January
2010 AREMA's President,
Bernie Bugdalski, is interviewed by
JARN, the Japanese trade
publication. In this wide-ranging
interview Bernie covers most aspects of the Australian market
airconditioning and refrigeration market.
June
2007 Is
Australia a dumping ground for low performance airconditioners? ABC's 4 Corners program of 25 June 2007 highlighted that many of the no-name
airconditioners sold in supermarkets and hardware stores do not meet
Australia's minimum energy performance standards.
AREMA has been advocating to government for some time that
world leading energy performance standards need to be accompanied by world leading
testing and enforcement of those standards. Relevant extract of 4 Corners
transcript
AREMA's President, Bill Robertson was interviewed on ABC's PM program on
25 June 2007 where he reinforced AREMA's message and suggested some
checking at the entry point for unknown brands could stop the importation
of non-complying products. Transcript
of Bill's interview
February
2004 Letter
the Editor of Climate Control News in response to a letter advocating a
levy on air conditioners which appeared in the February 2004
issue.
AREMA's
response. Original letter.