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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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A weekly look at the World *The oldest profession seems to be suffering less than most in the economic downturn. Economist Sudhir Venkatesh has been studying the sex industry since the 1990s, and says that high-end prostitutes see an upturn in trade when previously successful businessmen...
The New, Expanded Gallup Daily; New numbers on the election, the economy, well-being, and health every day
Synopsis: The Gallup Daily is expanding beyond the election and consumer confidence to include new daily measures on Americans' standard of living, the U.S. job market, well-being, and health. Since the start of this year, more than 7 million people have visited Gallup.com for the most current data...
Use of Bible by jury not prejudicial, court rules
HOUSTON AP -- East Texas jurors wrongly used a Bible during deliberations in a capital murder case, but there isn't enough evidence to show they were prejudiced when they decided to send the perpetrator to death row, a federal appeals court said. The ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court...
American Standard Bathroom Habits Survey Shows We're Multitasking, Even in the Bath
Busy Consumers Aren't Just Taking Care of Business; They're Checking E-Mail, Using Cell Phones and Listening to iPods While Still Striving to Conserve Water PISCATAWAY, N.J., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- There was a time when a stack of magazines located near the commode was enough to occupy...
America's face evolves, blurs, ages
The number of minorities in the USA is growing so briskly that non-Hispanic whites will lose their majority status in 2042, years before demographers had previously projected, according to Census data released today. The population is surging on almost all fronts, the new figures show. There will be...
No discovery deps allowed: a recent case underscores the importance of taking a party's evidence not discovery - deposition if he or she may die before trial
The Illinois Appellate Court garnered some comment from practitioners in the blogosphere when it explained the difference between discovery and evidence depositions in a recent case, Berry v American Standard, Inc, 888 NE2d 740, 2008 WI 2132141 (5th D). Though all justices on the appellate panel joined in the result,...
CSA International signs agreement with VDE to provide testing services for European market
CLEVELAND, OH, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- CSA International, a leading certification and testing organization, today announced that it has signed a reciprocal product testing agreement to provide testing services in North America and Asia, on behalf of VDE, for products destined for European markets. A similar reciprocal agreement allows...
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Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services: 541611
