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Buildings in Africa’s urban evolution

3 weeks ago | instrumentation.co.za | Mark Freeman |Anglophone Africa

IT in Manufacturing printer friendly versionBuildings in Africa’s urban evolutionAfrica is now an urban continent. In fact, it’s urbanisation is being heralded as a global megatrend, expected to rise to 60% by 2050, according to the Africa Union’s ‘Sustainable Urbanisation for Africa’s Transformation: Agenda 2063’. Indeed, with an average annual urban growth rate of 3,5% in the last 20 years, Africa has seen the largest urbanisation in the developing world.
Buildings in Africa’s urban evolution

1 month ago | engineeringnews.co.za | Mark Freeman |Anglophone Africa |Sheila Barradas |Sabrina Jardim

By: Mark Freeman - Offer Manager, Digital Buildings, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric Africa is now an urban continent. In fact, it’s urbanisation is being heralded a global megatrend, expected to rise to 60% by 2050, according to the Africa Union’s (AU) Sustainable Urbanization for Africa’s Transformation: Agenda 2063Indeed, with an average annual urban growth rate of 3.5% in the last 20 years, Africa has seen the largest urbanisation in the developing world, says the AU.
HPC – when art becomes life

Oct 28, 2024 | engineeringnews.co.za | Ben Selier |Secure Power |Anglophone Africa |Sheila Barradas

By: Ben Selier - Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider ElectricOscar Wilde famously said, “Life Imitates Art”. And whilst this saying has so many real-world applications, one good example is undoubtedly High-Performance Computing (HPC). Like the groundbreaking Sci-Fi movie, The Matrix, HPC uses immense computational power to create and manage complex simulations, exploring digital worlds where programs and systems are visualised.
Five financial wins of integrated EPMS & BMS solutions

Oct 23, 2024 | engineeringnews.co.za | Ben Selier |Secure Power |Anglophone Africa |Sheila Barradas

By: Ben Selier - Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider ElectricA key challenge facing data centres today is balancing operational efficiency with limited energy availability. In fact, a recent surveyrevealed that a third of IT and data centre managers are concerned about improving energy performance. In addition to energy challenges, operators are under pressure to expand data centres at unprecedented rates.
Why smaller scale BMS makes a lot of sense

Oct 17, 2024 | engineeringnews.co.za | Mark Freeman |Anglophone Africa |Sheila Barradas

By: Mark Freeman, Offer Manager, Digital Buildings, Anglophone Africa at Schneider ElectricThere’s a lot to be said for vertical scalability. The ability to reproduce the benefits of a largescale installation in smaller setting is certainly a major plus point. Particularly if you consider all the R&D, implementation and usage hours that go into large projects.
APC’s UPS technology still relevant after 40 years

Oct 15, 2024 | instrumentation.co.za | Ben Selier |Secure Power |Anglophone Africa

Electrical Power & Protection printer friendly versionAPC’s UPS technology still relevant after 40 yearsThis year, APC celebrates 40 years since introducing its first milestone UPS in 1984. This original model, the 750, used a lead-acid battery to provide surge protection and backup power for PCs, LANs and workstations. However, due to its high development cost, it did not sell as well as anticipated, according to Emanuel ‘Manny’ Landsman, who also co-founded the company in 1981.
HPC is here, but it needs to be of cool mind and body

Sep 30, 2024 | instrumentation.co.za | Ben Selier |Secure Power |Anglophone Africa

IT in Manufacturing printer friendly versionHPC is here, but it needs to be of cool mind and bodyIt reads like a paragraph from a Philip K Dick sci-fi novel; high-performance computing (HPC) can perform quadrillions of calculations per second. Quadrillions is a word we seldom hear or even fully comprehend. But, here we are, HPC can achieve it, catapulting us into a world with groundbreaking inventions, innovations and complex calculations.
Africa reaching important milestones to data centre greatness

Sep 17, 2024 | techmoran.com | Ben Selier |Secure Power |Anglophone Africa

By Ben Selier, Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider electricIt shouldn’t come as a surprise that Africa’s data centre market is attracting significant interest from foreign direct investment (FDI) and subsequent institutional investors. For one, the continent plays an important role in data centre developers’ efforts to meet their ESG (environmental, social, and governance) goals.
Blog: HPC is here, but it needs to be of cool mind and body

Aug 7, 2024 | cbn.co.za | Ben Selier |Secure Power |Anglophone Africa

By Ben Selier, Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider ElectricIt reads like a paragraph from a Philip K. Dick Sci-Fi novel; high performance computing (HPC) can perform quadrillions of calculations per second. Quadrillions, a word we seldom here or even fully comprehend. But here we are, HPC can achieve it, catapulting us into world with groundbreaking inventions, innovations and complex calculations.
HPC is here, but it needs to be of cool mind and body

Aug 6, 2024 | engineeringnews.co.za | Ben Selier |Secure Power |Anglophone Africa |Sheila Barradas

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