Setting new benchmarks for efficiency and design
24 October, 2013Doltone House, Hyde Park, one of Sydney's most iconic venues, has undergone a major refurbishment that is expected to lead to significant improvements in energy efficiency.
NBN Co appoints executive chair, initiates strategic review
03 October, 2013Former Optus and Telstra Chief Dr Ziggy Switkowski has been appointed to the board as chairman, pending the appointment of a new chief executive to replace Mike Quigley, who announced his intention to resign from the position in July.
Derisking communications installations
27 September, 2013Installing electrical cabling in the wrong coloured conduit and not understanding ‘customer cabling’ are the two key issues that seem to cause the greatest conflict in electrical and cabling projects and inevitably lead to rework that costs the electrical contractor time and money. It may also lead to liquidated damages.
enLighten Australia wins Harbourside Car Park lighting upgrade contract
24 September, 2013enLighten Australia has recently won a commercial tender to secure its biggest single property installation and supply contract for a Chamaeleon LED light upgrade in the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) owned Harbourside Car Park.
Crowne Plaza Melbourne improves energy efficiency
19 September, 2013Crowne Plaza Hotel Melbourne is a 4½-star hotel located on the banks of the Yarra River on the fringe of the CBD. Over the past eight years, Crowne Plaza Melbourne has been working steadily to increase its energy efficiency under the guidance of Victorian Area Engineering Manager Robin Power.
4Cabling Micro Tool cabling mini tool
14 September, 2013The compact 6-In-1 stainless steel cabling Micro Tool is available from 4Cabling. The mini tool is designed to make minor repairs, assemblies and installations easy to complete.
MEA recognises top Queensland sparkies
12 September, 2013 by Malcolm Richards, CEODuring these tough economic times, it’s important to acknowledge how far sparkies have come not only in the industry, but in their business. This year, Master Electricians Australia (MEA) recognised important contributions to our industry at the recent North Queensland Excellence Awards and the National Apprentice Awards presentation.
KNX Award 2014 open for entries
03 September, 2013KNX Association is accepting applications for the KNX Award 2014. The awards will be granted during the light+building fair on 1 April 2014 in Frankfurt.
The great de-electrification
14 August, 2013 by Mike Sandiford, University of MelbourneOne of the certainties in the energy business used to be the regular year-in, year-out rise in demand for electricity [1]. Up until about 6 years ago, demand growth could be counted on with metronomic precision. Across our National Electricity Market - the NEM - electricity demand grew at about 2% annually.
HaydonKerk environmentally and hermetically sealed switches
25 July, 2013The HaydonKerk range of environmentally and hermetically sealed switches is designed for high reliability in extreme environments.
Driving the Building Information Modelling revolution
18 July, 2013 by Andrew Chew and Meredith RileyA technological revolution is changing the way large projects are being built and managed in Asia, Europe and North America. Australia has been slow to adopt BIM, but can we afford lagging behind yet another innovation frontier?
Advantech EKI-3000 series industrial ethernet switches
02 July, 2013Advantech EKI-3000 series industrial unmanaged switches are claimed to be the first to market with dedicated priority ports and offer up to 60% reduction in power consumption and smart diagnostics.
Monash University and CSIRO’s sustainable research facility
25 June, 2013Located in Melbourne, New Horizons is dedicated to research activities on material engineering including computational and physical modelling of manufactured products and services in the biomedical, aerospace and renewable energy fields.
Demand for greater energy efficiency drives building automation market
18 June, 2013The European building automation market earned revenues of US$1.8bn in 2012 and is expected to reach US$2.1bn in 2017, according to new analysis, European Building Automation Systems Market, from consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
World-first trial uses smart grid for EV trial
29 May, 2013An Australian-developed electric vehicle charger can halve electric vehicle (EV) charging costs, a world-first Victorian Department of Transport trial has found. The ChargeIQ EV charger was also found to optimise utilities’ network performance.
