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HVACR Leadership Awards
LEFT: ABB Australia’s HVAC segment manager, Paul Burrows, announcing the winner of the female Rising Star Award.
BELOW LEFT: Rising Star Award winner, Jessica Holz.
BELOW: CCN editor, Sandra Rossi,
at the awards presentation.
Female Rising Star Award
FOR FEMALE RISING
Star Award winner, Jessi- ca Holz, it is a privilege to work in an industry that is making a positive dif- ference to the communi- ty and the environment.
“This is something that has always been im- portant to me,” she said.
“I think we have a very innovative industry that undertakes important work that benefits the community, even though we really are the quiet achievers.
“The HVACR industry has shown leadership in sustainability and reducing emissions for many years now but there is still more work to do.
“I think a Rising Star Award winner should be an advocate for the industry and passionate about us- ing their skills and expertise for positive change.”
And as the Queensland sustainability leader at Aurecon there are plenty of opportunities for Holz to make a contribution. Outside of her ca- reer as a mechanical engineer Holz is a keen stu- dent of sustainable design, climate science and biodiversity conservation.
She is eager to further develop Aurecon’s sus-
tainability offering and to continue to work with her 'amazing team' to bring more ideas to life, especially services around regenerative design.
“This is where we can take sustainability from having a reduced impact to having a net positive impact on the environment,” she said.
“As an industry we need to continue to im- prove system efficiency, reduce our reliance on global warming refrigerants and improve our use of passive design principles.”
When asked about the industry's biggest challenges, Holz said ongoing financial pressure is a problem.
“The pressure is felt right across the industry from the subcontractor to the consultant, many businesses are forced to cut costs and deliver projects on a reduced budget to remain competi- tive,” she said.
“But the defining challenge of our time is cli- mate change.”
Once again the Rising Star awards – male and female – were sponsored by ABB with the com- pany’s HVAC segment manager, Paul Burrows, announcing the winner.
At the time of the awards presentation Holz was preparing to give birth to her second child and was unable to travel to CCN Live.
“WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR USE OF PASSIVE DESIGN PRINCIPLES.”
– JESSICA HOLZ.
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