This month the National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) will be launching the ‘Women in Electrical Trades Roadmap’. The Women in Electrical Trades Roadmap is a national initiative supported by the Australian Federal government aimed at increasing recruitment and retention of women in the electrical trades. This initiative was developed in consultation with employers, apprentices, registered training organisations (RTOs) and government training organisation (GTOs). “Increasing the number of women in the trades is a complex issue, but not unresolvable,” says NECA chief executive Suresh Manickam. “Unfortunately, parents and young women do not have a good understanding of the electrical trades. […]
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Australian lighting solutions provider WBS Technology is rolling out technology across the country that allows buildings to monitor themselves and report problems autonomously. Known as EMIoT, the new wireless platform was developed by UNSW and relies on LED exit signs as the backbone of a low-power meshed network that covers 99.9% of a building – even reaching underground car parks, pump systems and air conditioning. “All you need is to install the emergency lights and they all automatically connect to each other, and that creates the network,” says UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering senior lecturer Dr Wen Hu. […]
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The Atom Lighting range of LED bunkers is now available. The new LED bunker lights feature insect resistant seals and selectable tricolour LEDs available in cool white, warm white and daylight colour temperatures. The new range includes corridor function model AT5709/CF, which offers a three-step dimming function as well as motion and light level sensors. The motion sensor is activated when movement is detected and insufficient natural light is available. When no motion is detected over a programmable period of time, light output dims to a low level and can also be set to switch off. For residential, commercial or […]
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