Mark Daly has over 30years experience in the plumbing industry. A qualified plumber and gasfitter, and ex-teacher of plumbing at Australia’s largest plumbing education provider, Mark leads Vipac’s Plumbing Team located at the Victorian Technology Centre in Port Melbourne.
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Internationally experienced Acoustics Engineer, Mathieu Carsalade has recently joined Vipac Engineers and Scientists as a Senior Acoustics Engineer at Vipac’s Singapore office.
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Civil Engineer and acoustics expert Mr. Sheikh Mahbub Alam works as a Senior Engineer at Vipac Engineers & Scientists Perth office.
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Dr. Steven Tsang is a Senior Engineer with experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics at
Vipac Engineers & Scientists Hong Kong office.
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Mechanical engineer and acoustics expert Tom Neudorfl leads the Building & Infrastructure team at Vipac Engineers & Scientists Port Melbourne headquarters.
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Global compliance specialist, gas appliance leader, and combustion and biofuel engineer Rebecca Searcy, heads the talented Combustion Technologies group at
Vipac Engineers & Scientists.
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Environmental engineer and thermodynamics expert Greg King heads the NATA accredited and Melbourne based Thermal Solar Technology Group at Vipac Engineers & Scientists.
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The Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator (ORER) regularly updates the Register of Solar Water Heaters to update the list of solar water heater models eligible to have Small-scale Technology Certificates (STCs) created for them.
Submissions will be accepted starting from 15 December 2011 to update the Register of Solar Water Heater - Version 13.
Submissions will not be accepted after 3pm ADST 06 February 2012. Submissions that are incomplete at that time will not be accepted.
Please not the application forms and technical details sheets have been updated since the previous version, please ensure you have the up to date forms.
The submission round for inclusion in ORER's Register of Solar Water Heaters Version 12 is now open! As many of you already know, ORER published the register of solar water heaters Version 10 on Thursday 27 October 2011:
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Sustainability Victoria are in the process of updating the Victorian Register of Solar Water Heaters to ensure that all registrations are assessed to the latest methodology, namely AS/NZS 4234:2008.
Submissions to SV are now open and close on Wednesday 31 August 2011.
Previous submissions already assessed to AS/NZS 4234:2008 will not need to re-submit, however, submissions for systems assessed to AS 4234:1994 will need re-calculation and re-submission.
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Improving the way satellites move in orbit, having more accurate weather predictions and creating a new education pathway for science and engineering students are the possibilities that will stem from the Gillard Labor Government's $6.1 million investment in new space research and education projects.
Announcing three new projects under Round 4 of the Australian Space Research Program (ASRP), Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr said discoveries in space science may help solve some of Australia's and the world's biggest challenges.
Space science is no longer about a race to the moon. Rather, it has the power and potential to help us address major issues that affect our quality of life like health care, food production and climate change," Senator Carr said.
Australian company Vipac Engineers & Scientists will partner with research bodies to develop a sensor to improve the measurement of greenhouse gases. The Government is investing $2.3 million in this project, which will help us better detect climate change and predict the weather.
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The ORER is now accepting submissions for Version 11 of the Register with the deadline being 5pm AEST 18 July 2011.
All models submitted must use the new STC methodology to calculate certificate entitlements. Vipac can assist with this STC assessment work.
Further details on the recent changes issued by ORER are available on the ORER website:
www.orer.gov.au/manufactrurers/index.html
The submission round for inclusion in ORER's Register of solar water heaters Version 10 is now open until 31 May 2011. In order to be eligible for the Small-scale Technology Certificates (STCs) entitlement, all systems must be re-submitted for inclusion in the Register. Installation of systems not re-submitted after 31 October 2011 will not be eligible for STC entitlement.
Important dates to note are:
The Morrison et al (2004) methodology for assessing heat pump performance may be used for correlating heat pump performance only until 23 December 2011.
If your heat pump was previously tested using this methodology you may need to arrange for re-testing of your heat pump in accordance with AS/NZS 5125.1:2010.
Vipac is a NATA accredited laboratory with significant experience in heat pump performance testing to AS/NZS 5125.1:2010, including the low temperature test which is required for Class A heat pumps.
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Regulation 19B Legislative Instrument (the STC Calculation Methodology) has now been published, and is available at:
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2011L00486
The big news is that, for air source heat pump hot water (HPHW) systems, the large hot water load has now been removed, and these systems may be assessed only at small or medium load. A special sub-category is solar assisted heat pump water heaters which achieve more than 50% solar energy savings.
Also of note is that Morrison et al (2004) methodology for heat pump performance testing may be used for correlating heat pump performance only until 23 December 2011.
We also note that ORER has been very clear in specifying the current version of the standards. This may indicate that all test reports need to be to the most current version of the standard.
We expect that ORER will shortly publish the announcement on their website, along with all the required files and instructions.
In order to prepare for this, we suggest that you familiarise yourself with the key changes to the calculation methodology:
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Vipac offers a variety of services, which enhance the sustainability of our planet:
• Sustainable design
• Certification of solar collectors
• Certification of insulation products
• Certification of thermal performance of flexible ductwork
• On site assessment of building performance, NABERS, ABGR
• Water Efficiency Labelling (WELS) for all plumbing products
• Energy labelling of whitegoods – washers, dryers, refrigerators, dishwashers, hot water services
• MEPS and energy labelling of air conditioners (check availability)
• Optimisation of wind as a source of ventilation (AVA’s for Hong Kong)
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• Compliance for automotive exhaust emissions EURO 2, EURO 3, EURO 4, EURO 5
• DT80 certification for diesel trucks and buses
• Smokey vehicle exhausts, Victorian EPA
• Diesel emissions from stationary engines
• Modelling macro effects of vehicle emissions in the urban environment
• Noise control for all vehicular transport – train, tram, cars, trucks and buses
• NVH studies for new cars
• Modelling of aircraft noise using ANEF contours and strategies for minimising community noise annoyance