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.

A number of Australian heavyweights are lining up to register WELL projects.

Dehumidifiers had not worked but the cost of bringing in other equipment to solve the problem was too high.

Australia's Supply Chain Sustainability School provides free learning options for companies of every size.

The City of Sydney has 1400 cooling towers on its register.

Australia has claimed the title of the world's greenest property sector for five years running, according to the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark.

The chillers specified are AquaSnap 30RBA units running on R410A.

Johnsons Controls is using Opteon XP10 (R-513A) for its York centrifugal and screw chillers.