Category: Features

One smart building, please

Desiring to use actionable data from our buildings is undoubtedly a good thing. To effectively do this, however, defining terms and allocating responsibility for tasks is essential – especially when the “smarts” from our edifices exist in the space between systems.

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Powering a smarter future

What role does data play in the electrification of buildings? With a focus on machine learning, artificial intelligence and the interaction with the electricity grid, a panel at AIRAH’s recent Building Date Forum explored this fascinating topic.

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Outstanding in his field

Outstanding in his field

Sonia Holzheimer, M.AIRAH, remembers fondly the recently departed Graeme Standfield, F.AIRAH, whose designs for HVAC in the tropical north were innovative and influential.

Reshaping the landscape

Reshaping the landscape

A pilot program funded by ASBEC was designed to help enhance career experiences and expand leadership opportunities for women in construction.

Capital gain

Capital gain

An addition to Brindabella Business Park offers tenants a new type of flexible workplace in Canberra, with its design focusing on achieving connectivity.

10 things I like about ARBS

10 things I like about ARBS

Australia’s largest international HVAC&R and building services exhibition is slated for Sydney from May 28–30.

Carbon coordination

Carbon coordination

The race is on to reduce embodied carbon in buildings and construction. But as more organisations take up the challenge, coordination is key.

The zero effect

The zero effect

In a net zero world, it doesn’t matter whether we divide emissions by headcount or square meterage. By any measure, the balance of emissions must be the same. Zero.

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