Broadband challenge harvests efficient ideas
Two of the College's research staff in the Department of Engineering who specialise in telecommunications and sustainable energy systems recently shared the main prize for the inaugural Eckermann-Telecommunications Journal of Australia Broadband for Environmental Sustainability Challenge.
In their paper, Broadband Communication Enables Sustainable Energy Services, Drs Haley Jones and Michael Dennis propose that broadband communications could be used to support distributed generation and intelligent appliances that rationalise energy usage, reducing emissions and costs.
"As people around the world become more attuned to the environmental sustainability issues that confront us, it is important that the role of engineers in society to help solve these problems is highlighted wherever possible," said Dr Jones.
"This competition particularly highlights the role of technology in dealing with sustainability issues. And winning the prize is very exciting because it gives us visibility in this burgeoning area," she said.
Dr Dennis, a keen advocate of engineers making a powerful difference in the environment, agreed advising that the Department of Engineering at ANU has world-class courses on Systems Design and Sustainable Energy Systems, and that in his role on secondment from the Fenner School he is helping to improve training in areas like energy efficiency.
Read the full article in the Canberra Times, "Broadband challenge harvests efficient ideas", 4 February 2008
Read the full article in the Canberra Times, "Broadband challenge harvests efficient ideas", 4 February 2008
