New South Wales

• Building Ventilation and Energy Use  –  September 11, 2018
• Analytics – the right choice  –  August 15, 2018
• Hospitals and Cleanrooms – New Standards. New Thinking  –  October 30, 2017
• All the 'Right Stuff' on Controls  –  June 7, 2017
• Wind Engineering: Airflow and Ventilation  – March 8, 2017
• High-Performance Building Design and LEED – November 16, 2016
• Legionella: cooling towers - July 20, 2016
• HVAC&R resilience - April 6, 2016
• High-rise residential HVAC design - March 16, 2016
• New innovation in chiller technology - October 21, 2015
• Energy efficiency in HVAC - September 16, 2015
• Critical updates: Australian Standards and the BCA 2016 - August 25, 2015
• Unique features of NSW major projects: Darling Harbour Live - April 22, 2015
• Electrical fundamentals for mechanical engineers - September 17, 2014
• Critical updates: Australian Standards and the BCA 2014 - June 24, 2014
• Data centre cooling - April 30, 2014
• Mistakes, lessons learnt - November 20, 2013
• HVAC in healthcare - Infection control in hospitals - August 21, 2013
• Building Management and Control Systems DA Guide DA 28 - April 10, 2013
• Back to basics: Chilled Water plant - November 13, 2012
• Chiller technology - To efficiency and beyond - July 17, 2012
• High performance green building design - Building environmental impact and sustainability - June 7, 2012
• Indoor Air Quality - condensation control in buildings - March 13, 2012
• How to avoid making HVAC&R mistakes - November 8, 2011
• Variable Capacity - New developments in refrigeration and air conditioning equipment - September 6, 2011
• New South Wales Energy Savings Scheme - June 15, 2011
• Alternate heat rejection technologies - May 18, 2011
• Reuse of various waste waters for HVAC&R systems in buildings - February 17, 2009
• HVAC&R Maintenance - September 15, 2009
• Why make your own mistakes? Let other people make them for you - November 18, 2009
• Sustainability - Declaring and achieving energy ratings - March 10, 2010
• Understanding aspects of the BCA 2010: Section J5 - September 16, 2010

Building Ventilation and Energy Use – Tuesday, September 11

• Buildings: Reducing Commercial, Healthcare and Lab Energy Use – Gordon Sharp, Aircuity

Analytics – the right choice – Wednesday,  August 15

• FM Data Analytics – Mei McNamara
• Analytics And Its Use in Maintenance – Chris Stamatis, Affil.Airah

Hospitals and Cleanrooms – New Standards. New Thinking – October 30, 2017

• Standards – The Road Ahead – Andrew Watson
  
• Product/Patient-Oriented Contamination Control (An alternative look at contamination control) – Koos Agricola
  
• Hospital ventilation from EU perspective – Frans Saurwalt

Standards Watch – July 19, 2017

• Australian housing envelope integrity – Jesse Clarke, M.AIRAH, CSR Limited
  
• Standards Watch – Brett Fairweather, M.AIRAH
  
• Fire and Smoke Damper Standards – Vance Rowe, Affil.AIRAH

All the 'Right Stuff' on Controls – June 7, 2017

• BMS and Sub-Metering – Nicholas Heydon, M.AIRAH
• BMS: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Pierre Vergauwe, Affil.AIRAH
• Presentation – Graeme Hedley
• BMS and Analytics: A System Integrators Perspective – Laurie Reeves, M.AIRAH, and Steve Taylor
  
  
  

Wind Engineering: Airflow and Ventilation – March 8, 2017

High-Performance Building Design and LEED – November 16, 2016

• Molecular engineering and sciences building: a LEED gold project – Allan Ramsay, Affil.AIRAH
• High Performance Building Design: what the future holds for direction for our Industry – Dr Thomas M. Lawrence

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Legionella: cooling towers – July 20, 2016

HVAC&R resilience - April 6, 2016

• AIRAH resilience task group - Paul Stoller, M.AIRAH, Atelier Ten
• Adaptable and resilient shopping centres - Assessing climate vulnerability and resilience - Greg Johnson, M.AIRAH, Stockland 

High-rise residential HVAC design - March 16, 2016

• Who's paying the bills? - Peter Lowndes, M.AIRAH, EecMec
• High-rise apartments outdoor unit layout - Blake Mortimer, M.AIRAH, Daikin Australia 

New innovation in chiller technology - October 21, 2015

• Innovations in chiller technology - Mark MacLean, M.AIRAH, AHI-Carrier
• New innovation in chiller technology - GS Rao, Team Catalyst
• Demand-flow chiller plant optimisation: Robina Hospital case study - Kieran McLean, Siemens
• Graduate Training Program - Mel O'Mara, AIRAH

Energy efficiency in HVAC - September 16, 2015

• The Equipment Energy Efficiency (E3) Program - Sara Williams, The Equipment Energy Efficiency Program
• OEH Energy Efficient HVAC for Business Training Course - Chris Warris, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
• Energy efficiency and green design in HVAC for mechanical engineers - Ken Erbas, M.AIRAH, Erbas Engineers

Critical updates: Australian Standards and the BCA 2016 - August 25, 2015

• AS/NZS 1668.1:2015 - Brett Fairweather, It's Engineered
• Preparing standards for the BCA - Tim Wheeler, Standards Australia
• NCC 2016 - Stuart Boyce, BCA Logic
• AS 1670.1-2015 - David Isaac, Fire & Safety Technologies
• AS 1682:2-15 - Simon Hill, L.AIRAH, Professional Engineering Solutions

Unique features of NSW major projects: Darling Harbour Live - April 22, 2015

• Darling Harbour Live - Michael Dagher, M.AIRAH, and Vik Rajesh, AECOM

Electrical fundamentals for mechanical engineers - September 17, 2014

• Electrical fundamentals for mechanical engineers - Ken Gurcan Erbas, M.AIRAH, Erbas & Associates
• MSSB design for monitoring - Peter Lowndes, M.AIRAH, WSP Group
• Essential and non-essential power - John Verrell, WSP Group

Critical updates: Australian Standards and the BCA 2014 - June 24, 2014

• AS 1668: The use of ventilation in buildings - Alison Scotland, Standards Australia
• Implementation of revised AS 1668 Parts 2 & 4-2012 - Simon Hill, L.AIRAH, Professional Engineering Solutions
• Review of fire safety standards - Simon Hill, L.AIRAH, Professional Engineering Solutions
• Building Code of Australia 2014 - Key changes - Robert Marianelli, M.AIRAH, Philip Chun
• AS 4254.1-2012: Flexible duct - Paul Sterling, Westaflex, Chairman of ADMA
• AS 4254.2-2012: Duct leakage testing - Owen Ryan, Assoc.AIRAH, Aeroseal Duct Sealing Services

Data centre cooling - April 30, 2014

• Data centre cooling - Choices and challenges - Shar Subbiah, M.AIRAH, Services Integration Management
• Data centre cooling strategies - The changing landscape - Mark Raicevich, Emerson

Mistakes, lessons learnt - November 20, 2013

• Mistakes: Expectations, lies or incompetence - Residential apartment AC - Alan Obratt, M.AIRAH, November 2013

HVAC in healthcare - Infection control in hospitals - August 21, 2013

• Infection control in hospitals - Karen Croker, M.AIRAH, SKM

Building Management and Control Systems DA Guide DA 28 - April 10, 2013

• BMS control systems: Continuous improvement for all buildings - John Penny, M.AIRAH (Viscon Systems)
• Variable air volume (VAV) air handling system: What makes VAV box performance better - Yong Zhao (Johnson Controls Australia)
• Building management & control systems - Jon Clarke, M.AIRAH (Norman, Disney & Young)

Back to basics: Chilled Water plant - November 13, 2012

• Chilled Water Discussion - Phillip Carruthers, F.AIRAH (Norman, Disney & Young)

Chiller technology - To efficiency and beyond - July 17, 2012

• EarthWise HVAC - Simon Ho, M.AIRAH (Trane)
• Chiller technology - Stuart Kirkwood (Johnson Controls Australia)

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High performance green building design - Building environmental impact and sustainability - June 7, 2012

• International Energy Efficiency Standards and Guidelines - Dr Thomas Lawrence (Faculty of Engineering, University of Georgia)
• High Performance Green Building Design - Andrew Pettifer, M.AIRAH (Arup Australasia)

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Indoor Air Quality - condensation control in buildings - March 13, 2012

• ABCB Condensation handbook - Dr Richard Ansley, F.AIRAH (R&D at Ametalin)
  • Model Hygrothermal spreadsheet
• Condensation Conundrums - Andy Russell, M.AIRAH (Proctor Group Australia)

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How to avoid making HVAC&R mistakes - November 8, 2011

• Trigeneration saves energy, produces free heat and reduces CO2 emissions - What could possibly go wrong? - Nalin Wickramasinghe (Cogent Energy)

• Commissioning: Process For Delivering Quality Constructed Projects - John Penny, M.AIRAH (Arup)

• HVAC Industry Problems Seminar - Alan Obrart, M.AIRAH (Obrart & Co)

• How to avoid making HVAC&R mistakes - Morgan Smith, Affil.AIRAH (Triple-M)

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Variable Capacity - New developments in refrigeration and air conditioning equipment - September 6, 2011

• EC-fans and speed control - Thomas Heine, Affil.AIRAH (ebm-papst)
• Digital Scroll Technology & EC Fans - Amro Said (Product Manager, ActronAir)
• New Developments in Variable Capacity - Scott Moorhouse (Danfoss)
• Copeland Digital Scroll: Technology & Advantages - Bruce Hilsabeck (Emerson Climate Technologies)

New South Wales Energy Savings Scheme - June 15, 2011

• Opportunities for businesses – NSW Energy Savings Scheme - NSW Government

Alternate heat rejection technologies - May 18, 2011

• Fan energy & water usage estimator for adiabatic 3c fluid coolers - Robert DeJong  (ISECO Consulting)

• Geothermal Systems - The future is now - Paul Mascall, M.AIRAH  (Air Solutions International Pty Ltd)

Reuse of various waste waters for HVAC&R Systems in buildings - February 17, 2009

• Waste water reuse technologies for HVAC&R systems - Michael O'Neill (Veolia Water)

• Waste water use in HVAC&R systems in buildings - Darren Atkins (Recycled Water Market Development - Sydney Water)

• Metro Water Plan - Regulation of recycled water for cooling and heating - Gary Hamer (Recycling Team, Metropolitan Water NSW Department of Water and Energy)

• Recycled Water at Sydney Olympic Park - Andrzej Listowski (Sydney Olympic Park Authority)

• Reuse of waste water for HVAC&R applications - Stan Wesley (AIRAH NSW Committe)

• Reference Publications - Stan Wesley, L.AIRAH (AIRAH NSW Committee)

HVAC&R Maintenance - September 15, 2009

• Avoid the hall of shame - Phil Wilkinson (AIRAH)

• Finding the Holy Grail - Nicholas Lianos (Grosvenor Engineering Group) 
  • Rouse Hill background information 
  • Rouse Hill plant data gathering 
  • Closed Assest Management Loop (CAML) graphic 
  • Scheduled maintenance program for AC1   

Why make your own mistakes? Let other people make them for you - November 18, 2009

• Spatial design mistakes and how to avoid them - Michael Lewis (Norman Disney & Young)
• Dangers of running pumps at off design conditions - Rob Sviderskas (Triple M)
• Common HVAC mistakes - Micheal Dagher, M.AIRAH (AECOM)
• Why make your own mistakes? - George Floth, M.AIRAH (George Floth)
• Ventilation case study: "The Black Dust Mystery" - Simon Hill, L.AIRAH (Professional Engineering Solutions)

Sustainability - Declaring and achieving energy ratings - March 10, 2010

Design considerations, construction considerations and mandatory disclosure

• Sustainability - Declaring and achieving energy ratings - Zoran Stefanovic (WSP Lincolne Scott)

• The contractors take on energy management - Glenn Hughes (Hastie)

• Commercial Building energy efficiency disclosure - Yma ten Hoedt (DEWHA)

• Sponsors Presentation - Steve Castell (Low Energy Supplies and Services)

Understanding aspects of the BCA 2010: Section J5 - September 16, 2010

• Insulation products for BCA 2010 Vo1 Section J Energy Efficiency -  Steve Franetic, Fletcher Insulation

• The ABC of the BCA 2010 Bradford solutions to Section J - Mark Wilding and Mr Ian Doran – CSR Bradford Insulation

• Understanding Section J 2010 BCA - Gary MacFarlane – TICA (Thermal Insulation Contractors Association)

• BCA2010 - Section J Insulation - Dr Ernest Donnelly, L.AIRAH (FIE(Aust)) retired ABCB

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 Disclaimer: This material has not been peer reviewed.