The Mission: Reducing energy use for multiple benefits

Mission Estate winery in Hawke’s Bay uses five times less energy to produce its wine than the average winery. This means there are cost savings, plus it reveals that the carbon footprint of the winery is very low in relation to other wineries. What’s the winery’s secret? Brent Clothier and Markus Deurer of Plant & Food Research talked with the company’s CEO and its winemaker to find out.

Thermal imaging for predictive and preventative maintenance

From those early days of Cold War intrigue right up to disease detection today, thermal imagery has become a very real science that is saving industries zillions of dollars by indentifying problems before they become critical.

Kiwi ingenuity and creativity come to the fore to light up efficiently

Kiwi ingenuity and creativity are coming to the fore to turn the drive for energy-efficiency into profitable business opportunities, as well as contributing to a reduction of  the pressures on our national grid and thereby our carbon output.

Switches and switchgear go “on” and “off” in tough times

Depending on who you talk to in the switches and switchgear sector in New Zealand right now you will get a mixture of "quiet", "steady as she goes" or "we are running around like blue-arsed flies making sure we meet our deadlines and don’t give the competition an ‘in’".

Enclosures make the electrical world go round

If you are in the market for quality products from global suppliers like Microplastics, EECO, Dinkle, Y-S Electronic, Hammond – the "Rolls Royce of enclosures", Sunon, Bivar, and Tecnodin, look no further than Albany-based, Hi-Q Electronics Limited – a family business with a difference.

Rural town heading towards energy self-sufficiency

Imagine if New Zealand households took their energy supply needs into their own hands, building their own wind generation and selling electricity back to the national grid. The downstream effects would be enormous, at both ends of the equation.