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Sustainable Performance
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Picture Programming Packs a Punch
Some Machines and Their Controls Seem Poised to Adopt Graphical Programming Apps in the Same Way Apple's iPhones and iTouches Do It

2009 Readers' Choice Awards Winners
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The Choice
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White Papers: In Depth Research

Making permanent Savings Through Active Energy Efficiency
Author: Schneider Electric
Posted: 08/21/2009
This white paper argues strongly that meeting greenhouse gas emissions targets set within the Kyoto Protocol will fail unless Active Energy Efficiency becomes compulsory.

Active Energy Efficiency is defined as effecting permanent change through measurement, monitoring and control of energy usage. Passive energy efficiency is regarded as the installation of countermeasures against thermal losses, the use of low consumption equipment and so forth.

It is vital, but insufficient, to make use of energy saving equipment and devices such as low energy lighting. Without proper control, these measures often merely militate against energy losses rather than make a real reduction in energy consumed and in the way it is used.

Everything that consumes power – from direct electricity consumption through lighting, heating and most significantly electric motors, but also in HVAC control, boiler control and so forth – must be addressed actively if sustained gains are to be made. This includes changing the culture and mindsets of groups of individuals, resulting in behavioural shifts at work and at home, but clearly, this need is reduced by greater use of technical controls.

Growing a Green Corporation
Author: Schneider Electric
Posted: 08/04/2009
Meeting the next great disruptive challenge of the 21st century.

Since the Industrial Revolution our society has been driven by an increasing pace of change in business and technology. Every decade or two we have faced a new and disruptive event that challenges business and creates opportunities-the locomotive, the electric light, the automobile, the airplane, the television and the computer, to name a few.

But the greatest disruptive event of the next 20 years may come, not from a single invention, but from the world around us-that is, climate change.

How your business responds to the climate challenge can either differentiate you from the competition and launch new and successful products, or make you the focus of consumer backlash and eroding margins.

This paper will explore the environment as a disruptive force in business, examine the consequences of inaction, and propose the benefits of a proactive environmental policy. It will describe increasing levels of investment that a small company, an enterprise or an industry can make to address the challenge and develop a business case. The paper ends with a concrete roadmap to lead you from today's "business as usual" to a long-term sustainable approach to growing a Green corporation.

After reading this paper, business leaders in every industry will have an understanding of how the environment will impact their business, how to make changes to mitigate the negative impacts and how to explore business opportunities in this new and exciting sustainable world.

How to Design Low Power Wireless Sensor Networks
Author: Wim De Kimpe, CTO GreenPeak
Posted: 01/23/2009
Driven by the demand for “green” technology and better use of power, a new generation of extreme low power wireless networks is being developed for use in machine to machine networks, for industrial and control applications, as well as for health, security and other purposes. This article is about this new approach towards truly wireless networks – without any network cables or power lines.

Planning for the Successful Integration of Substation Communication
Author: GarretCom
Posted: 02/22/2008
This article outlines many of the requirements of an integrated network and the tools available to plan and implement a successful integrated substation network.

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