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Danny PauleyEnvironmentally conscious South Australian builder Danny Pauley has won the only individual award in a national competition for excellence in green building design and construction.

Presented by the Housing Industry Association (HIA) this month, the GreenSmart Professional award acknowledges Danny for the success of his building business Energy Aspect Living during the past five years. Set up in 2007 by Danny and his wife Donna Bartsch, Energy Aspect Living reviews environmental considerations with every client to ensure the best outcomes for both the client and the environment.

The HIA GreenSmart Awards recognise industry members who build or design environmentally-friendly homes, find solutions for water and resource efficiency or create new products for the building industry.

Danny Pauley said he and Donna had started Energy Aspect Living out of frustration at the limited choice of environmentally-sensitive building designs, and builders who carried this through to construction. “Our approach came from the way we would want our own house built, “ he said.

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Cohda WirelessThe US Department of Transport (USDOT) has selected technology from Australian company Cohda Wireless for its largest real-life test of cars talking to cars to improve road safety.

Last month, USDOT Secretary the Honorable Ray LaHood announced, in a joint press conference with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), that the Safety Pilot Model Deployment of 2880 cars is underway. This deployment, the largest real-life test of cars talking to cars, uses the latest wireless technology for safe and secure connectivity.

After extensive testing, Cohda Wireless, a global player in providing complete connectivity solutions, was selected by the USDOT to provide a wide range of devices for this pilot.

The USDOT website describes connected car technology - or V2V (Vehicle-to-Vehicle) communications: “Eventually, each vehicle on the roadway... will be able to communicate with other vehicles and that this rich set of data and communications will support a new generation of active safety applications and safety systems. V2V communications will enable active safety systems that can assist drivers in preventing 76 percent of the crashes on the roadway, thereby reducing fatalities and injuries that occur each year.”

These applications proposed by the USDOT could potentially saves lives - Emergency Brake Light Warning, Forward Collision Warning, Intersection Movement Assist, Blind Spot and Lane Change Warning, Do not pass Warning, Control Loss Warning, all enabled by Cohda technology.

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John ConvillAustralian software developer QIMS has achieved global success with its iPhone/iPad app that uses the Internet to allow two-way communication between your phone and popular Mobotix security cameras.

Dubbed Q-Cam Professional, the $8.49 app for both iPhones and iPads is a remote monitoring application designed primarily for the remote monitoring and control of Mobotix cameras. Using the Mobotix MXPEG protocol, Q-Cam Pro allows live audio and video from the camera to the app via either wired or 3G Internet access.

The software also contains a simple “Speak” function which provides two-way voice communications directly with speaker-equipped cameras. Launched first for cameras made by Mobotix, the world's largest manufacturer of megapixel network video surveillance systems, Q-Cam Pro will soon be able to operate with a range of other branded IP video security cameras. Setting a new benchmark for customer engagement,

Q-Cam Pro was developed by Chris Lawrence, the founder of Hackney-based QIMS (Quality Information Management Systems), with input from Mobotix reseller Vision Security Services.

Vision Security Services Managing Director of John Convill said Q-Cam Pro provided customers with complete peace of mind by delivering security-on-the-go. “The app works perfectly to take full advantage of the the camera’s flexible interface,” he said.

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