The likely introduction of a carbon tax in Australia has sparked lively debate between proponents and opponents.

An industry-wide Power over Ethernet standard was officially ratified in 2003 with IEEE 802.3af, and since then the use of Power over Ethernet technology has rapidly grown around the world in many industries and applications.

LiquidLEDs Lighting has introduced Liquid Immersed Thermal Management Solution (LITMS), a liquid solution that encapsulates the diode, effectively eliminating heat-caused problems. LiquidLEDs has also introduced another design which combines the engineering found in incandescent light bulbs with new LED innovations. The company has an extensive range of ‘LED filament bulbs’, which features a filament of LEDs - similar to the old filaments found in incandescent bulbs.

LEDs hold great promise as a new light source for general illumination. While there are some excellent products available, LEDs are beset by quality problems and many in the marketplace fail to match suppliers’ claims of efficiency, longevity and other critical parameters. For this reason, Lighting Council Australia has introduced a quality scheme for LEDs.

California can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 through bold policy, behavioural changes as well as some scientific innovation.

Energy efficiency is expected to be critical to future profitability of manufacturers and power utilities, according to a survey.

Securing a virtual environment means more than just policing its entry points, says Marc Meulensteen, Cloud Security Expert, Spirent Communications.

Evcco’s HFT conduit is a halogen-free, fire-retardant and temperature-resistant plastic conduit that would be as robust as galvanised steel but as easy to work with as PVC.

Scientists at the University of California have come up with a software and sensor-based solution that helps reduce energy usage.

Helping flood-affected company G&D Mechanical get back on its feet

Project: To help flood-affected company, G&D Mechanical, get back on its feet
Solution: Queensland Electric Training’s ‘Helping the helpers’ campaign

While service providers fret about the end of IPv4 addresses, how should the enterprise IT team prepare for IPv6? Alan Way International Business Development Manager at Spirent Communications explains

All over the world building issues lead to court cases. The biggest challenge in finding out the truth is to obtain solid facts. In many cases related to building issues, thermal imaging cameras can provide exactly the kind of information needed to draw the right conclusions.

‘Being green’ is a catch-phrase everyone seems to use these days. But it means different things to different people, depending on what’s important to them. ‘Earth Hour’ involves turning off lights to highlight electricity wastage; the automotive industry wants to curb the amount of pollution from cars on the road; while the waste industry wants us to recycle more and put less into landfill. But what does it mostly mean to the electrical industry?

A lot of people who work in the data centre industry have allowed themselves to develop a bad habit - they think like real estate agents. But this bad habit can be broken, and we don’t need nicotine patches or hypnosis to do so. All we need is to do stop thinking about data centres in real estate terms.