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How ABRAVA’s Women’s Committee Is Helping Transform Brazil’s HVACR Sector Across Brazil, women are building careers in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration as engineers, technicians, designers, researchers, educators, entrepreneurs and business…
Women in ASHRAE Across the World
One Society Many Local Voices With members in more than 130 countries, ASHRAE brings together an exceptionally broad international community of engineers, researchers, designers, contractors, educators, manufacturers, students and other professionals working to…
Helping Women Join, Stay and Progress: How WiBSE Is Building a More Inclusive Profession
Coming together to learn and connect at a WiBSE event. Photograph supplied by WiBSE. Attracting more women into engineering is only one part of creating a more representative profession. Women must also be supported to remain, develop their expertise, progress into…
From career journeys to industry change: join Women in HVACR Ireland’s online panel
What can different experiences across HVACR teach us about building a more diverse and inclusive sector? On Friday 30 October 2026, Women in HVACR Ireland will bring together women working across engineering, sustainability, business development and hands-on service…
Who will build HVACR’s future? Italy brings women’s expertise into the conversation
New technologies and refrigerants are changing the HVACR sector. What skills will matter most—and how can the industry help new talent find its place? Centro Studi Galileo and ATF – Associazione Tecnici del Freddo will explore these questions in a free online…
From design to reality: Saudi Arabia panel explores why HVAC systems underperform
Why does an HVAC system sometimes fall short of expectations, even when its design looks right on paper? An online panel hosted by the Women in ASHRAE Committee, ASHRAE Saudi Arabia Chapter, will explore that question on Thursday 29 October 2026 at 18:00 Saudi Arabia…
Portugal, Chile and Venezuela connect through refrigeration success stories
What can one community’s experience teach another? A panel organised by the FAIAR Women’s Council during Global HVACR Women Week will bring together perspectives from Portugal, Chile and Venezuela to share achievements, discuss challenges and explore opportunities in…
Today: Slovakia shares practical expertise in ammonia and CO₂ refrigeration
Practical training and women’s technical expertise take centre stage today as Slovakia contributes to Global HVACR Women Week. SZ CHKT will share “Effective training with ammonia and CO₂ refrigerants”, a conference presentation from Vígľaš Castle, through a YouTube…
Women’s voices from Chile: join a conversation on careers and sustainable refrigeration
A career in refrigeration can begin in unexpected places. A free webinar from Chile during Global HVACR Women Week will explore how different backgrounds, commercial experience and technical training can help shape the sector’s future. Taking place on Friday 30…
From Technical Refrigeration to Shared Refrigeration
Local Voices | Spain. By Lorena Hernández Technical Industrial Engineer, specialising in Mechanical Engineering | Frigenia, Refrigeration Engineering Consultancy | Madrid, Spain “Almost everything I know I have learned by talking to someone on the other side of the…