What is the heating, ventilating, air conditioning (HVAC) industry?

The HVAC industry manages indoor environments. The HVAC industry designs, builds, installs, services, maintains, troubleshoots and repairs indoor comfort and cooling systems year-round. In Australia the HVAC industry is a billion a year business that nationally employs 12,000 people. The HVAC industry provides solutions to many important environmental issues such as indoor air quality and protecting the ozone layer through proper refrigerant handling. The refrigeration and air conditioning industry is involved with an ever-increasing technology affecting every aspect of our daily lives. From the comfort of home, to air-conditioned theatres and shopping centres and to the food we purchase and then store, we depend on the air conditioning and refrigeration industry to provide safety and convenience. Airplanes, cars, computers, wineries, medical pharmaceuticals, science and manufacturing-- all rely on air conditioning and refrigeration to provide the best products and most suitable ...  more