Building a more resilient Australia – Future proofing our assets

 
What should building owners and managers know about future proofing and safeguarding their property and HVAC&R assets during extreme events.

The CSIRO's decadal megatrends report warns that extreme weather caused by climate change will cost the country more than $39 billion annually by 2050.

A key cornerstone to AIRAH’s advocacy is HVAC&R resilience. As a critical enabler of the Australian economy, the HVAC&R industry has both direct and indirect roles to play in safeguarding the built environment and its occupants. The resilience of Australian buildings, the refrigerated cold chain, IT infrastructure, health services, manufacturing facilities, and processing sectors all depend on the resilience of the HVAC&R systems that support them.

The discussion will focus on resilience in practice, with AIRAH’s Resilience Checklist used to assess the resilience of real-life Australian buildings.

  • Resilience in practice – Case studies of high-profile public assets and commercial buildings
  • The key challenges and opportunities facing Australian buildings and assets
  • Key learnings for building professionals and practitioners

  Find out more about AIRAH’s Resilience Checklist.
 

 
 
Lasath Lecamwasam, F.AIRAH
Lasath Lecamwasam, F.AIRAH

Lasath Lecamwasam, F.AIRAH
ESBS


About Lasath Lecamwasam:
Lasath Lecamwasam is a Chartered Professional Engineer with 40 years’ experience working in England, Scotland, New Zealand, and Australia.

He has a passion for sustainable and resilient design of new buildings and refurbishment of existing buildings and has worked on projects that have won national awards for best practice HVAC retrofits. Lasath was president of AIRAH’s ACT division for six years and is the founder and director at Engineered Solutions for Building Sustainability (ESBS), which was formed in 2015.

 

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Alan Fok, M.AIRAH
Alan Fok, M.AIRAH

Alan Fok, M.AIRAH
Dexus


About Alan Fok:
Alan Fok is a passionate sustainability specialist who focuses on practical solutions to address sustainability issues across our building industry. With a background as a design consultant and now working in a Real Estate Industry Trust, Alan has insight from a building owner and designer perspective to explore the opportunities and issues that the industry and the environment are encountering.

As ESG topics such as climate change, decarbonisation, and building resilience are some of the key issues that are in the minds of many investors and building occupants, Alan has been working closely with all the stakeholders to address them. Alan Fok is the Environmental Programs Manager at Dexus and he is also a committee member for the NSW and the Co-chair of the AIRAH Resilience STG.

 

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Liza Taylor, M.AIRAH
Liza Taylor, M.AIRAH

Liza Taylor, M.AIRAH
Global IQ Group


About Liza Taylor:
Liza is the CEO and co-founder of Global IQ Group, a management consulting company specialising in the HVAC&R, sustainability and technology arena. She has spent the past 20 years working for some of Australia’s most loved brands – 3M, George Weston Foods, Pacific Brands, Hunter Douglas, and ActronAir. Her specialty is transforming ideas into business growth opportunities.

With over 10 years in the HVAC&R industry, her passion for business improvement led to the completion of a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt with The University of Technology. This project conducted an in-depth study with Housing Industry Association (HIA) to identify trends in the Residential HVAC category. Liza has completed a MBA (Executive) at AGSM and is a co-op scholar with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from the University of New South Wales.

 

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