Fuel cell technology to cut carbon emissions
16 July, 2012Ceramic Fuel Cells’ gas-to-electricity generator BlueGen uses patented fuel cell technology to provide electricity from widely available natural gas. A fuel cell is an electricity generator that converts gas into electricity and heat through an electrochemical reaction, without combustion or noise.
Wave-energy project to go ahead in Victoria
12 July, 2012Ocean Power Technologies and Lockheed Martin have partnered to develop a 19 MW wave-energy project off the coast of Portland, Victoria.
Quattro HD sensor
05 July, 2012 | Supplied by: Electrical Supply CorporationThe Quattro HD is a high-definition sensor with four digital pyro heads (Quattro) behind the lens, which radiates 4800 switching zones to an area, picks up the smallest of movements, even the micro movements when using a keyboard or mouse.
SMA Solar Technology rewards program
05 July, 2012 | Supplied by: SMA Australia Pty LtdSMA Solar Technology has extended its rewards program to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
Grid Stability System to minimise power fluctuations from solar plants
05 July, 2012 | Supplied by: MPower Products Pty LimitedMPower’s Grid Stability System (GSS) is designed to minimise power fluctuations from solar generating plants into remote area diesel power stations by incorporating battery storage and control of battery energy to stabilise power production from photovoltaic (PV) solar power plants.
Apex voltage optimisation unit
29 June, 2012 | Supplied by: Apex Wiring Solutions Australia Pty LtdDesigned to minimise electricity waste, reduce a household’s carbon footprint and protect and extend the lifespan of domestic appliances from overvoltages, the Apex Voltage Optimisation (VO) unit claims to achieve energy savings of between 8 and 20% per annum.
Photovoltaic Lighting Group’s UltraLux solar street lights
28 June, 2012 | Supplied by: PLG IntercorpPhotovoltaic Lighting Group (PLG) has combined the latest technology in LED lighting with solar power in its UltraLux range of sustainable public lighting.
Gas-powered, air-conditioning solution to cut energy usage and costs
26 June, 2012 | Supplied by: Origin EnergyFMSA, a Melbourne-based company offering comprehensive architectural, interior design and professional construction management services, has reduced its energy usage and costs through an environmental retrofit of its office building in North Melbourne, which included installation of three 85 kW Yanmar gas-powered, air-conditioning systems.
Philips Luxeon Z LED
25 June, 2012 | Supplied by: SignifyThe Luxeon Z LED aims to simplify development of products such as wall-washers, moving head entertainment spotlights and remote phosphor applications and give engineers in the entertainment, architectural and specialty lighting segments a modular approach to developing products.
City landlords of existing office buildings should consider greening, says report
22 June, 2012While prestigious new office buildings are achieving 6 Star energy ratings, landlords of B-, C- and D-grade office buildings should consider greening, said Total Environment Centre (TEC).
More than 80% data centre consultants willing to pay higher price for energy-efficiency systems, survey finds
18 June, 2012 | Supplied by: Eaton Electrical (Australia) Pty LtdAustralia’s data centre managers and consultants are near unanimous in believing that deployment of new energy-efficient data centre systems technology is worth the higher price that this new infrastructure commands.
Heliatek to create green windows
18 June, 2012Heliatek has announced that its transparent solar films could be applied in between the glass sheets of double-glazed windows, turning windows into solar energy harvesters.
Emerson Trellis DCIM solution
18 June, 2012 | Supplied by: Emerson Network PowerEmerson Network Power has available the first four software applications in the Trellis platform, designed to unify IT and facilities management for improved data centre performance and TCO.
Schneider Electric iEM3000, EM3500 and PM3200 power meters
16 June, 2012 | Supplied by: Schneider ElectricThe iEM3000, EM3500 and PM3200 series three-phase, DIN rail-mounted energy and power meters from Schneider Electric offer power and energy monitoring for facility managers to better understand the consumption behaviour of their buildings. The meters are suitable for energy reporting, bill validation and cost allocation applications.
Pureheat Odyssey Eco portable electric heater
15 June, 2012 | Supplied by: Pureheat Sales Pty LtdPureheat has expanded on its wall-mounted range of Odyssey Eco electric fan panel heaters with a plug-in, portable model, heating areas of up to 24 m2.
