LUNCH & LEARN with Mitsubishi Electric | Understanding The Systems We’re Designing For Tomorrow

Earlier this week we hosted Mitsubishi Electric for a LUNCH & LEARN with our Mechanical team. What started as a standard product presentation quickly shifted into a deeper conversation about refrigerant regulation, plant flexibility and the evolving role of chillers and heat pumps in modern building services.

The session explored how refrigerant pathways in Europe and Australia are shifting toward lower-GWP and natural alternatives, and what that means for local system design. From modular chiller and heat pump configurations through to multi-functional 4-pipe systems, the conversation moved from theory to real context, outlining how staged installation strategies, redundancy models and simultaneous heating and cooling capabilities are now being applied across commercial, residential and mixed-use projects.

Case studies shared by the team helped bridge the gap between specification and application. It’s one thing to understand performance on paper — it’s another to see how these systems behave under real operating conditions, across climates, load profiles and site constraints. Sessions like this give our engineers the opportunity to interrogate assumptions and pressure-test ideas against real-world outcomes.

Credit to Jikun (Jacob) Liu for leading the session with clarity, and to Mikin S. and Andy Huynh for keeping the discussion open and engaging throughout. We’re grateful to Mitsubishi Electric Australia for making the time. Innovation isn’t defined by new products, it’s defined by how quickly we can interrogate them, challenge them and integrate them into real projects. #MechanicalEngineering #Chillers #HeatPumps #Refrigerants #EngineeringDesign #BuildingServices #KnowledgeSharing #EngineeringCommunity #GoldfishAndBay