Many companies invest in sustainability for good environmental and economic reasons. Having invested the time, effort and funds to improve their environmental performance and lower their energy costs it is natural to want to communicate that to various stakeholders. A recent project undertaken for Lakes Business Park illustrates this well. Lakes Business Park had, over […]
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Application Solutions has long been a supporter of Pelena Energy and its founder, Peter Lynch. Pelena Energy provides original and ground up thinking about sustainability in the very tough proving ground of Pacific Islands. Pelena’s mission is: “To partner with the stakeholders of rural areas, particularly of the South Pacific, to develop tangible and sustainable
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Application Solutions personnel, Andrew Latimer and Bill Liu are now recognised as Certified Measurement and Verification Professionals. This qualification has been awarded by the Efficiency Valuation Organisation (EVO) based in Washington DC and represented in Australia by the Energy Efficiency Council (EEC). Measurement and Verification (M&V) has become increasingly important to validate investments in energy
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Application Solutions has been a supporter of the Vanuatu Prevention of Blindness project since 2009. Since then the remote area outreach program has expanded into the general medical, dental and health education areas. Usually our involvement centres on sailing a yacht with people and supplies to remote places. This year the yacht stayed at home
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Alistair Whyte has launched a fundraising campaign to purchase a diesel generator for the pottery project in SW Bay, Melakula and asked us to spread the word. The Whyte family have featured in our sailing log many times and the yacht has transported equipment and materials for the pottery project as an aside to the
In our last Newsletter we included an item about the impending departure of the yacht Chimere from Sydney Harbour bound for Vanuatu. It is hard to believe that time has flown by and that the 5 month project is over, having been successfully completed with the yacht and all its crew safely back home. This
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Every day we look through the advances in science reported in Science Daily. The article below caught our eye and we thought it was worth sharing. We hope you enjoy the article and are encouraged by the potential of science to develop environmentally friendly technology. ‘Sugar is a perfect energy storage compound in nature’ Jan.
We thought it was a good time to be a little philosophical and reflect on the approach we take to energy master planning. “We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience” Edward de Bono Many years ago Edward De Bono explained that
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The Australian Solar Council puts out regular bulletins on all things solar. Two recent releases caught our attention. They are both related. The first looks at the contribution solar energy makes to the grid during peak times and the second looks at its effect on electricity pricing. Here is an extract of the two articles.
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Peak load events on our electricity system are forcing suppliers to find innovative ways to cope. Peak loads were not a problem we worried about in the past. However, with the increased use of air-conditioning, peak loads have become a real problem. Why does this trend create a problem? Air-conditioning is a heavy electricity user
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Beyond aesthetics and functionality, designing a home requires sustainability. Residential buildings in Australia produce over 10% of the country’s carbon emissions and consume 24% of
Green buildings are on the rise. According to the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), there was an 80% increase in Green Star certifications in
Renovating your home? Then you must know how the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act (EP&A) applies to your situation. Ensure that your building meets all
The warm glow of the morning sun inside a room is naturally invigorating. Cooking dinner in a kitchen filled with soft, natural light, highlights the
