Soaring energy costs and the climate crisis have reshaped how we look at progress.

New solutions need sustainability at heart. So much so that energy consumption has become a key purchasing factor for cameras. We spoke with Kent Fransson, Global Product Manager PTZ, and Rickard Gudbrand, Product Specialist PTZ at Axis about the new Axis Q-line products launching with a new power saving functionality. Available from June, the new low power mode can reduce power demands by as much as 50% in certain temperature ranges.

«Specialist technology like ours needs to keep its internal temperature round about 20 degrees,» explained Kent. «We, like all our industry peers, get around this by simply installing minute heaters within our products.»

The problem was, heating is one of the most intensive forms of energy use. But facing wide temperature swings, removing the heater was not an option. This customer was using mobile units carrying huge batteries to keep things running.

«Some even had solar panels to help maintain the charge», he continues. «But energy consumption is trickier to manage than you imagine. The only thing we can really do is try to lessen the amount of energy demanded on the battery.»