AIRAH & ARENA have announced the Innovation Hub for Affordable Heating and Cooling (i-Hub).

The i-Hub is designed facilitate the HVAC&R’s industry’s transition to a low-emissions future, stimulate jobs growth, and showcase HVAC&R innovation in buildings. It seeks to achieve this by providing the broader HVAC&R industry with knowledge dissemination, skills development and capacity building, while facilitating a collaborative approach to innovation across Australia.

The three-year project has secured a budget of $18 million.

Living Laboratory Facilities, a Data Clearing House digital platform and integrated Design Process that has renewable energy and building efficiency at its core will be established as part of the i-Hub project.

i-Hub will focus on a series of projects in the area of healthcare, education and data centre sectors.

The project will be led in conjunction with the CSIRO, Queensland University of Technology, the University of Melbourne and the University of Wollongong, and supported by ARENA.

More information here