Advocacy

AIRAH’s advocacy work supports our mission of creating an Australian HVAC&R industry that is highly skilled and professional, safe, sustainable, and environmentally effective. It centres around three main themes:

Transition to a net-zero future

Professionalism and safety

Resilience

AIRAH also advocates for greater recognition of HVAC&R building services and the role that AIRAH members play in this industry.

For more information on our advocacy work, please view our:

Advocacy positions summary

Advocacy positions document

Advocacy focus points

AIRAH's advocacy activity and submissions

Open public consultations AIRAH liaises with government and industry for consultations related to the HVAC&R building services industry. Below, find out more about those open for public feedback.
Federal government National Energy Performance Strategy: Consultation Paper	Closes Feb 3, 2023
NABERS NABERS Embodied Emissions Public Consultation	Closes Feb 16, 2023
NSW Productivity Commission New thinking on continuing professional development	Closes Feb 17, 2023
Do you know of open consultations that may interest AIRAH and our members? Please let us know at [email protected]

Recent activity and submissions

AIRAH input to consultation on Australia’s transition to a green energy superpower (November 2022)

Advocacy alert on NSW mechanical services licensing (October 2022)
AIRAH response to amendment to Engineer Registration Act WA. (October 2022)
AIRAH response to ACT Government Professional Engineer Registration Scheme (September 2022)
Joint statement for lifting energy standards in the 2022 National Construction Code (August 2022)
Victoria's emissions reduction target for 2035 – AIRAH submission (May 2022)
ASBEC – Rapid and Least Cost Decarbonisation of Building Operations Discussion Paper (March 2022)
EPA Victoria - New draft guideline for managing greenhouse gas emissions (February 2022)
AIRAH pre-budget submission 2022 (January 2022)
AIRAH feedback on NSW Design and Building Practitioners Amendment (Recognition of Professional Bodies of Engineers) (December 2021)
Seeking clarification regarding Refrigeration Engineers conducting work in NSW under the DBP Act (October 2021)
AIRAH NCC 2022 Public Comment Draft response (October 2021)
COVID and Ventilation Roundtable letter to Minister Hunt (September 2021)
AIRAH feedback on Design & Place SEPP (September 2021)
Victorian Energy Upgrades Refrigerated Display Cabinets – AIRAH submission (August 2021)
AIRAH input on Victoria’s Gas Substitution Roadmap (August 2021)
AIRAH calls on NSW government to add HVAC&R to authorised workers list (July 2021)
AIRAH response to proposed ban on small AC with high GWP (July 2021)
Victorian Energy Upgrades Heat Pump Water Heating – AIRAH submission (July 2021)
AIRAH proposal to limit import and manufacture of equipment using R404A (July 2021)
NSW Draft Design and Building Practitioners Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2021 (May 2021)
Case for Change to review the Certificate III Refrigeration and Air Conditioning qualification (May 2021)
ABCB discussion paper on Building Manuals (May 2021)
High Current Test Site Closure (April 2021)
Proposed local demand response requirements for selected appliances, including air conditioners – South Australia (April 2021)
Victorian Energy Upgrades – New Activities Consultation (February 2021)
Regulatory Impact Statement – Open flued gas space heaters (February 2021)
Automatic Mutual Recognition (February 2021)
Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2020 – Stakeholder Feedback (January 2021)
Advice on selecting a fire safety practitioner (December 2020)
Important update for fire safety practitioners in NSW (December 2020)
Consultation paper – Registration of building engineers in Western Australia (December 2020)
Letter to State and Territory Building Ministers – No time to delay building confidence and energy efficiency (November 2020)
Victorian Professional Engineers Registration Act 2019 – First round of consultation (October 2020)
WA Cooling Towers and Warm Water Systems (September 2020)
National Registration Framework for Building Practitioners (August 2020)
AIRAH submission to the DELWP consultation on CPD for Builders and Plumbers (August 2020)
AIRAH submission to the Macklin Review – consultation on Skills for Victoria’s Growing Economy (July 2020)
AIRAH submission on Technology Investment Roadmap (June 2020)
AIRAH support for NSW Design and Building Practitioners Bill 2019 (June 2020)
AIRAH submission for ESV Discussion Paper on the Remaking of the Electricity Safety (Registration and Licensing) Regulations (April 2020)
AIRAH recommendation to classify HVAC&R as essential services in government’s coronavirus response (March 2020)
AIRAH response to the Open flued gas space heaters discussion paper addendum (January 2020)

Previous work

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Is there a topic on which AIRAH should be advocating? Contact us at [email protected]

This page was last updated January 27, 2023

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