Keeping it under control
Recently one of our AGGAT programme partners signalled the need to invest in a cost-effective control system for their Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) plant – a seemingly simple request… or…
Stepping up from platform to market
Paul Allen co-founder of Microsoft recent said in a statement. “That’s the thing about new platforms: when they become easily available, convenient and affordable, they attract and enable other visionaries…
Vitamin ‘Sea’ – the worlds renewable energy supplement?
The ocean is not only vast, beautiful and integral to all known life on Earth, it also represents a potential goldmine for renewable energy generation. But like many emerging energy…
Kicking off the first steps of a great relationship with NZGA
Mounting international pressure has forced many countries to re-look their commitment to climate change, with the recent Paris Agreement in December 2015 adopting the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate…
Where is AGGAT at today?
Since its inception in 2012, the AGGAT Technical Advisory Board has been committed to driving advances in above ground and allied technologies for the long-term benefit of those involved in…
Can New Zealand play a part in the Paris Agreement?
“Yes We Can” says the recently held and aptly named symposium of low carbon associations – of which HERA is an active part. As a research levy funded organisation, R&D is…
Meet Audsley Jones
If you’ve been to Christchurch in the past five years, the chances are you’ve seen some form of diagonal steel bracing in one or more of the city’s buildings. The…
Update – Industry policy direction for building product conformance endorsed
During the last month, HERA asked members to endorse or reject a draft policy statement that “all critical building work independent of building material should be required to have reliable…
Number crunching delivers novel solutions
Resolving industrial problems through our heat transfer research. May302016 Three dimensional image of heat exchanger to be used with the model of a single tube from the heat exchanger, and…
Could we be part of a quiet revolution?
Quite simply put – yes we can! Low enthalpy-based power generation has recently seen a number of new entrants into its research and development sphere – strongly reaffirming its untapped potential.…
Specific design for multi-storey light steel framed buildings
HERA has significantly progressed the ongoing research work on this project initially reported in October 2015. This two-year research project is BRANZ Levy-funded and HERA is working in partnership with the…
Metal NZ’s Gary Hook take on safer manufacturing
The new Workplace Health and Safety legislation has been in force for a month and a good level of discussion has been happening within business circles. Certainly directors, owners and…