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We must establish a national industry board, structured to ensure whole-of-industry representation and get serious government support for, and consumer education about, the benefits of the inevitable growth of natural refrigerant use across the industry in Australia.”
To that end AIRAH outlined the reincarnation of its PRIME initiative, described as ‘a vehicle developed by a coalition of stakeholders to engage the whole industry to move to a ‘lowemissions’ future’. In the days proceeding ATMOsphere, AIRAH received funding to help establish a secretariat for PRIME. In New Zealand, the CCCA represents employers within the HVAC&R industry in New Zealand, while its sister entity the IRHACE represents individuals and employees.
natural refrigerants, to respond to training and safety concerns. He believes it is also incumbent on industry bodies in Australia to unite and drive the transition to natural refrigerants. “It’s career-limiting to make enemies,” Darby said. “You don’t have to like everybody but as long as you’ve got a common cause it’s easy to unite people. In an industry that is suffering for numbers and struggling to upskill and attract young people to enter the trade; right now to me is where we need to be as cohesive and collaborative as possible.”
CCCA chair Matthew Darby has helped establish a voluntary nationwide licensing scheme in New Zealand, incorporating
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