Following a highly successful preview at the Hannover Fair, Wieland Electric has launched wieplan 3.0, a powerful yet easy to use software tool for configuring DIN rail terminal block assemblies using Wieland components.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy states that the history of every civilisation tends to pass through three distinct phases; those of survival, inquiry and sophistication. The first phase is characterised by the question ‘how can we eat?’, the second by the question ‘why do we eat?’ and the third by the question ‘where shall we have lunch?’

How you design more sustainable, energy efficient buildings is probably the main challenge facing the global construction industry today. Throughout the world climate change and environmental issues are making front page news and with buildings accounting for 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions the pressure is on.

3D data models incorporate far more information for building services design than just a pretty picture. Brendan McFarlane of Data Design System explores the benefits of Industrial Foundation Class models for building services engineers.

We are constantly talking about the need to keep our office environments cool and the effects that overheating could have on the occupants within those environments. It is very rare however that we discuss the need to keep our computer systems cool. But when those systems are mission critical it becomes essential and we have to ensure that they remain working at all costs.

It's easy to see the appeal of a web-based building management system (BMS).It enables building services to be controlled and monitored from any location where Internet access is available,using only standard hardware such as a PC,pocket PC,or even a mobile phone.