The Australasian commercial specialist — privately owned since 1956, building packaged and ducted systems locally and distributing Hitachi air conditioning across Australia and New Zealand.
Temperzone has spent nearly seven decades doing one thing: commercial air conditioning for Australasian conditions, privately owned the whole way. Its manufacturing and engineering base in the region gives it a different relationship with contractors than the consumer brands — closer to a project partner than a box supplier, with equipment configured to the job and engineers reachable when the plant deck throws a surprise.
The Hitachi distribution arrangement rounds out the portfolio: Temperzone-built packaged and ducted plant plus Hitachi splits and VRF covers essentially the whole commercial scope from one relationship.
| Segment | Temperzone offering |
|---|---|
| Rooftop/packaged | Air-cooled packaged units — the core commercial line |
| Ducted splits | Commercial ducted split systems across capacities |
| Water-cooled | Water-cooled packaged units for constrained or high-rise plant |
| Hitachi (distributed) | Splits, VRF and commercial ranges for Australia & NZ |
| Engineering | Selection software, configuration options, local technical support |
VRF gets the headlines, but a vast share of Australian commercial floor space runs on packaged and rooftop units — supermarkets, clubs, gyms, strip retail, schools and government buildings. The economics are simple: one weatherproof unit, straightforward ducted distribution, service access without entering tenancies, and like-for-like replacement at end of life. Temperzone has spent decades optimising exactly this equipment for Australasian conditions, which is why its units are so often the incumbent on the roof.
For service contractors, packaged plant is the classic maintenance-contract asset: filters, coils, belts, dampers, economisers and controls on a quarterly-to-annual cycle under AS/NZS 3666 hygiene requirements — recurring, schedulable, asset-register work.
Temperzone is the specifier’s choice for Australasian commercial plant: rooftop and packaged units, ducted splits and water-cooled packages, with Hitachi filling the splits/VRF scope. Strengths: regional manufacture, engineering access, configurability, parts proximity and an enormous commercial installed base. Considerations: minimal residential presence and lower brand recognition outside the commercial trade — which its buyers tend to regard as a feature.
A privately owned Australasian commercial air conditioning manufacturer founded in Auckland in 1956, building packaged, rooftop and ducted systems regionally, with a substantial Australian operation — and the long-standing distributor of Hitachi air conditioning for Australia and New Zealand.
Temperzone distributes Hitachi air conditioning (splits, VRF and commercial ranges) across Australia and New Zealand alongside its own manufactured commercial equipment — one supplier covering both packaged plant and refrigerant-based systems on a project. Confirm current arrangements with Temperzone.
Local manufacture and parts, engineering support and selection software, configurable equipment rather than fixed catalogue items, and decades of installed base in Australasian commercial buildings — particularly rooftop and packaged plant.
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