Based in Melbourne, Australia, Gábor Hilton has over 45 years experience as an Engineer and Manager in the Cold Storage Industry. Gábor qualified as an Electrical Engineer from RMIT in 1965. He held the position of Cold Store Manager at Polar Cold Storage Company from 1966 to 1974.Gábor Co-Founder of Oxford Cold Storage Company in 1975. He is currently contracted as a Consulting Engineer, principally for Oxford Cold Storage Company. Gabor’s duties include energy conservation and electricity contracting, project management, OH&S and quality management.
Over three years Gábor has reduced Oxford Cold Storage’s annual electricity consumption from 1.4 to 1.0kWh/ft³.He has implemented water saving initiatives, reducing potable water use during 2011 by 50 million litres. Gábor has assisted several companies in designing cold stores, including building design, refrigeration, lighting, racking, construction and product movement. Gábor is a founding member of Refrigerated Warehouse and Transport Association of Australia’s (RWTA) Energy Efficiency Subcommittee.
Appointments and Highlights:
Coordination of RWTA’s Energy Efficiency Benchmarking survey.
RWTA representative on Clean Energy Funding with the Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.
Victorian State Chairman of RWTA for six years to 2008.
Life Member, Director and Victorian State Representative of RWTA.
Member of Engineers Australia and the Australian Institute of Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heating.
Published papers and delivered a number of presentations on many subjects including designing cold stores for production and energy efficiency, OH&S, electricity, water and energy savings.
