Industry News
Perth established as one of world’s top five geothermal cities
Securing funding for one of Australia’s largest geothermal projects and establishing Perth as one of the world’s top five ‘geothermal cities’ were celebrated as some of the major achievements of the Western Australian Geothermal Centre of Excellence (WAGCOE) at its conclusion last week. [ + ]
Rockwell Automation on tour
Making new tracks, Rockwell Automation on Tour will visit multiple locations in both metropolitan and regional centres around Australia. The free educational workshop series allows attendees from all industries to explore the latest aspects of the company’s Integrated Architecture approach to plantwide control and information systems. [ + ]
CeBIT Australia 2013
For the twelfth year running, CeBIT Australia returns to the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre from 28-30 May 2013 as the number one business technology event of the Asia-Pacific business calendar. [ + ]
Queensland’s major construction projects set to decline 40%
Major construction projects in Queensland are predicted to decline by more than $7.5 billion, the President of the Queensland Major Contractors Association has said. [ + ]
ChargeIQ electric vehicle charger gets green light
Australian-produced ChargeIQ electric vehicle charger has been given the ‘green light’ by a Victorian Electric Vehicle Trial participant, with the innovation receiving high points for user friendliness, flexibility, cost savings and sustainability. [ + ]
Rooftop solar trial update
AusGrid is inviting interested parties to the latest Smart Grid, Smart City seminar, for an update on the Rooftop Solar Trial. [ + ]
Local contractors dumped
Master Electricians Australia has called on insurance companies to “buy local” when they are sourcing contractors for flood repair work in Bundaberg and other parts of regional Queensland. [ + ]
Changes to Energy Efficiency Council board
Energy Efficiency Council members have elected two new directors, Rob Thomson, Group General Manager at Energetics and Paul Troughton, Manager of Regulatory Affairs at EnerNOC. [ + ]
‘Robot’ electric car drives itself
Robotic technology from Oxford University that enables a car to ‘drive itself’ for stretches of a route has been shown driving a Nissan Leaf electric car. The new car gives a glimpse of what the driver’s experience of an auto drive-enabled car of the future might be like: the technology is controlled from an iPad on the dashboard that flashes up a prompt offering the driver the option of the car taking over for a portion of a familiar route - touching the screen then switches to ‘auto drive’ where the robotic system takes over. [ + ]
EMSc Australian partner visits UK
EMSc (UK) Ltd, manufacturer of the Powerstar voltage optimisation system, recently hosted Arthur Savidis, newly appointed sales engineer to the companies Australia branch - EMSc (Australia) Pty Ltd. [ + ]
Lightmoves Group acquires Lots of Watts
The Lightmoves Group of companies, which includes Lightmoves, Resolution X, Balanced Technology and Browns Precision Welding, is pleased to announce that they have successfully completed the acquisition of the stock, assets and hire assets of Lots of Watts (LOW), which is now trading as Lots of Watts Australia. [ + ]
Internet telephony product award for VSS Monitoring
TMC, a global integrated media company, has awarded VSS Monitoring’s vBroker Series of Network Packet Brokers as a 2012 Internet Telephony Product of the Year. [ + ]
New rules for the safe installation of optical fibre
New rules for the safe installation of optical fibre communications in customer premises are part of a revised Australian Standard for telecommunications wiring published by Communications Alliance. [ + ]
Luminary speakers headline SPARC 2013 program
A line-up of internationally and nationally renowned experts in lighting design, education, research and architecture are speakers at the SPARC International Lighting Event 2013 to be held in Sydney in June. [ + ]
EPA busts wind farm myth
The myth of the noisy wind farm has finally been put to rest, with the South Australian EPA releasing a report showing that wind turbines produce less infrasound than air conditioners and traffic. [ + ]