Global Contact.

Issue 4-2008.

Global Contact is KEMA’s worldwide quarterly magazine that is distributed among 15.000 of KEMA’s clients and relations. Global Contact is a broad platform. It includes news from around KEMA as well as articles providing insight into today’s critical energy and utility trends and topics, and the divers projects KEMA and her clients are working on.  

This issue features:

 ‘Our High Voltage Lab is a high-tech factory’ - Bas Verhoeven, General Manager of the High-Voltage Laboratory, is constantly looking for ways to reduce lead times for the lab’s clients. This quest has led to the construction of the innovative new High-Voltage Laboratory.  

Belgiumprepares for a roll out of smart meters - Energy efficiency is vital to the realization of European policy on climate change, security of supply and the internal energy market. And KEMA plays a key role facilitating and advising on the use of one of the main efficiency-promoting tools: smart metering.  

Achieving Energy Efficiency Targets in Ireland - Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) commissioned KEMA to provide a detailed examination of Ireland’s energy efficiency potential. The main task was to provide an assessment of the demand side management (DSM) potential.  

Safe LEDs - KEMA has therefore recently started using a special device to check the photobiological safety of light emitting diodes.  

Quality revolution in China - Always alert to trends, KEMA is increasing the breadth and depth of its test and certification service offering in China.  

On the road -KEMA’s two emission measurement trucks travel from site to site to answer environmental  questions - testing flue gases from power plants, refineries, cracking plants, boilers and various other process installations.  

Hour of truth for British power generation -The Britisch power generating sector is in need of a wide range of consultancy and other expert support services, of the kind available from KEMA.  
 
Create green buildings for everyone within a generation- LEED is the ‘de facto’ international standard for new and existing buildings. It addresses all green issues in a single integrated concept. KEMA has become a certification body for this system.