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Case Study

How Coles has reduced its refrigeration costs and environmental impact

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Coles Katoomba refrigeration

How Coles Katoomba has reduced its costs and environmental impact by implementing a new refrigeration system is revealed by BRENT HOARE of the Australian Refrigeration Association.

Green Zone

Roadmap to low-emission HVAC&R

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Following on from its Transition to low-emission HVAC&R: Issues and solutions discussion paper, AIRAH has launched a proposed PRIME Roadmap for HVAC&R.

Case Study

Lighting at height: Lessons from the National Stadiums Program

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Lighting at height

The lessons learned from the National Stadiums Program, in which a large number of stadiums are reducing their energy costs through improved lighting solutions, are shared by JEREMY MASLIN, managing director of Global Sustainability Initiatives.

Building Management

Unfit fitouts: How a fitout can affect indoor air quality

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THOMAS WITTERSEH from the Danish Technological Institute shares what needs to be taken into consideration to ensure fitouts do not negatively affect building occupants’ health.

Green Zone

City of Sydney's first EUA finances trigeneration plant to power Central Park

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Trigeneration Central Park development, Sydney

The City of Sydney, Eureka Funds Management and Frasers Property have signed an environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) – the first EUA the city has signed – to install a trigeneration plant at the Central Park development.

Green Zone

Cleverly financed industrial refrigeration upgrade

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An industrial refrigeration upgrade is helping Rivalea save energy, improve business and reduce its impact on the environment.

Green Zone

New eco-friendly cleaning products standard launched

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Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) has launched a new cleaning products standard that will replace GECA 17-2007 Cleaning Products, GECA 17-2012.

Green Zone

Shared service facility to reduce energy costs by more than a quarter

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A $417,000 lighting upgrade to Greystanes House as part of a larger refurbishment of the shared services facility at Prospect in western Sydney is expected to reduce the energy costs of the shared service facility by more than one quarter.

Green Zone

Draft discussion paper on transitioning to low emission HVAC&R released

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AIRAH has released a draft discussion paper, Transition to low-emission HVAC&R: Issues and solutions, for public and industry review.

Building Management

Improving HVAC processes using nanomaterial innovations

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Nansulate on heating pipe

FRANCESCA CROLLEY from Industrial Nanotech imparts how innovations with nanomaterials can improve HVAC processes.

Green Zone

The two projects that show why it's getting easier for industrial facilities to be green

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Sherwood Bus Depot

The first two Green Star – As Built ratings for industrial facilities are positive proof that industrial facilities can be truly sustainable, The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) believes.

Green Zone

Air compressor upgrade improves facility's eco and operational performance

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Australian beef exporter, Kilcoy Pastoral Company is improving its productivity, reducing costs and enhancing competitiveness through an air compressor system upgrade.

News

Biogas project to power Richgro's operations

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Garden products supplier, Richgro will soon meet all its power needs by harnessing ground-breaking waste-to-energy technology to recycle organic waste.

News

Street lighting upgrade to save $133,000 annually

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Richmond Valley Council has completed a $286,000 upgrade of street lighting that will result in annual savings of $133,000.

Green Zone

Castlemaine heritage building undergoing eco-friendly refurb

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A refurbishment project at the heritage-listed former School of Mines building in the Victorian gold-mining town of Castlemaine will improve the building’s sustainability.

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