STC’s head teacher in refrigeration and air conditioning, Peter McQueen, said only 60 technicians have completed training since it was introduced in June, 2019.

The Living Laboratory facilities will serve as hosts for validating emerging products. It will manage the risk of delivering innovative building and system design solutions, that have renewable energy and building efficiency at their core.

The next evolution of the DC-3 has been released with dual evaporator capabilities. It is also approved for R448A refrigerant.

Glaciem’s technology has the added benefit of using natural refrigerants rather than commonly used synthetic refrigerants which are harmful to the environment.

Until now there has been no researched advice on the safest way to work with vehicles using flammable refrigerants.

A local recipient of SE Ventures' funding and incubation support has been Clipsal Solar, headed up by Preeti Bajaj.

Daikin Australia began in 1969 with three staff and today boasts 1,500 employees and is a local manufacturer with Australian Made certification.

One of the lead authors of the guidelines, Brian Holuj of the UN's United for Efficiency initiative (U4E), said it is an ideal tool for governments.

At the end of this year Honeywell will be releasing R-466A which is an A1 replacement for R-410A.

Sales of small single split system air conditioners in 2018 have seen annual sales soften for the first time since the Cold Hard Facts series began in 2006.

Bennett said leakage rates from systems installed in Australia have dropped from 30% in 1990 to 6% today.

Feasibility studies and a business case for each of the five sites will be completed by the end of 2019.

Panasonic Air Conditioning sponsored the Leader in Energy Savings and Sustainability Award which went to Dario Ferlin of Woolworths.

Owners, managers and operators rely on what are often complex HVAC&R systems to successfully run their businesses.

Businesses will either thrive or wither on the basis of their ideas.

In a statement, Engineers Australia said the government has a myopic view of the problem.