The Zero Energy Home is here and copper is helping. The U.S. Department of Energy’s “Building America” program partners with home building companies and community groups to develop Zero Energy Homes-ZEH-that generate as much or even more energy than they use. Most homes depend on power from utilities such as electric and gas companies to […]
Paging Doctor Copper
The Wall Street Journal says Antimicrobial Copper is winning fans in healthcare because it keeps killing bacteria. A recent major article in the respected Wall Street Journal (WSJ) says copper “is good for your health” and that “more than 150 health-care and other facilities have installed antimicrobial copper alloy surfaces manufactured in the U.S. since […]
World’s 1st ‘Tesla Town’ In Australia
A new Melbourne precinct of smart homes & Tesla’s ‘Powerwall’ energy storage will also be Smart Wired. Being called ‘the suburb of the future’ YarraBend is a new riverside suburb only 6.5 kms from Melbourne’s CBD blending high-end homes and apartments, open space, green building and 21st century technologies. YarraBend becomes a world first ‘TESLA […]
Cool Japan
As Japan’s air conditioning market heats up, copper is helping it be energy smart too. Room-type air-conditioners are now an integral part of Japanese housing, often used in every room in the home and seen as essential for modern life. In fact despite warnings that the market had reached saturation point, sales keep rising-up from […]
Do We Give a Finkel?
A new blueprint to reshape Australia’s electricity market by Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel provides a workable platform to achieve energy security, reliability and affordability whilst also meeting our global carbon objectives over the next 30 years. A new blueprint to reshape Australia’s electricity market by Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel provides a workable platform […]
Korea Launches High Efficiency Motors
A high efficiency, compact motor using the copper motor rotor technology has just been launched by ICA Korea. Showcased at the ‘Global Electric Power Tech 2016’ expo in Seoul in May, the new motor is able to improve the energy efficiency and reliability of industrial induction engines without increasing their frame size, an important advantage […]
Get Up To Speed On Speed (Before It’s Too Late)
It’s no coincidence we’re giving away Cat 6 data cable twice a day at our ARC stand if you can answer one of the “101 NBN Questions You’re Customers Could Ask You” (just listen out for our horn during the day & come running). Cat 6 is all about delivering fast, reliable, always on broadband […]
Copper’s ‘No-Touch Disinfection Technology’
Antimicrobial Copper surfaces in a children’s hospital in Chile dramatically cut the presence of bacteria. The 12-month joint US-Chile clinical trial at the Roberto del Rio Children’s Hospital in Chile studied bacteria load on both eight surfaces-bed rails, bed rail levers, IV poles, tap handles and the nurses’ workstation-that were either standard or made from […]
Lets Make Our Homes Power Stations
We now have all the technology to make our homes really energy smart says John Fennell The UK government says it wants smart homes and gadgets to be connected much more closely with the electricity grid. A plan they say will help even out the ups and downs of energy supply and demand, and save […]
China Aquaculture Adds Copper Protection
ICA China and local aquaculture companies are putting copper nets to the test. The recent Asia-Pacific Aquaculture Expo 2016 in Xiamen, China was a prime opportunity to showcase the latest advances in copper alloy netting to the world. ICA China’s booth-with the theme “Copper Alloy Cage and Copper Weir helping China to achieve Healthy Aquaculture”-highlighted […]
Smart Home Walls Falling
For years one of the biggest obstacles to a real smart home market was the fact that nothing much worked with anything else. help make that happen. In other words companies tended to work in digital silos with different systems and gadgets often locked up behind proprietary walls. But that’s now looking like a very […]
Hospital Shows How To Fight Bugs With Copper
A U.S. hospital loves its Antimicrobial Copper surfaces so much they made a movie about them. Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Iowa’s largest hospital serving 40,000 residents, has been installing antimicrobial copper touch surfaces to actively fight germs and stop the spread of infections between patients, staff and visitors. But they’ve been so impressed with the […]
