Intelligent energy management to reduce emissions
27 July, 2009Developments in smart grid technologies have the potential to help both consumers and power companies reduce their dependence on carbon-emitting energy.
Energy management using Google
13 July, 2009Internet search engine company Google has added ‘energy savings’ as a new value-added service to consumers and electricity providers with the announcement of its ‘PowerMeter’ concept.
Data centre power consumption monitors
09 July, 2009 byThe WTI BPM and MPC series rack mount power distribution units (PDUs) meter and report total kWh energy consumption, enabling users to know how much the IT equipment contributes to the data centre utility bill.
Australian invention for smart energy use
02 June, 2009An invention by Latrobe University's Centre for Technology Infusion that enables energy users to monitor and mange their electricity consumption has been listed as a finalist in the Innovic International Next Big Thing Awards.
New local energy blueprint aims to head off power crisis
20 April, 2009A national research initiative to establish an advanced electricity distribution network in Australia has announced a plan to meet the twin challenges of reducing carbon emissions and reining in rising power costs.
Green IT not so green
23 March, 2009A recent survey into green practices and attitudes amongst Australian IT managers and CIOs indicates that it isn't being practised in the data industry as much as hoped for.
ACT appoints market adviser for solar power project
16 December, 2008The ACT Labor Government has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers as the external adviser for the market testing stage of the Territory's planned solar power facility. The government is expected to call for construction proposals in early 2009.
Energy rating system for industrial premises
13 October, 2008Green energy rating system for warehouses and factories.
Fail-safe manual reset thermostats
01 October, 2008The KMF series of fail-safe thermostats monitor temperatures in furnaces, ovens, kilns, boilers or any application where an overtemperature condition would result in a critical failure.
ACT abates 400,000 tonnes of emissions
08 August, 2008Over 400,000 tonnes of the ACT’s greenhouse gas emissions were abated in 2007, according to the Minister for the Environment, Water and Climate Change, Jon Stanhope.
LR 460 level measurement transmitter
01 August, 2008The Sitrans LR 460 continuous radar level measurement transmitter is designed for facilities processing solids such as cement powder, coal, gypsum, grain, aggregates and plastics.
