbane QLD 4000

 

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Conference contact

 

Kristy Intamanon

Phone: +61 3 8623 3003
Fax: +61 3 9614 8949
E-mail: kristy@airah.org.au

 

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