Project: Improving energy efficiency in Crowne Plaza hotel
The Crowne Plaza hotel in Melbourne’s central business district has recently implemented the latest part of its wider sustainability strategy through the installation of a number of mySmart enGauge screens. These screens provide employees and customers alike with visibility into real-time and historical energy usage data from across the hotel. enGauge, a ‘sustainability indicator’ which allows the hotel to visually share its sustainability strategy, is provided by mySmart, a supplier of energy- and resource-efficient solutions for building environments. Read more »
Project: Linking monitoring and control equipment in a road tunnel
The city of Brisbane’s 6.8 km long Clem Jones Tunnel, known as ‘CLEM 7’, is one of the largest infrastructure projects ever to be undertaken in the state of Queensland. Built as a solution to Brisbane’s inner-city traffic gridlock, the tunnel has been built under the Brisbane River and connects the north- and south-bound traffic, has five traffic connection points, and a sixth connection to the Airport Link is planned for completion in 2012. Read more »
Project: Giving a prestige home that ‘wow’ factor
A recently built, four-storey home in Melbourne’s prestigious Toorak was an obvious candidate for home automation. To cope with the home’s complexity and sophistication, five separate Clipsal C-Bus networks were installed to control 29 motorised blinds, motorised plasma-lifts, irrigation, swimming pool, over 600 light fittings, motion sensors and colour-changing LED lighting. Read more »
$300m cable upgrade for manufacturing facility
Maser has successfully completed the supply of instrumentation, thermocouple and process control cables that were required for a major $300m upgrade to a large manufacturing facility in southern New South Wales. Read more »
Project: Environmentally sustainable lighting in office complex
One Shelley Street, the new Sydney premise of the Macquarie Group, was developed by Brookfield Multiplex to set new standards in sustainable office design. The building boasts many environmental initiatives that saw it awarded the Green Building Council of Australia’s 6-Star Green Star - Office Design v2 Certified Rating, representative of ‘world leadership’ in environmentally sustainable design and/or construction. Read more »
Cable degradation issue solved for Queensland oil refinery
Maser Communications has supplied a series of specialist steel wire armoured cables to a Queensland oil refinery. After suffering through issues associated with cable degradation, the end user outlined its requirement for a robust cable construction and Maser was quick to identify a steel wire armoured solution that would provide the necessary mechanical protection. Read more »
Energy-efficient office building adaptable to tenant requirements
SA Water’s new head office in Adelaide’s Victoria Square is the largest commercially developed building in Australia (rather than owner occupier) to be awarded a 6 Star Green Star Office Design rating from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). Clipsal played an important role in contributing to SA Water achieving the GBCA’s highest possible energy rating with its C-Bus control and management system. Read more »
Project: Electrical wholesaler’s e-commerce business transformation
Electrical wholesaler MMEM Electrical Merchandising (MMEM) has a network of over 200 branches across Australia and, in recent years, has increased its product portfolio to over 130,000 products supplied to around 3000 electrical and data cabling contractors, industrial maintenance providers, builders and commercial contractors with everything from wiring accessories to motor-control devices, test equipment, cables, ducting, circuit protection and security systems. Read more »
Mastering the maintenance process: thermography saves Eaton Group a quarter of a million dollars per year
Preventive maintenance is not just a matter of organisation: it also requires knowledge and the efficient handling of gathered information. A suitable thermal imaging camera helps in both of these areas, with an impact which makes itself abundantly clear in the cost-benefit analysis. Read more »
FLIR Systems ThermaCAM P640 infrared camera boosts Dutch building advisor company service offerings
Infrared cameras expand the range of services offered by building sector specialists and allow them to better serve their customer groups. Using an infrared camera, suitable for building applications, before and/or after every building valuation, transaction or major HVAC repair maximises value and minimises costs. Read more »
Measuring energy consumption to improve energy efficiency
Homewares retailer IKEA decided to ‘fraction-monitor’ power consumption in all of its stores globally to reduce its carbon footprint and future-proof its Australian stores from the impending Emission Trading Scheme requirements. To do this, IKEA selected Schneider Electric Compact NSX circuit breakers to replace the existing breakers in every store across Australia, starting with the IKEA Richmond store in Victoria. Read more »
Upgrade of bank’s mission-critical IT cabling infrastructure
A large Swiss merchant bank and global wealth-management company relocated its Australian head office into Chifley Tower in the Sydney CBD as part of an expansion program of its Australian financial and investment services and to meet the growing demand for their expertise in the region. Incorporated in the move was a significant upgrade to its IT infrastructure. Read more »
Energy-efficient supply protection for NZ film production studio
World-leading and four-time-Academy-Award-winning visual effects company Weta Digital, based in Wellington, New Zealand, provides full digital production services for feature films from all over the world. Read more »
Supplying HV cable for mission-critical airport power
When Downer Engineering installed kilometres of power cabling alongside the runway at Melbourne Airport, the mission-critical environment required the project to be completed within a very tight time frame, since minimal air-side disruptions could be tolerated. Likewise, Downer’s suppliers had to meet equally tight delivery schedules. Read more »
Project: Long-term flexible network cabling infrastructure
The Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has national responsibilities ranging from resource economics to quarantine and inspection services. Its efficient operation is vital, so disruption of services by technology issues is unacceptable. Read more »
Using home automation to optimise energy efficiency
AVD Australia was recently awarded the 2009 AMX Best Project Award for its state-of-the-art home automation system installation in a new residence in Sydney that made a significant contribution to the home’s energy efficiency. From conceptualisation and design, through to installation and commissioning, AVD provided a fully integrated and customised system. Read more »
Reducing energy consumption at a large power station
A large power station in NSW recently finalised an agreement with Maser Communications to supply LEDpak and SafeSite industrial LED lighting fixtures, manufactured by Dialight, to fit out their power station on a progressive basis for all future general area and task lighting applications. Read more »
Shellharbour City Council lighting upgrade
Shellharbour City Council, just south of Wollongong in NSW, is providing an excellent example to local businesses and councils around the country on how to reduce their environmental footprint simply by switching to energy-efficient lighting Read more »
High-impact freeway lighting
Lighting for freeways is an essential part of roadway infrastructures, but is often taken for granted. But compare driving at night on an unlit country highway to a well-lit freeway and the value of street lighting becomes very apparent Read more »
Electrical cable for a cantilever bridge
Olex cable was installed as part of an upgrade to ensure the continuing operation of the four-lane Spit Bridge at Seaforth, NSW. Read more »