Features
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KNX: ratification to validation
Home and building automation are poised to benefit from a Technical Specification that promotes more product choice, interoperability and future proofing. Paul Skelton reports. There’s something ... -
Cabling competence: Are electricians qualified to install underground and aerial cabling?
The installation of underground and aerial cable is specialist work. Ian Millner talks to Paul Skelton about how a half-day of training can prevent legal and ... -
Size matters in lithium-ion batteries
Australian start-up Nano-Nouvelle has used nanotechnology to develop a technology that increases the storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries, which are vital to the growing solar storage ... -
A place in the sun
AS/NZS 4777.1:2016 is now in effect. GSES explains the key updates to the Standard and what they mean for installers. The latest version of the Australian ... -
Should silent killer raise alarm?
Given that smoke detectors are mandatory for all new buildings, there is now a school of thought that carbon monoxide detectors, which are already available in ... -
Non-conforming products – it’s time to rethink ‘NCBPs’…
Non-conforming building products (NCBPs) have permeated our building and construction industries for too long thanks to a mix of regulatory complexity, governmental denial, poor policing, and ... -
Amazon Business: Welcome to the jungle
An online giant’s arrival in Australia will shake up electrical wholesaling. Paul Skelton paints a picture to challenge existing sales models. It is 22 years since ... -
Fab prefab is no fad
Fredon has started offsite electrical prefabrication of some of its equipment to streamline processes and deliver significant efficiency and environmental benefits. Adelle King reports. Prefabrication has ... -
Air conditioning wastes away
A new Australian product is set to change that way air conditioners cool a building. Paul Skelton reports. Australia’s 45 million-odd air conditioning units consume nearly ... -
DAS: Host for the most
Distributed antenna systems can fix poor mobile coverage in large structures. Ken Turnbull reports on the cost-benefit issues and who pays. A distributed antenna system (DAS) ...
