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Easing the summer power draw through resilient systems
Melbourne Water is playing its part in reducing demand on the power network over the peak summer period by undertaking 'planned demand management' activities. [ + ]
Ethics-first builds for smart cities
A smart city is one where we use the best in technology in conjunction with the resources we already have to improve quality of living and drive economic development, according to Associate Professor Nick Falkner, Director, Australian Smart Cities Consortium. [ + ]
Top 5 smart water metering predictions for 2018
This year smart water metering will continue to build on the achievements of 2017 and take them to new levels, and new solutions will start to emerge. [ + ]
Water 4.0 — following the digitisation trend
The latest developments in the field of drinking water preparation and distribution will be on show at the upcoming trade fair IFAT in Munich. [ + ]
Massive cover delivers valuable biogas benefits
Harvest valuable biogas from anaerobic digestion with a gas collection cover. [ + ]
Desalination to the rescue
The world has very little fresh water and it is running out. At tens of billions of tonnes yearly, the fresh water of the ice caps is falling into the salty sea, which is already 97% of the world's water. [ + ]
Smart cities with water and energy efficiencies
A future smart cities project in Western Australia that involves academic, infrastructure and technology partners will assess how cities can use blockchain technology and data analytics to integrate distributed energy and water systems. [ + ]
Insights 2018: Sam Staples
Sam Staples from the Australian Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition said 2018 looks to be an exciting year for energy storage. [ + ]
2018 Insights: Dong Eun Kim
Dong Eun Kim, President, NCH Asia, discusses how climate change and technology could impact the industrial maintenance industry in 2018. [ + ]
Distributed energy systems a key to smarter cities
Urbanisation — along with climate change and demographic change — stands as one of the megatrends of the 21st century. [ + ]
Australian cities ranked 'middle of the road' for sustainable transport
Brisbane leads Australia for sustainable and effective transport according to the 2017 Sustainable Cities Mobility Index from design consultancy Arcadis. Hong Kong topped the index and seven out of the top 10 spots went to European cities. [ + ]
2018 CEO Insights: Stephen Coop
Stephen Coop, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, NHP Electrical Engineering Products, examines the evolving digital world and adopting corporate citizenship. [ + ]
Robots, holograms and healthy buildings coming to your workplace
There has been a renewed focus on wellness and sustainability in the commercial property sector, with Cbus Property studying international building trends. [ + ]
Award-winning warehouse reduces energy use by over 50%
Toll Group has been recognised at the National Energy Efficiency Awards 2017, taking out the award for Best Industrial Energy Efficiency Project for its recently upgraded Toll–Nike facility. [ + ]
China forces government's hand on waste policy, comments from WMAA
Industry has signalled to government for a long time that relying on the export markets for recyclables was dangerous and now we find ourselves, with the change in China's legislation, walking towards this inevitability. [ + ]
