Itec offsets office-related carbon emissions
With carbon taxes and mandatory greenhouse gas reporting looming on the horizon, Itec in partnership with impactChoice has already offset thousands of tonnes of office automation-related carbon emissions for their customers and reduced the challenge of reporting these...
Promethium Carbon wins excellence award
Promethium Carbon has received an award in recognition of its outstanding contribution to Africa’s economic growth and development evidenced by the number of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) methodologies and projects in South Africa, Namibia and Kenya it has...
Balancing power supply and demand smartly
Electricity networks worldwide require smart solutions if power supply and demand is to be balanced efficiently. The answer lies in connecting power customers to smart grids, to each other and with other players, so as to make it all work and to balance supply and...
Coping with summer’s power supply issues
According to Eben Owen, Enterprise and Solutions manager for South Africa at Schneider Electric, the threat of power surges, spikes and lightning during the South African summer, makes it critical to have reliable power protection in the home or business. “Although...
Johnson Controls helps mine to fit chillers
With the help of Johnson Controls, Harmony Gold Mining Company’s Tshepong mine in the Free State has retrofitted its 25-year old chillers with York equipment. The initiative, which saw the replacement of major components and a switch to the use of an ozone friendly...
Schneider offers new data centre courses
All too many data centre operators are unable to answer simple questions about their data centres, such as where best to deploy a new server from a power and cooling perspective, and when they will reach the limits of their power and cooling infrastructure. This is...
African households to benefit from solar
Econet Solar International (ESI), a subsidiary of Econet Wireless International, has announced at AfricaCom that it plans to light-up at least 125 000 homes with its Home Power Stations (HPS) across the African continent in 2014. The device, designed to harness solar...
The challenges of a smart grid
It is no secret that South Africa’s national power grid is under severe pressure, and the country’s energy supply is unreliable and insecure. In Winter months the grid at times gets alarmingly close to the brink of shutdown. Power utility, Eskom, is faced with ongoing...
PV systems need lightning, surge protection
In recent years, photovoltaic (PV) systems have become a significant sector within the energy market, with the International Energy Agency in 2011 saying that "the development of affordable, inexhaustible and clean solar energy technologies will have huge longer-term...
Schneider launches innovative DCIM solution
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has announced the first data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) software solution that provides server access without the need for additional hardware. This new product module for StruxureWare Data...
Schneider’s Ecofit solution saves energy
It can be time-consuming and expensive to replace obsolescent switchgear. A more effective solution, according to Schneider Electric - a specialist in energy management - is to simply upgrade the circuit breaker. Called Ecofit, the organisation’s solution to...
Westcon Comztek offers Eaton 9PX UPS
Customers looking for a UPS solution to secure mission-critical applications while at the same time reducing energy usage and costs can now take advantage of the Eaton 9PX UPS. Available for resale by Westcon Comztek resellers with immediate effect, the Eaton 9PX UPS...