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VRT/ Schneider Tile VRT Appointed as a Schneider ESI (Energy Systems Integrator)  In the last year or so, Schneider Electric has significantly increased its emphasis on energy management products and services in all aspects of its business. One of the expanded initiatives is to appoint, train and authorise specialist organisations as Energy Systems Integrators (ESI). VRT is pleased to announce that it has been accredited as one of these ESIs. Read more »

GHG MacroView Upgrades in Japan.  VRT has recently converted several of its Japanese MacroView customers from the Solaris operating system to Linux. Over 500 MacroView systems are operating worldwide. Many of those running on various legacy versions of Unix are being migrated to the preferred platforms: Linux, OpenSolaris and Microsoft Server.
View these MacroView system user sites on Google earth.

LongView 3D tile NGER Reporting.  Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) legislation is constantly in the news these days. While the politicians bicker, businesses are putting in the hard yards behind the scenes to measure and account for their greenhouse related emissions. VRT is assisting several of its customers, including Gladstone Ports Corporation and Vale's Australian Coal Operations by conducting National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) and Energy Efficient Opportunities (EEO) Gap Audits and designing company specific Emission Accounting Systems for their ongoing management and legislative reporting.

SATEC BFM SATEC BFM Saves Metering Costs.  The need for power metering is being driven by many legislative requirements such as EEO, NGER, Greenstar, the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS), etc., as well as the need to reduce the ever increasing cost of energy. Three phase energy and power quality meters range in price from sub $1,000 to over $11,000. Network connection costs can also be substantial. With some legislation requiring metering down to 100KVA circuits, this can represent a high meter count and consequent high cost in many cases. SATEC has a unique multi-circuit monitor, which significantly reduces metering costs in many of these situations. Read more »

iPhone Want Alarms and KPIs real-time on your iPhone?  Wireless technology is ubiquitous, and the acceptance of 3G mobile communications has allowed users to have access to information services that had once been the stuff of science fiction. Sentient Computing recognised that coupling MacroView's existing robust data server with leading edge flexible and powerful software technology, would allow something special to be created.

In an area that has been difficult for even the major vendors to release successful products, Sentient has developed something special - iMV. Read more »

Defence Upgrade Tile RUMS Stage 3 Upgrade completed for Defence.  The original Regional Utility Management System (RUMS) was completed in 2003. Since then, the system has grown in size and functionality, with the latest upgrade being completed recently by VRT. The initial focus of the system was to assist with the management of energy consumption and greenhouse gas reduction and reporting. The latest upgrade added more system infrastructure management and power quality facilities, i.e. the upgrade had more of an engineering focus. One of the key drivers was to establish this type of infrastructure now and in advance of the major redevelopments planned for the base in the next few years - approx. 30% of the Gallipoli Barracks will be redeveloped as part of the ELF2B project currently underway. Read more »

WAGES Computer The Case for an ESI (Energy Systems Integrator)  A raft of Government and legislative initiatives such as EEO, EEGO, NGER, ETS, etc. are driving businesses to implement systems to reduce the consumption of energy and to reduce their carbon footprints. These are increasingly called WAGES (Water Air Gas Electricity and Steam) monitoring systems.These systems are rapidly increasing in technical complexity and in requirements to integrate with other forms of computing systems.

Elements of these systems typically form parts of contract packages tendered and managed by a variety of engineering disciplines. Because they represent a minor part (cost wise) of any particular contract and because they are poorly understood, in general, they often represent an afterthought. Because of our extensive experience in this area, VRT was recently approached by a major contracting organisation to prepare a discussion paper and recommend a solution to their particular situation. A generic version of this document is downloadable here for those who are also interested in coming to grips with this growing problem area.

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