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Membership has its privileges |
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Built over a two-year period, the new Parliament of Victoria Members’ Annexe solves a decades‑long office space problem that has impacted parliamentary members and their staff. Sean McGowan reports on the building’s considered design, which sees much of it sunken below ground level. |
Code camp
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The National Construction Code is a mighty tool for lifting the standard of our buildings and improving their energy efficiency. As Sean McGowan reports, the latest version sets out to do exactly that.
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Heard mentality |
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Despite being a vital design component of many building projects and fitouts, acoustics can be a mysterious subject for other stakeholders, including HVAC&R professionals. Sean McGowan unpacks some of the issues with Arup associate principal Dr Chris Field; Resonate Consultants chief executive officer Matthew Stead, Affil.AIRAH; and Palmer Acoustics principal Ross Palmer, M.AIRAH.
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Principles of split mass flow and heat-shifting psychrometrics toward efficient comfort management
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This paper discusses the merits of split mass flow psychrometrics (SMFP) and cold cooling heat exchangers to disconnect the sensible and latent cooling processes.
By Peter Phillips, F. AIRAH
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