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Climate Control News
June-July 2020
In the News
Licensing review 06
Industry has welcomed the Queensland Government’s licensing review.
Radical redesign 08
In the wake of COVID-19 HVACR professionals will need to get their green credentials in order.
HVAC manager 12
Mitsubishi Electric has appointed Geoff Watson to the role of HVAC state manager for Victoria and Tasmania.
Building supplies 13
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the construction industry to rethink Chinese imports.
WHO petition 14
A petition has been submitted to
WHO calling for guidelines on humidity levels in public buildings.
This month
Digital training 20
Refrigerant Reclaim Australia (RRA) and TAFE have launched training resources for apprentices.
Solar chimneys 26
An innovation in green design, solar chimneys, can slash energy costs up to 50%.
Cycling heat 29
Researchers have discovered a simple way to give a major boost to turbulent heat exchange,
Legionnaires’ outbreak
HVAC professionals must be diligent to ensure they minimise the risk of Legionnaires’ when restarting facilities after the COVID-19 shutdown.
Temperature Gauge
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Cover
Belimo with its headquarters in Switzerland is the global market leader in the development, production, and sales of field devices for controlling heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Sensors, control valves and damper actuators make up the company’s core business. Belimo has released a virtual reality tour of their Experience Centre in Switzerland. Take a virtual tour today https://www. belimo.com/dam/experience- center/en/index.htm
Lessons learnt from the pandemic need
to be applied to the climate change challenge.
CLIMATE CONTROL NEWS JUNE-JULY 2020
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HVACR
Leadership
Awards
CCN has officially launched this year’s HVACR Leadership Awards so get ready to nominate. Winners will be announced at CCN Live on November 24, 2020. For all the fanfare, details and categories for this year’s awards program turn to page 16.
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