Electrical Engineering Solutions

Power metering – crucial for successful energy management (31/08/11) 

Intelligent metering is increasingly being accepted as a vital tool for successful energy management and therefore for the effective administration and control of tenant billing. 

“Metering is invaluable in helping a property owner or landlord to achieve his goals for energy measurement, tracking and ultimately overall management,” says Bradley Hemphill, Managing Director of Electrical Engineering Solutions (EES).  EES is a leader in designing and project managing Information Technology (IT) solutions for the built environment.

In an intelligent building solution, why certified, structured cabling? (06/05/11)

“As engineers or integrators and builders, we are all becoming aware of the trend towards an integrated ‘single-platform’ or structured electronic cabling system for buildings.  But what we are not necessarily clued up on is the way quality, consistency and sustainability is being managed by the various stakeholders.”

Converged networks and the retail environment (17/02/11)

Before we dive into a discussion about possibilities and case studies of converged networks and happy retailers, let’s recap on some past knowledge-sharing from Electrical Engineering Solutions (EES) and the team.

“A converged network is a single integrated IT network and structured cabling system which supports numerous building automation applications and services,” says Bradley Hemphill, Managing Director of EES.

SA airports now offer a more streamlined and efficient passenger experience (05/11/10)

The airport infrastructure upgrades for South Africa’s three leading airports, OR Tambo International Airport, Cape Town International Airport and King Shaka International Airport, were all completed in time for the 2010 World Cup.  However, while the upgrades were fast-tracked to meet World Cup deadlines, the airports have in fact for some time needed to be upgraded to enable them to cope with the volume of passengers using them in peak periods each year.

It’s time for technology and construction to talk (13/10/10)

“If we in South Africa are to consider ourselves an industrialized nation and ensure we are able to support a sustainable, growing economy, which encourages foreign investment, we will need to invest heavily in infrastructure.”

This is according to Bradley Hemphill, Managing Director of Electrical Engineering Solutions (EES), a leader in project managing the provision of technology solutions to the built environment.

IT for intelligent building notches up Green points (06/10/10)

It is probably fair comment to state that we are living on the cusp of a Green technology revolution. But before we get too shaken up by revolutionary ideals, let’s take a look at what it’s all about.

A Green building is a building constructed in such a way that it mitigates ongoing negative environmental impact.  How to define and assess the Greenness of a building was considered highly subjective, until the US Green Building Council (USGBC) introduced the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) rating system in the United States in 1998.  Following on from this our very own Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) introduced its own system in South Africa in 2008, the Green Star SA rating tool.

The World Cup has brought infrastructural spinoffs to the South African hotel, hospitality and tourism industry, which went to tremendous lengths to meet the needs of World Cup visitors who came here from all corners of the world.  It is vital now to harness the expertise that went into developing this industry, and make every effort to keep this momentum going.

Building commissioning yields energy savings

Rapidly spiraling electricity costs in South Africa have resulted in an emphasis on and research into energy saving systems.  A relatively new system, that of ‘building commissioning’, is proving to be an effective strategy in reducing long-term energy usage and costs, and decreasing global warming emissions from buildings.