Nominations close on April 29, 2016 and successful nominees will be announced next month.

The forum was created to represent the interests of firms that rely on refrigeration to do business.

There has been $30 million in damages in just five incidents of businesses burning down in 2014.

A cooling tower that was tested on March 22 returned a positive result for legionella but the results were only received last week.

Construction will commence in September for completion in the first quarter of 2018.

Dave Redden, principal at Refrigeration Innovations, shared success stories on supermarket refrigeration upgrades.

A detailed presentation on the Well standard will be covered in the seminar program at ARBS from May 17-19, 2016.

The research firm conducts 5,000 interviews annually across 45 countries.

GEMS registration fees are under review with industry submissions closing April 15, 2016.

Over two thirds of the national office market has been rated with NABERS.

Lack of time was cited as the biggest reason for not innovating.

The last five years have been particularly challenging for the industry but O'Shea said 2016 is shaping up to be a good year.

Membership is open to companies interested in improving access to natural refrigerants and clarifying technical barriers.

There are now nine people infected and authorities are unable to identify the source of the outbreak.

Very limited modelling work has been completed worldwide and results have never before been validated with physical experiments.

ARBS Foundation chair, Ian Hopkins, said the air conditioning and refrigeration industries need to lift productivity.