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The winners of Australia’s peak international design awards – the highest honour for design and innovation in the country, were announced today during the 2020 Good Design Week. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries FDTC Compact Ceiling Cassette received a prestigious Good Design Award Winner Accolade in the Product Design Hardware and Building category in recognition for outstanding design and innovation. The annual Good Design Awards is Australia’s oldest and most prestigious international Awards for design and innovation with a proud history dating back to 1958. The Awards celebrate the best new products and services on the Australian market, excellence in architectural design, engineering, fashion, digital and communication design, design strategy, social impact design and young designers. More than 55 Good Design Awards Jurors evaluated each entry according to a strict set of design criteria which covers ‘good design’, ‘design innovation’ and ‘design impact’. Projects recognised with a Good Design Award must demonstrate…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioners Australia, PTY. LTD. (MHIAA) have done it again! As one of the country’s most trusted brands, MHIAA has scooped up the 2020 Canstar Blue Most Satisfied Customer Award in the 2020 Air Conditioners category. This is the second year in a row that MHIAA has received this prestigious award, having also taken out the Canstar Blue Most Satisfied Customer Award in 2019. Dedicated to delivering engineering excellence, the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Brand is fast becoming one of the most awarded brands of air conditioners in Australia. about canstar blue and the award As Australia’s most trusted comparison website, Canstar Blue was born out of the prominent Canstar brand in 2010 and is focused on consumer goods across 150-plus categories. The findings are based on independent, professional customer satisfaction research and ratings as well as in-house expert research and ratings. Canstar Blue’s annual air conditioner review rates…

high performance solution for award winning home Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioners Australia is incredibly proud to have supplied the air conditioning solution for the high-end ‘The Cove House’ project which has been named by Housing Industry Association – HIA as Australian Home of the Year while also taking out the Australian Custom-Built Home award. Located in Sanctuary Cove, QLD, designed by Justin Humphrey architects and built by BJ Millar Constructions, The Cove House is a sophisticated nod to brutalist architecture and tropical modernism, masterfully crafted with an extraordinary level of customised detail. The home’s unique design experiments with volume and space under a floating roof, and follows an unconventional layout revolving around lush, open-air garden atriums, gorgeous timber features and brutalist concrete feature walls. The house has recently been named as the HIA–CSR Australian Home of the Year and also took out the HIA Australian Custom-Built Home award during the…

Training the Next Generation of HVAC Experts Surveys conducted by the Australian Industry Standards (AIS) revealed that the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) industry is one of the key industries that will face several challenges in the coming years as the industry transforms with new technology, new systems and sustainability as a key focus. A recent article on HVAC& R news, an AIRAH publication, identified a skills shortage across refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics and engineers. As the workforce ages, the HVAC industry has taken the opportunity to secure more apprentices to upskill the next generation of HVAC workers. Recognising the importance of training and upskilling the future workforce, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioners Australia, Pty. Ltd. (MHIAA), is proud to announce the second year of their continuing partnership with Monash University’s Faculty of Engineering through their Co-operative Education Program (Co-op).   Through this program, our Victorian office has successfully…

The Australian Government, under the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS) Act , have announced that a new Zoned Energy Rating Label (ZERL) will be rolled out across Australia from the 1st of April 2020. While the old labels simply provided a star energy rating for an air conditioner when used in heating or cooling mode, the new air conditioner labels provides more information including the difference in energy efficiency of each model of air conditioner across three climate zones and estimated annual energy consumption of each model within these three zones. This climate zone performance information helps consumers get a better understanding of how efficient an air conditioner would be when installed in their own home and local climate. Example:  A customer located in Canberra, ACT would likely use their air conditioner’s heating function more often and would refer to the ‘Cold’ zone for a closer indication of the…

In response to the recent bushfires and floods that have significantly impacted Australia, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) have announced a donation of $100,000 to the Australian Red Cross Bushfire and Flood relief efforts. The $100,000 donation will aid the countless communities and families that have been impacted by these natural disasters and work towards supporting the rebuilding of these effected areas. Managing Director of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioners Australia, Pty. Ltd. (MHIAA), Mr Yuji Ito notes that the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group has established a close relationship with Australia is dedicated to aiding and supporting these communities with MHIAA partnering with Australian Red Cross during the previous ‘Help Us Give Back This Summer’ Promotion and donating almost $50,000 to their Disaster Relief & Recovery fund in 2019. “Over the years Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has developed close relationships with Australia through various business developments including the new Urban Development with…

Globally, 1.4 billion people live in communities that suffer from energy poverty. [1] For these communities their health, education and quality of life is significantly impacted as they are both unable to access and afford basic lighting, cooking and heating. For the young children in these communities, it is often their education that suffers without proper access to lighting at night to complete homework or participate in additional study. To assist with this Australian Charity SolarBuddy, developed their SolarBuddy Lights that can be distributed across remote and rural communities suffering from energy Poverty. For SolarBuddy, providing safe, reliable, effective and innovative solutions to these communities is a way to end energy poverty by lighting up the lives of one child at a time.Over the past 3 years, SolarBuddy, via their various programs, has distributed over 30,000 lights to children and teachers across rural and remote Papua New Guinea [2] and…

To foster the company’s ongoing commitment to its dedicated customers and service agent groups, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioners Australia, Pty. Ltd. (MHIAA), has successfully completed its first round of National Product training with a plan to develop further training programs for customers throughout 2020. Designed to increase understanding of the complete MHIAA product range and technologies, the one-day course gives customers an overview of the different products available from MHI including fundamental functions, features and their technical applications. The one-day course was delivered by Reza Maziar, MHIAA’s Research and Development Manager, to participants in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and three other locations across New Zealand. Managing Director for MHIAA, Mr. Yuji Ito, notes that the new training course is a way for MHIAA to further increase product knowledge to our customer base. “For MHIAA, we rely on our dedicated customers as our brand ambassadors. They are the face…

Capping off an incredible 20th anniversary year, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioners Australia, Pty. Ltd. (MHIAA) is pleased to announce that they have once again been recognised as the Best Brand of Air Conditioners by leading consumer advocacy group CHOICE®. The Best Brand of Air-Conditioners recognition is based on test reviews of over 140 split system air conditioners and the results of the annual reliability and satisfaction survey completed by 7,738 CHOICE® members. According to CHOICE®, the Best Brand recommendation is given to companies with a clear lead over their competitors during the test period. Factors include performance over the last 12 months, customer satisfaction and reliability information submitted by CHOICE® members on their experience with the brand. This is then combined with the bi-annual review of split systems conducted independently by CHOICE® and all contribute to a company receiving the Best Brand recognition. Overall Mitsubishi Heavy Industries out performed all…