A.G. Coombs Wins Multiple Awards at 2023 AIRAH Awards for Excellence

December 1, 2023

This year A.G. Coombs have been recognised in two categories in the AIRAH Awards for Excellence.

AIRAH Excellence in Innovation: Winner for Allianz Stadium
AIRAH Excellence in HVAC&R Research: Joint Winner for The BREATH Project

A.G. Coombs with LCI Consultants won the AIRAH Award for “Excellence in Innovation” for their work at the state-of-the-art Allianz Sydney Stadium. The team and this project were also recognised as a finalists in the AIRAH Award for “Excellence in Sustainability”.

The BREATH Project was the joint winner in the AIRAH “Excellence in HVAC&R Research” category. A.G. Coombs played an important role in this world-first collaboration between local government, industry and academics that identified a simple way to reduce energy consumption in office buildings while also decreasing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Allianz Stadium

The new Allianz Stadium is located in Sydney’s Moore Park and hosted its first event in September 2022. Built on the site of the old Sydney Football Stadium the 42,500-capacity world class stadium builds on the legacy of the Sydney Sports Ground (1899) and the original Sydney Football Stadium, opened as a Bicentennial Project in 1988.

The highly collaborative A.G. Coombs and LCI team delivered an innovative high-performance mechanical and HVAC system to meet rigorous functionality requirements while targeting ambitious sustainability targets.

The project is unique in many aspects and the particular focus on sustainability and the achievements made in this area for a sporting and entertainment precinct are world class.

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The AIRAH Excellence in Innovation Award recognises significant Australian improvements in the areas of HVAC&R achieved through innovation, including new or significantly improved systems or plant and equipment or processes.

The AIRAH Excellence in Sustainability Award recognises Australian initiatives that have made clear improvements in the sustainability of the HVAC&R industry. The initiatives may be improvements to existing air conditioning or refrigeration systems or the development of new improvements, or in the industry’s delivery of services.

For more information the Allianz Sydney Football Stadium project visit https://theecolibrium.com/2023/04/20/goal-oriented/

For more information on the 2023 AIRAH Awards, visit the AIRAH Awards website www.airah.org.au/awards

BREATH Project

This innovative research found that straightforward changes to ventilation systems can significantly decrease the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and reduce energy consumption in office buildings. The project tested and evaluated three different ventilation systems in a CBD building.

The BREATH project was led by City of Melbourne and delivered in partnership with Cbus Property, University of Melbourne, AG Coombs, SEED Engineering and Westaflex, with peer review by AURECON.