According to Sensis, searches for electricians were up 24% nationally in the first four months of 2008, compared to the same time last year.

Lighting Council Australia, the leading voice for the nation’s lighting industry, has welcomed the announcement by the government to proceed with the phasing out of inefficient lamps.

The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts has announced three new initiatives to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Slide Connect G2 emergency exit sign was presented the Award for Excellence in Sustainable Design at the 2008 Australian International Design Awards on Friday 30 May.

The Megaman Dimmerable Reflector lamp range has received this year’s ‘Best New Product’ award in the lighting category at designEX 2008.

Testo Australia has moved to a new office in Croydon South, East of Melbourne.

Global lighting giant Philips has called on Australians to prepare for the federal government’s plans to phase out the use of inefficient incandescent lighting, which is predicted to begin in late 2008.

The global optical networking (ON) market topped $3 billion for the seventh consecutive quarter, after an exceptionally strong showing in 4Q07, dropping 12% sequentially but gaining 23% year over year.

ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a $5.9 million substation upgrade contract by Hamersley Iron.

NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) research institute, is now authorised as a Registered Research Agency (RRA).

Melbourne-based smart grid and wireless sensor network provider, Telepathx has announced that it will begin conditional licensing of its RFID, wireless sensor network and communications aggregation products to smart meter and BPL manufacturers.

The FLIR T-Series  has been awarded the 'red dot design award' in the measurement and testing systems design category.

Opengear, a provider of out-of-band management solutions, has announced the supply of its CM4008 console servers to telecommunications carrier, Pipe Networks.

Australia’s biggest telco, Telstra, took top honours in the Telecom Asia Awards last week, claiming the trophies for Best Asian Carrier and Best Mobile Carrier.

The federal government has been criticised for bungling a smart meter rollout by refusing to commit to key tools that would ensure greenhouse emissions reductions.