by Benard Makaa | May 10, 2016 | BMS, Lighting, Power
In the hospitality industry, guests’ comfort is paramount as it may be the only factor that determines if you are going to stay in the business for long.Traditionally the guest has been left to control their room micro environment. Enter guest room automation systems....
by Benard Makaa | May 10, 2016 | Biographies
by Benard Makaa | Apr 28, 2016 | Education
To help you develop ideas for your fifth or fourth-year project as an electrical engineering student, we have compiled a list of sample projects to act as a guide. We will continue to expand the list and provide more links. Enjoy. Automatic Counting and Control System...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 22, 2016 | Biographies
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) has been regarded as one of the greatest electrical engineers of all time. He was a Serbian American electrical engineer who is best known for his enormous contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) and electricity...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 22, 2016 | Biographies
This is a series of short essays on the lives of electrical engineers and those who had a major influence in the electrical engineering field be it electrical engineers or scientists. It gives their short biography and some of their memorable quotes/epithets. This...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 21, 2016 | Electrical Interviews
Most of the questions here are concerned with the following topics: MOTOR TESTS MEASUREMENTS Give examples of tests done on motors. The following are some important electric motor testing items: Electric Motor Impulse Testing Electric Motor Rotation Testing Wound...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 21, 2016 | Electrical Interviews, Uncategorized
The questions are wide ranging and the following are some of the topics which can be tested. GSM Architecture and UMTS Architecture: Explain all the interfaces. You can be asked to draw the block diagram of a packet GSM and UMTS network and name all the interfaces....
by Benard Makaa | Apr 21, 2016 | Electrical Interviews
The questions are mostly on lighting and power design for building structuresTopics discussed include the following:Three-phase generation and supply: The supply to houses and other small buildings is by an underground ring circuit from local sub-stations. Supplies to...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 21, 2016 | Lighting
To retrofit refers to the act of substituting new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones. Property managers and owners are becoming energy conscious and they are looking into ways of saving on energy costs. Particularly they are asking lighting designers to...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 21, 2016 | BMS
Thirty percent. That is the amount of energy the average commercial building wastes. It also been established that buildings account for 40% of the world’s energy use. A buildings energy consumption has a big impact on climate change and business. An “intelligent...
