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2017 Past Webinars

Starts

2:00pm Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Ends

3:00pm Thursday, 2 November 2017

Type

Webinar

Location

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Australia

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Past Webinars 2017

Note: Recordings of previous webinars are available in the resources below.

Thursday 2nd November 2017

Chiller Plant Control & Optimisation

Presenters:

Chirayu Shah, General Manager, Conserve It Pty Ltd
John Wessel, National Products Manager, Airmaster Australia

In this webinar, attendees had the opportunity to discover and learn about how optimising the operation of their Central Chiller Plant can:

Reduce energy consumption
Decrease downtime and
Enhance asset life cycles

Practical examples and case studies will be discussed, demonstrating an average of 12% energy savings in total building consumption with solution paybacks periods of between 6 months to two years as low

Thursday 19 October 2017

Beyond Carbon Neutrality: Solar and Clean Energy

Presenter:

Peter Harris, Energy Manager, Division of Facilities Management, Charles Sturt University

In 2016 Charles Sturt University (CSU) was the first Australian university to achieve carbon neutrality. In this webinar Peter discussed what’s happened since then within the university. Focus was on a recently completed project to install 1,774 kW of solar panels at CSUs Wagga Wagga campus and also explored CSUs draft clean energy strategy which is currently being presented to the senior management team of the university.

Tuesday 5th September 2017

Building Security Capability through a Mass Casualty Simulation

Presenters:

Sam Wishart, Director Operations And Maintenance, Infrastructure And Operations, La Trobe University
Richard Pratten, Facilities Manager, Infrastructure And Operations, La Trobe University

In this webinar, attendees had the opportunity to discover and learn about a major critical incident simulation conducted by La Trobe University in 2015.

Thursday 27 July 2017

Building Management Systems – What’s Around the Corner/ Network & Data Security

Presenters:

Derek Brown - National Bid & Pre-Sales Manager, Buildings Business
Peter Clissold – Senior Cyber Security Consultant, Industry Business

In this webinar, attendees heard about new emerging technologies within the Building Management space and how data from IOT devices (Internet of Things) is becoming a complementary tool in managing facilities more effectively. As with all technologies, the main priority for owners is to securely manage their data whilst allowing access for authorised users, i.e. facility managers, teachers & students. Data security of dedicated services networks are no longer just an IT Network manager’s responsibility.

Thursday 22nd June 2017

Environmental Management - Going Carbon Neutral Webinar

Presenter:

Edward Maher, Manager, CSU Green, Charles Sturt University

Attendees heard how Charles Sturt University has successfully become Australia’s first certified carbon neutral university under the Australian Government’s National Carbon Offset Standard, Carbon Neutral Program. Ed Maher provided insights into the process of determining a tertiary education institution’s carbon footprint, carbon reduction strategies, approaches to carbon offsetting and leveraging off certified carbon neutral status to generate positive engagement outcomes.

Thursday 15th June 2017

HVAC Advanced Fault Detection and Diagnostics

Presenter:

Tom Ray - Head of Business Development, CIM Environmental Group

In this webinar, attendees had the opportunity to discover and learn about new data analytics methods to identify, diagnose and resolve precise problems in their:

Building's mechanical and software performance;
Energy consumption, and
Contractor performance.

Thursday 18th May 2017

Delivering Results in Utility Management

Presenter:

Dennis Frost - Manager, Operations and Maintenance, University of the Sunshine Coast

In this webinar attendees heard how proactive utilities management at the University of the Sunshine Coast has led to significant cost savings and good sustainability practices. Dennis Frost provided insights into energy markets; energy saving initiatives; real time energy use data; and the benefits of effective chilled water storage.

Thursday 9th March 2017

TEFMA Benchmark Survey Online Environment

Presenter:

Dominic Marafioti - Chair, TEFMA Information Services Committee

The annual TEFMA survey has collected valuable information on the operations of Australasian higher education institutions for 20+ years. Formerly the survey used manual data entry via an Excel format. The 2017 survey will be conducted using a new online tool for data collection, analysis and reporting, purpose-designed for TEFMA’s requirements. The webinar was used to demonstrate the new online data collection tool.

Tuesday 22nd February 2017

Grounds Management

Presenter:

Mark Moeller, Landscape and Grounds Manager, The University of Sydney

The first TEFMA Webinar for 2017, the TEFMA Grounds Webinar, was held on 22 February 2017. Thank you for attending and many thanks to presenter Mark Moeller, Landscape and Grounds Manager, The University of Sydney. Mark who is the recipient of the 2015 Maurie Pawsey Scholarship, gave attendees an insight into campuses at the University of California, Stanford University, University of Southern California and the headquarters of Facebook and how they are using technology and best practice techniques in ground management in an environmentally sustainable manner.