Launch of IEC Global Visions
The first video interview in a series entitled IEC Global Visions has just been released. The interviews feature world opinion leaders, both from government and industry, talking on a variety of themes such as better access to electricity, frameworks for innovation, climate change, energy efficiency, and so on.
The first International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) global visions interview with the CEO of Schneider Electric, Jean-Pascal Tricoire, describes how his company is helping governments and industry meet energy efficiency challenges. By 2050 we need to halve our greenhouse gas emissions and yet energy consumption is expected to double. Putting two and two together, our generation, transmission, and consumption will need to be four times more efficient, Tricoire states.
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[more]Industrial communications can keep costs down
Wireless communications have well and truly arrived in the industrial arena and considerable effort is now being put into integration and the writing of Standards. Paul Gay, independent journalist, considers the many benefits and a few drawbacks of this cost effective technology.
Wireless communication in the industrial environment has become a reality. The technology now offers practical solutions to industrial automation connectivity with the key benefits of cost-saving installation, minimal operating costs and, perhaps most important to the end user, reliability.
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[more]New Zealand makes a submission on ISO's Strategic Plan for 2011-2015
Following the successful implementation of the International Organization for Standardizaton (ISO) Strategic Plan 2005 – 2010, ISO is currently developing their 2011 – 2015 Strategic Plan. ISO called for input from their members about their vision of the organisation in 2016 and requested specific advice regarding 10 key areas as follows.
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