Efficiency and renewables

Quattro HD sensor

05 July, 2012 | Supplied by: Electrical Supply Corporation

The 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 Ltd

SMA Solar Technology has extended its rewards program to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.


Apex voltage optimisation unit

29 June, 2012 | Supplied by: Apex Wiring Solutions Australia Pty Ltd

Designed 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 Intercorp

Photovoltaic 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 Energy

FMSA, 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: Signify

The 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, 2012

While 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 Ltd

Australia’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, 2012

Heliatek 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 Power

Emerson 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 Electric

The 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 Ltd

Pureheat 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.


CSP could provide 30% of Australia’s electricity

14 June, 2012

Concentrating solar power (CSP) could provide around 30% of Australia’s total current electricity generation capacity with only modest extensions to the national electricity grid if forecast cost reductions are achieved, finds a report released by Australian Solar Institute (ASI).


Philips to light majority of football stadiums in the Ukraine and Poland

12 June, 2012 | Supplied by: Signify

Philips will light the majority of football stadiums in the Ukraine and Poland, including the Olympic stadium of Kiev (NSC Olimpiyskiy). These stadiums are, amongst other, venues for the European football championship this year during this summer’s football tournament.


Defence manufacturer makes waves in tidal power project

08 June, 2012

Defence industry manufacturer ATSA (Advanced Technology Systems Australia) has made waves in tidal power generation development with its involvement in the SeaUrchin project.


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