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Minnesota School Combines Indoor Air Quality With Energy Efficiency
Students and teachers in Red Wing, Minnesota are enjoying a new high school that uses the latest in efficient, quiet HVAC technology to provide optimal indoor air quality. While the increase in outdoor air supply could not come too soon for those who are sensitive to poor indoor air quality,...
New Office Facility Uses Custom Air Handlers to Maintain Ideal Work Environment
Beverly Enterprises and its operating subsidiaries comprise a leading provider of post-acute health care in the United States. The Tracer Summit system enables Don Stewart, supervisor of facilities engineering, to main comfort and ventilation levels at the high standards set by Beverly and the system designer. Employee comfort and well-being...
SAS Institute Opts for "Cadillac" HVAC System
After more than 20 years in business, SAS Institute is the largest privately owned software company in the world and one of the top 10 largest independent software vendors. The SAS Institute campus now includes 16 buildings, most of which were built using split-system heat pump HVAC systems. The SAS...
Quiet Comfort and HVAC System Security Featured at New Enterprise Rent-A-Car Headquarters
The title is claimed by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, based on its total rental fleet size and number of offices. Enterprise takes a lower public profile than many other firms, yet is aggressive in its growth and goals. The privately-owned company is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The computer facility is one...
Preserving the Past for the Future
Providing a comfortable environment for Monticello visitors is important, but the HVAC system is critical to preserving the structure and the priceless artifacts found within. Monticello was first air conditioned in 1954, but the HVAC system had not been significantly upgraded until 1994. It now uses a chilled water system...
Washington Monument Restoration Features New HVAC System
With the National Park Service's $4.4 million public/private restoration of the 144-year-old Washington Monument nearly complete, and as scaffolding comes down, the official re-opening of the monument is scheduled for Summer 2000. Summer Consultants Inc., of McLean, Virginia, designed the new air conditioning system, working with engineers at Trane office...
The Octagon Gets New HVAC System
The Octagon, in the heart of Washington DC, has seen not only sun, rain, lilac and larkspur during its nearly 200 years; it has also played an important role in the history of the United States and of the world. Included in the work was installation of the latest in...
Pro Player Stadium Now has Cooling and Electrical Capacity to Spare
Miami's Pro Player Stadium is one of only a few sites in the U.S. and Canada that host both professional football and major league baseball. The stadium building includes six theme restaurants as well as the preparation and holding areas for grandstand and luxury box concession services. The stadium was...
Queen Mary Pampers "Passengers" With U.S. EPA Award Winning Air Conditioning System
Recent updates to the Hotel Queen Mary's air conditioning system are helping to ensure that the ship's guests are kept comfortable while providing the hotel owners with award-winning and HVAC industry-leading efficiency and operating energy savings that will top $100,000 per year. Today, the Queen Mary is served by land-based...
Birdville High School Campus-North Richland Hills, Texas: Geothermal System Proves to Be Buried Treasure of Birdville High
Located in the Fort Worth, Texas suburb of North Richland Hills, Birdville High School BHS makes a real presence among the expanding residential and commercial areas developing around it. The Birdville Independent School District BISD was faced with a number of challenges when designing the HVAC system for BHS. The...
Goal of University HVAC System: High Comfort, Low Profile
Located in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, Santa Clara University provides an oasis of calm beauty and traditional academic achievement. The school has also achieved a reputation for its beautiful and functional campus. The university places high priority on the function of the campus as a safe and comfortable...
Ice Storage Passes the Test at ETS Campus
ETS is an internationally recognized organization that creates, administers and evaluates a wide range of educational placement and achievement tests including the SAT, the Graduate Record Examination GRE and the Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEFL. ETS moved to this site in 1956 and has an experienced facilities...
Plainfield High School Learns New Lessons: Plainfield, Indiana
Plainfield High School, near Indianapolis, Indiana, has learned new tricks to keep the faculty and students comfortable, improve the school's indoor air quality and reduce energy consumption. The HVAC equipment and controls upgrade was a bit more complex and was the main challenge. Mussett Nicholas was able to meet these...
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WABCO Wins Top Supplier Award for Commercial Excellence From Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in Brazil
BRUSSELS and SAO PAULO, Brazil, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WABCO Holdings Inc. today announced that WABCO has been honored with a supplier award for "Commercial Excellence 2007" by Volkswagen VW Commercial Vehicles in Brazil where VW's global headquarters for its truck and bus division are...
Boomer Retirement Trends
Long Term Projected Rise in Healthcare, Gas Prices and Cost of Living Have Boomers Looking Abroad for Retirement LOS ANGELES -- An ever-increasing rise in the cost of living has Boomers concerned about life after work. In search of affordable healthcare, reasonable gas prices, and...
InBev to File Consent Solicitation Statement to Provide Anheuser-Busch Shareholders a Direct Voice in Proposed Combination at $65 per Share
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InBev (Euronext: INB) announced that it will file later today a preliminary consent solicitation statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission seeking to remove each member of the board of directors of Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. and provide...
Herb Alpert and Lani Hall Sign With Ted Kurland Associates Booking Agency for Worldwide Representation After Sold-out Tour
LOS ANGELES, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Legendary trumpet player Herb Alpert and his wife, internationally renowned GRAMMY-winning singer Lani Hall, have signed with the Boston, MA-based booking agency Ted Kurland Associates TKA for worldwide representation. TKA will exclusively represent Alpert and Hall both for their performances...
AeroGrow Announces New Board Members
AeroGrow International, Inc. (NASDAQ: AERO)("AeroGrow" or the "Company"), makers of the AeroGarden® line of indoorgardening products, announced that it has appointed four new members to itsBoard of Directors, Linda Graebner, Peter Michel, Suresh Kumar and MichaelDingman, Jr., bringing significant additional depth and breadth ofexperience to its Board. Linda...
WABCO Earns Top Quality Award from KAMAZ, Russia's Largest Manufacturer of Commercial Vehicles
BRUSSELS and MOSCOW, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WABCO Holdings Inc. today announced that WABCO (http://www.wabco-auto.com/) was named "Best Supplier 2007" by KAMAZ, the largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles in the Russian Federation. The only non-Russian supplier to be awarded, WABCO provided consistently outstanding levels of...
Blood money
IoS Investigation: Mugabe's investors The MPs cashing in on Zimbabwe's misery Cameron faces hypocrisy charge Tory frontbenchers are among those with shares in companies accused of propping up the violent - and now illegal...
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Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services: 541611
