When Parramatta Council commissioned an energy audit, it found that three of its four multilevel car parks were in the council's top 10 energy-using sites. Council commissioned electrical contractors Argyle Electrical to help eliminate this lighting waste. [ + ]

Solar Max, through its installation partner, Ygrene Energy, has provided six 15 kW 15MT2 grid connected inverters and one 10 kW 10MT2 inverter for Yass Valley Aged Care (YVAC) facility's solar PV system. [ + ]

Against the backdrop of a rapidly progressive technology market, increasing consumer demands and economic fluctuations, companies are recognising the need to develop strategic measures in field service mobility. Optimising field service processes can help businesses cut costs, achieve operational efficiency, and improve productivity and customer satisfaction. [ + ]

In February 2013, NABERS announced the new NABERS Energy rating tools for data centres, which enable data centre owners, operators and tenants to obtain ratings for their data centre infrastructure, IT equipment, or both. [ + ]

Registered cablers who intend carrying out specialised cabling after 1 July 2014 are reminded that the ACMA's rule changes for specialised (such as structured, coaxial and optical fibre) cabling come into force on that date. [ + ]

Thermal ageing of polymer cables can lead to serious safety, performance and cost issues. Bob Merrick, Commercial Manager - Technical, Prysmian Cables, discusses thermal testing and operating temperature ranges for general-market PVC cables. [ + ]

IP video cameras are comparable to full-fledged PCs to which other devices can be connected. The video camera is a PC equipped with optics and a Linux operating system, which is nowadays used in mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles, mainframes, supercomputers and servers. [ + ]

For many electrical contracting businesses, 2013 has undoubtedly been a difficult year for economic growth. But despite this, many businesses have been able to weather the storm; and I’m pleased to say the outlook for 2014 is on the up. [ + ]

REC is supplying solar panels for two large-scale solar energy installations in Singapore. One of the rooftop installations - for supermarket giant Sheng Siong Group - is the country's largest solar installation to date. [ + ]

At the recent Retrofit & Refurb Conference & Expo held in Sydney, AE Smith's National Sustainability Engineer and accredited NABERS assessor David Odd shared his experience of achieving and maintaining high NABERS ratings in existing buildings. [ + ]

While starting up a new business can be an exciting and heady challenge, many first-time business owners unconsciously step into a minefield of paperwork, administration duties and financial needs that come hand in hand with setting up a new business. MEA understands that starting a new business, and keeping it not only going but flourishing, can be a difficult challenge for many tradies new to the game. [ + ]

The West Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum has reported a significant incident in which a short-circuit fault in a variable speed drive resulted in fire, arcing and equipment damage. [ + ]

The ATO has medium-sized businesses and wealthy individuals in its sights for 2013-14. Unsurprisingly, in a revenue constrained economy with a persistent government fiscal deficit, the ATO plans to conduct more tax compliance reviews and audits this year. [ + ]

Philips was selected by the government of the city of Buenos Aires to renew its street lighting system with LED technology. The company will replace the majority of the 125,000 existing street lights with new LED luminaires within a three-year term. Philips was awarded the contract as a result of a public bidding process. [ + ]

The global solar industry is bouncing back after two years in the doldrums, according to a senior research director for solar at IHS. [ + ]