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Kiwi Stories

Energy efficient stories

Passive solar home 3D-printed in Auckland a world-first

Auckland visitors can inspect a world-first solar passive house with 3D printed concrete walls, built to cut energy use and boost resilience.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Fri, 24th Feb 2023

Digital twins

Optimising today’s workspaces with digital twins

Hybrid working is driving up waste and costs in offices, as building managers struggle to predict occupancy and energy demand.

By Michael Curreen • 4 min read • Fri, 2nd Dec 2022

Sustainability

Flexible office development progressing at Sylvia Park

Demand for flexible space outside Auckland's central city is driving pre-leasing at Kiwi Property's $63 million Sylvia Park development.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Sun, 27th Nov 2022

Risk & Compliance

The explosive risks working with heat-pumps, air-cons & fridges

Businesses retrofitting flammable hydrocarbon refrigerants into existing cooling systems face a heightened fire and explosion risk, WorkSafe says.

By Michael Curreen • 4 min read • Thu, 10th Nov 2022

Clean technologies

Tech critical to reduce emissions

Digital tools could deliver 42 per cent of New Zealand’s 2030 emissions cuts, yet they were omitted from the government plan.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 8th Nov 2022

Schools

New building code requirements come into effect

Builders face higher glazing costs as phased energy-efficiency rules force homes and other buildings to meet tougher R values from Thursday.

By Michael Curreen • 4 min read • Fri, 4th Nov 2022

Data Analytics

Collaborative procurement drives sustainable outcomes

An alternative deck-on-pile design for Eastland Port's Wharf 7 has cut new piles by half and avoided 593 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 15th Sep 2022

Private Cloud

Data centre growth to increase worker shortage

Tech firms are warning that rising demand for cloud services will worsen New Zealand’s shortage of skilled IT staff as hyperscale centres expand.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Tue, 6th Sep 2022

Data Analytics

Is it time to reinstate the Government Architect?

Thousands of new townhouses could be built without design oversight as rapid housing intensification looms across New Zealand's major cities.

By Staff Writer • 6 min read • Mon, 27th Jun 2022

Supply Chain

What Budget 2022 means for rail

Budget 2022 will fund ageing locomotives and tracks, but critics say it largely brings New Zealand rail up to where it should already be.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Sun, 22nd May 2022

Clean technologies

Cutting-edge solutions to building waste

Recycling rates could rise as new sorting and shredding systems help construction waste avoid landfill and recover more valuable materials.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Wed, 18th May 2022

Global Stories

Energy efficient stories

Robotic Process Automation

2032 digital substation market to be US$14.11 billion: FMI

The digital substation market was valued at US$6.5 billion in 2021. It is expected to be US$14.11 billion by 2032, growing at a 7.3% CAGR from 2022 to 2032.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Mar 2023

Storage

Pure Storage unveils energy-efficient data growth solution

Pure Storage launches FlashBlade//E, a cost-competitive, energy-efficient scale-out unstructured data system to manage exponential data growth.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Thu, 2nd Mar 2023

Power / Energy

Solar energy expansion is heading sky high

As solar energy takes off, Australian businesses benefit from low installation costs, boosting the country's solar market.

By Andrew Birch • 4 min read • Fri, 16th Dec 2022

Virtualisation

IBM LinuxONE servers help clients reach sustainability goals

IBM unveils LinuxONE Emperor 4, a highly scalable server that reduces energy consumption by up to 75% and has a smaller carbon footprint.

By Zach Thompson • 5 min read • Thu, 15th Sep 2022

DataCentre infrastructure

Q&A: Nnaisense talks AI and energy efficiency for data centers

Artificial intelligence is being used to improve energy consumption at data centers, with hopes of lowering costs and meeting climate change goals.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Fri, 3rd Jun 2022

DataCentre infrastructure

Legrand unveils Nexpand, a data center cabinet platform

Legrand has unveiled a new data center cabinet platform, Nexpand, to offer the necessary scalability and future-proof architecture for digital transformation.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Thu, 19th May 2022