Highlights in 2017
Summary
The Australian Government through the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) launched a Hydrogen Future Science Platform in November 2017. The Australian Government is further encouraging increased research and development work in the hydrogen supply chain through an AUD$20 million R&D funding round, announced in late 2017. The Australian Government, through CSIRO, is leading the Predictive Maintenance and Optimization work stream under the Affordable Heating and Cooling of Buildings Innovation Challenge (MI IC7). Australia is working with other countries such as Canada, the US and the Netherlands on developing an Open Data Platform for energy efficiency and smart buildings research. Australia will co-lead this Challenge.Affordable Heating and Cooling Open Data Platform Countries: Canada, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, United States Type of collaboration: public-public, public-private Start date: 2018 Funding amount: Up to $20 million The Platform aims to provide innovators with access to low-cost high-quality data from buildings and infrastructure to enable HVAC software-as-a-solution services.