Field notes · Compressed air efficiency

Written from physics and standards,
not a sales pitch.

Leak costs, benchmarks, diagnosis and detection methods for Australian maintenance and engineering managers: no invented case studies, no equipment to sell.

Cost modelling · 6 min read

How a Compressed Air Energy Cost Calculator Actually Works

Same leak, two calculators, two different numbers. The gap is almost always in the assumptions, not the arithmetic.

Sustainability · 7 min read

How Compressed Air Leaks Show Up in Your Scope 2 Emissions

Leak repair reduces purchased electricity, which puts it squarely in Scope 2, not Scope 1. Here's why that distinction matters.

Sustainability · 7 min read

ISO 50001 and Compressed Air: Why It's Almost Always a Significant Energy Use

Compressed air is one of the largest Significant Energy Uses in most industrial sites. Here's what that means under ISO 50001.

Sustainability · 7 min read

Why Compressed Air Leaks Are the Quickest Energy-Saving Win in a Factory

Every low-cost energy efficiency checklist has the same item near the top. It's not a coincidence.

Cost modelling · 7 min read

What Compressed Air Leaks Actually Cost in Australia

Most leak-cost figures online run on US electricity prices. At Australian commercial rates, the real number is three to four times higher.

Cost modelling · 6 min read

How to Work Out Your Real Cost per CFM in Australia

A defensible dollar-per-CFM-per-year figure depends on your tariff, your control strategy and your actual running hours, not a number off a chart.

Benchmarks · 6 min read

What's a Normal Leak Load for a Compressed Air System?

Well-run systems lose under 10% of output to leaks. Most sites are nowhere near that. Here's how to tell where yours sits.

Diagnosis · 6 min read

Is Your Air Compressor Running Constantly? Here's What That Means

A compressor that never unloads, pressure that sags at the far end, a second machine cutting in. Each symptom points somewhere specific.

Method · 6 min read

Why Soapy Water Doesn't Scale for a Whole-Plant Leak Survey

Soap solution works exactly where you already suspect a leak and can reach it, which rules out most of a distribution network at height.