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AIRAH has named the finalists for the AIRAH Awards 2022. The AIRAH Awards celebrate the top tasks, people and products driving Australia towards a sustainable foreseeable future.

“Over the earlier several years we’ve noticed how the COVID pandemic has shifted awareness to the relevance of the HVAC&R field to Australia’s wellness, consolation and productivity,” says AIRAH CEO Tony Gleeson, M.AIRAH. “It is pivotal.

“The AIRAH Awards software supplies another avenue to spotlight and rejoice the large do the job getting carried out by the gifted teams and individuals inside our critical business.”

Finalists have been named across 11 classes, which recognise excellence in fields ranging from retrofits to new builds, from leadership to innovation.

AIRAH’s greatest honour, the James Harrison Medal, will also be introduced at the glittering black-tie gala dinner on Thursday, November 24, 2022 in Sydney, sponsored by Daikin.

The thorough record of finalists is below.

Greatest HVAC Retrofit or Upgrade

• Air Engineers – Woolworths Shoreline Tasmania
• ESBS – Australian Institute of Sport’s tests and schooling pool and recovery centre
• McClintock Engineering Group – Otto Hirschfeld Dissection Laboratory AHU upgrade
• NDY – Griffith University’s N79 Super Lab

Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion

• Cundall
• ESBS – Lasath Lecamwasam, F.AIRAH

Excellence in HVAC&R Study

• Stantec – Investigation of success of pandemic-mode HVAC tactics
• Preserve It – Real-time design predictive management with digital twins and edge computing technologies

Excellence in Innovation

• Airius Asia Pacific – Ken Rosewall Tennis Arena
• AMP Capital – Quay Quarter Tower
• CSIRO – i-Hub Data Clearing Residence (DCH)

Excellence in Sustainability (sponsored by Outstanding Training Centre)

• Benmax – The College of Newcastle’s Q Constructing
• Conserve It – Ideal scheduling of air conditioning devices with renewable vitality source and thermal storage
• Jesse Clarke, M.AIRAH – Constructing code airtightness and moisture administration

Potential Leader (sponsored by A.G. Coombs)

• Jay Goh, M.AIRAH
• Mark Elliott, M.AIRAH
• Patrick Website page, Affil.AIRAH

Impressive use of Renewable Power in HVAC&R

• A.G. Coombs – 101 Collins Street, Melbourne
• Preserve It – Exceptional scheduling of air conditioning systems with renewable power resource and thermal storage

Merchandise of the Calendar year (sponsored by HVAC&R Look for)

• Johnson Controls – OpenBlue Command Centre
• Smartair Diffusion – Smartemp Helical Vari-Swirl Diffuser

College student of the Calendar year – Larger Education or Exploration

Jason Jarvinen, Stud.AIRAH – College of South Australia

Student of the Year – Trade (sponsored by LG)

• Nicholas Scriva, Stud.AIRAH – PEER
• Renzo Antonio Munster, Stud.AIRAH – Top-quality Training Centre

WR Ahern Award (sponsored by Ecolibrium)
This award goes to the ideal technological paper by an AIRAH member posted in Ecolibrium about the preceding calendar year.

The finalists for the WR Ahern Award in 2022 are:

• “Propagation of droplets in an HVAC system” – April 2021 Ecolibrium, by Simon Witts, M.AIRAH, and Sam Coleman

• “Potential impact of evaporative cooling technologies on Australian office environment buildings” – May possibly 2021 Ecollibrium by Dr Paul Bannister, F.AIRAH Hongsen Zheng and Stephen White, F.AIRAH

• “Carpark mechanical air flow – time to consider effectiveness seriously?” – June/July 2021 Ecolibrium, by Dr Craig Pregnalato, M.AIRAH

• “Best-exercise electricity overall performance benchmarked for refrigerated warehouses” – August/September Ecolibrium, by Stefan Jensen, F.AIRAH

• “Next-generation fault-detection for professional building HVAC systems” – November 2021 Ecolibrium, by Hao Huang and Craig Roussac, M.AIRAH

• “Planning for carbon neutral in current buildings” – Summer 2021 Ecolibrium, by Grace Foo, M.AIRAH

James Harrison Medal
The James Harrison Medal is the maximum honour AIRAH can bestow on an unique member. Named right after Australian refrigeration pioneer James Harrison, it recognises the highest amounts of personal accomplishment in the Australian refrigeration and air conditioning business.

The James Harrison Medal receiver is picked by the AIRAH Board. It is not awarded each 12 months.

For more information and facts and to sign-up for the event, click in this article.