Peter Meijer, BICSI South Pacific's representative on the CT-001 standards committee, has announced his intention to step down from the role. BICSI is seeking a suitable member to take on the role once Meijer steps down in mid-February. [ + ]

Lighting Council Australia is offering an LED seminar series presented by Professor Georges Zissis on the topic of LED street lighting. [ + ]

The Wollongong Lord Mayor has presented the University of Wollongong (UOW) Solar Decathlon team with the Lord Mayor's Special Award as part of the city's Australia Day Awards. [ + ]

The Clean Energy Council is calling for papers for Clean Energy Week, its annual conference. Clean Energy Week 2014 will be held in Sydney from 22 to 25 July. [ + ]

DVTEL Inc, a global provider of video surveillance solutions, has signed a distribution agreement with Australian distributor Q Security Systems. [ + ]

LG Electronics has appointed Milton Kaloudis to the role of General Manager, Air Conditioning & Energy Solutions. [ + ]

BICSI South Pacific will be delivering the DC125 Data Centre Design course in 2014, just before its annual conference in Brisbane. [ + ]

Schneider Electric has appointed Philippe Rambach as the new vice president (VP) of industry business. Rambach brings with him over 15 years' experience in senior management positions and has professional experience in manufacturing, research and development, program management and business management across a range of industries. [ + ]

Alcatel-Lucent has been engaged to upgrade the 10,000 km-long EASSy submarine fibre-optic cable system along the eastern and southern coasts of Africa with the latest 100 Gbps technology. [ + ]

Smart grid early-fault-detection technology that can help reduce the risk of bushfires has recently been commercialised by an RMIT University researcher. [ + ]

The annual lighting event LED China 2014 will be held from 23-26 February in Guangzhou. The event will feature over 1200 exhibitors and brands from South Korea, USA, Russia, India, Taiwan and Hong Kong. [ + ]

AECOM has been awarded contracts to design and supervise construction of the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel (TKO-LT) project in Hong Kong. The contracts are worth approximately US$13 million and US$103 million respectively. [ + ]

A consortium of ABB and Samsung has been awarded a contract to supply a hybrid grid energy storage and diesel generation system (GESS) to SP AusNet for its electricity distribution network in Victoria. [ + ]

"Clean energy technologies such as solar power and solar hot water made a big difference in helping the state's electricity system cope with near-record demand," said Clean Energy Council Acting Policy Director Tim Sonnreich. [ + ]

Euro Solar and Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing were ordered by the Federal Court to pay combined penalties of $125,000, following action by the ACCC. The companies' director was fined $20,000 for his role in the affair. [ + ]