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Business outlook robust despite consumer apathy
The latest Dun & Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey shows the outlook for the first quarter in 2011 as being robust, despite consumer apathy being felt by retailers.
[ + ]Energy Safe Victoria issues flood warning
Energy Safe Victoria has recently issued important electrical safety advice for both building occupants and electrical contractors concerning flood-affected buildings.
[ + ]BICSI 2011 conference to focus on data centre design and broadband
The BICSI South Pacific Conference 2011 will be held in Brisbane on 4-6 April, with a key focus on data centre design and broadband.
[ + ]How can you test cloud computing performance?
Is your ‘cloud’ delivering the expected performance? How do you know until you test it? What are the complexities of measuring virtual systems?
[ + ]IP surveillance cost drops below analog for midsized CCTV installations
An international study has concluded that IP-based surveillance systems are lower in cost to deploy than traditional analog CTV systems.
[ + ]Communications Alliance comments on NBN Co corporate plan
The peak body for the Australian communications industry, Communications Alliance, has commented on the recently released NBN Co Limited Corporate Plan, expressing its views over battery back-up and home-run architecture issues.
[ + ]Project: Helping injured workers get back into the workforce
WorkSafe Victoria’s WISE (WorkSafe Incentive Scheme for Employers) program recently helped an injured worker get back into the workforce and provided value to his new employer. The program also has the potential to help overcome Australia’s skills shortage.
[ + ]Industry responds to skill shortages
The Australian Industry Group has welcomed the statistics recently released by the federal government on the increase in trade apprenticeships around the country.
[ + ]Predicting ‘safe’ candidates when recruiting
The pressure to provide a safe working environment and reduce safety incidents is well known to the electrical industry. However, few organisations in the recruitment process seek to identify the individuals who are most likely to cause safety incidents, preferring to focus on managing the work environment.
[ + ]Power-generation market diversifying and growing
The commercial renewable power-generation market has received a huge injection of faith with the Australian Greens’ rise to power in the recent federal election. This emergence of ‘green’ policy muscle, combined with the growing pressure on a carbon price, offers the greatest opportunities yet to the commercial power-generation industry to succeed by going green.
[ + ]Why measure low resistance?
Measuring low resistance is an important electrical test because it helps identify components where the resistance has exceeded acceptable values, threatening several potential negative outcomes. These could include overheating, energy loss, protective fault device malfunction, poor grounding and catastrophic failure during power surges. Test results can be used to identify changes caused by fatigue, corrosion, vibration, temperature or other conditions that may occur at the site.
[ + ]Minimum energy performance limits for lamps
The electrical industry has been under pressure from both the community and government regulators in recent years to produce more and more energy-efficient products in order to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
[ + ]Home insulation deaths spark new electrical safety recommendations
An electrical safety investigation prompted by the fatalities in the federal insulation scheme has found 15 people are killed and 300 hospitalised each year as a result of preventable electrical accidents in Australian homes.
[ + ]Ai Group lodges appeals to preserve workplace flexibility
Australian Industry Group has lodged three Fair Work appeals recently in an endeavour to preserve workplace flexibility.
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