£300K prize for silicon solar cell engineer
20 January, 2014UNSW Professor Stuart Wenham has been awarded the £300,000 AF Harvey Engineering Research Prize by the Institution of Engineering and Technology for his work on silicon solar cell efficiency.
iCat wins SAimX award
09 January, 2014The iCat application from Clipsal by Schneider Electric has won the Business and eCommerce category of the South Australian Interactive Media Excellence Awards (SAimX).
NECA Skills Centre teacher wins Trade Teacher of the Year Award
12 December, 2013Kevin Stevens has won the NECA Trade Teacher of the Year Award 2013. Stevens, a training coordinator at NECA Skills Centre Victoria, was presented with the award at a ceremony in Sydney last week.
Middy's and NECA award $90K worth of scholarships
05 December, 2013Middy's Electrical & Data, in conjunction with NECA, has awarded $90,000 worth of scholarships to 12 electrical contractors from Victoria and Tasmania.
NECA awards top apprentices
02 December, 2013NECA has celebrated the successes of the next generation of electrical contractors at the annual National Electrical Apprentices Awards.
Sustainable Buildings Research Centre wins Master Builders' award
26 November, 2013The University of Wollongong has been awarded the National Environment and Energy Efficiency Commercial Building Award for its Sustainable Buildings Research Centre.
Magellan Power to supply energy storage system to TransGrid
19 November, 2013Magellan Power has been awarded a contract to supply a demand management system to TransGrid, the owner and operator of one of the largest high-voltage transmission networks in Australia.
NSW's Brightest Sparks awarded
18 October, 2013The winners of the New South Wales Brightest Spark competition have been announced at a presentation ceremony in Sydney this afternoon.
Fibre-optic communications researcher recognised
18 September, 2013Dr Nicolas Fontaine, a researcher at Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, has been included in Popular Science magazine's Brilliant 10 list of top researchers under the age of 35. He was selected based on his work developing novel techniques designed to enable fibre-optic networks to meet the world's insatiable demand for ultrahigh-speed data services and content.
Queensland's best electrical and communications projects
17 September, 2013Queensland's top electrical and communications contractors were recently recognised at the National Electrical and Communications Association Excellence Awards.
Glenview wins for energy-efficient building project
06 September, 2013An energy-efficient building project has secured Glenview Electrical Services one of the top prizes at the ECANZ awards. The Hamilton-based company won the EECA Energy Efficiency Award for its work on the University of Waikato Student Centre.
Organic Response among the top 8 cleantech companies
04 September, 2013Lighting control company Organic Response is among the eight finalists for the Australian Cleantech Competition 2013. Organic Response's revolutionary lighting control system uses ‘distributed intelligence’ to deliver maximum energy savings with optimal occupancy comfort.
Tradesmen on Time wins National Apprentice of the Year Award
03 September, 2013A Brisbane electrical apprentice has taken out the National Apprentice of the Year Award. Dalton Pike from Tradesmen on Time, an Accredited Master Electrician, was presented the award at a presentation hosted by Master Electricians Australia.
North Queensland electricians awarded
26 August, 2013North Queensland’s top electricians were acknowledged at MEA’s North Queensland Excellence Awards. Fourteen awards were presented to businesses and individuals who have demonstrated outstanding industry achievements.
7SD Project announced as Excellence Awards finalist
16 August, 2013The 7SD Project in Toowoomba has been announced as a finalist in the Australian Solar Installation Project of the Year. The project was carried out by Excel Solar Pty Ltd using products from CNPV Solar Power SA.