DREOSTI MEMORIAL LECTURES
Dreosti Memorial Lectures
At the inaugural SAIRAC meeting held in Cape Town on 17 July 1951 , Dr Dreosti was elected the founding president of the association . SAIRAC launched the Dreosti Memorial Lecture in 1998 , a year after Dr Dreosti ’ s death . The lecture exemplifies the objectives of SAIRAC to promote the unrestricted dissemination of knowledge and information .
The Dreosti Memorial lecture gives honour and recognition to the outstanding academic and research achievements of the founder of SAIRAC and his exemplary service to the Institute . From time to time , SAIRAC invites a world-renowned expert in the field of air conditioning and refrigeration to present the Dreosti Memorial Lecture in each of the regional Centres .
The objective with these lectures is to provide information that is not only topical and interesting , but useful and constructive to individuals working in our industry .
Previous SAIRAC DREOSTI MEMORIAL LECTURES include :
• 1998 : ‘ Global Warming – Considerations for the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry ’ – Presenter : Robert Heap President of the Institute of Refrigeration ( UK ) & President Cambridge Refrigeration Technology .
• 2001 : ‘ Ammonia , The Natural Refrigerant for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Beyond the 21 st Century ’ – Presenter : Prof Wilbert ( Will ) Stoecker , Prof Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering , University of Illinois .
• 2004 : ‘ Carbon Dioxide as a Natural Refrigerant for the Future ’ – Presenter : Andy Pearson , Chartered Engineer with Honours in B . Sc & B . Engineering , Board Member of International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration , CEO Star Refrigeration Ltd . Glasgow .
• 2009 : ‘ Cutting Energy Bills with Natural Refrigerants is Not that Costly ’ -Presenter : Monika Witt , Chairperson of Eurammon and Managing Director of TH Witt .
• 2013 : ‘ Can Intelligent Buildings Provide Alternative Approaches to Heating , Ventilating and Air Conditioning of Buildings ’ – Presenter : Prof Derek Clements-Croome ; Prof Emeritus in Architectural Engineering at Reading University , Chairs the CIBSE Natural Ventilation and Intelligent Buildings Group , Editor of the Intelligent Buildings International Journal .
• 2019 : ‘ Issues Around Cooling Systems with R290 as an Alternative Refrigerant with a very low Global Warming Potential ’ – Presenter : Dr Volkmar Hasse , PhD in Applied Biology from the University of Giessen . His last position held was GIZ senior programme director of the Chinese-German Low Carbon Urban Development Programme based in China .
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