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News & Insights

Awards, energy projects and practical advice from the SETPOINT team — refrigeration, air conditioning and energy performance across the Sunshine Coast.

A smiling SETPOINT technician servicing a refrigeration condensing unit on site

Latest from SETPOINT

What we’re working on and thinking about.

Award

20 November

Winner – SIM‑PAC Sustainability Awards 2025

Daniel Street Fish Market took out two awards at the 2025 SIM‑PAC Sustainability Awards — the Process Engineering Award, and the Judges Award for Life Cycle Design.

Award

13 November

Finalist – SIM‑PAC Sustainability Awards 2024

Beefy’s Pies was named a Finalist in the Electrification in Action category at the 2024 SIM‑PAC Sustainability Awards for the energy solutions we implemented on site.

You know it's hot when even the dog starts to melt

Insight

13 November

The Heat is On

Prepare your home for the upcoming hot summer days and nights so your air conditioning runs perfectly when you want it to — improving energy efficiency and lowering utility costs.

Steril-Aire UVC Emitter installed in an air handling unit

Insight

02 November

The UVC Emitter is Here – Reduce Airborne Viral Infections!

We are a leading installer of Steril-Aire’s UVC Emitter for HVAC+R systems — reduced maintenance costs, improved indoor air quality and the elimination of harmful mould.

A Frigbot remote temperature monitoring device on a commercial fridge

Insight

21 September

Monitor your refrigeration systems 24/7

We’d like to introduce an important device that detects issues in your refrigeration system before a major equipment breakdown — saving you money, downtime and power consumption.

SETPOINT technicians checking a coolroom evaporator temperature

Insight

18 August

Preventative Maintenance Program

Whether you are a small business with two fridges or a bottle shop with walls of fridges, it makes good sense to organise regular maintenance on your equipment to prevent breakdowns and ensure they are running efficiently and cost effectively.

SETPOINT technician servicing a rooftop air conditioning unit

Insight

27 July

Regular service on your air conditioner

Regular servicing of your air conditioning system ensures that it continues to run efficiently — you don’t want it to break down on one of those really hot or cold days! Call us today to organise a free quote.

Adjusting a reverse cycle air conditioner with the remote

Insight

02 July

Keep warm for the rest of winter or prepare for our hot summer

Talk to us about reverse cycle air conditioners for your home or office. We can recommend, supply and install a tailor-made system that suits your needs. Call us today for a free quote.

There's a coil in there somewhere — a heavily fouled evaporator

Insight

26 May

There’s a ‘service’, then there’s a ‘Service’!

What are you actually paying for when someone turns up to service your ducted air conditioner under your maintenance contract? Are they checking refrigerant running pressures?

The new Fujitsu 7.1kW reverse cycle inverter unit installed at World Wide Boat Brokers

Project update

26 May

Out with the Old, in with the New!

We recently replaced an old fixed-speed Kelvinator 7kW unit with a new Fujitsu 7.1kW reverse cycle inverter, plus an electrical circuit upgrade, new ducting, drain and pipework.

The Frigbot device showing the high-temperature alert

9.09pm — the alert

The evaporator that dropped from the coldroom ceiling onto the shelf

What we found

26 May · Project update

How’s this for coincidence?

At 9.09pm a ‘High Temperature’ Frigbot alarm got us to the Caloundra Power Boat Club — where we found an evaporator that had dropped clean off the coldroom ceiling. One leaking solenoid valve, three weeks of ice, and a dead short that tripped the freezer…

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