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- Comprehensive ESPC Includes Solar Upgrade at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in salt lake city
- The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City is a 120-bed, 1,200,000 sq. ft. facility built in 1951. Reduce energy consumption and costs. Improve indoor air quality and patient comfort. Reduce energy utilized within waste stream management. Select Johnson Controls to develop an energy savings facility improvement program that...
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- Super ESPCs Case Studies
- This case study highlights on the need to reduce energy and water use at Hill Air Force Base, which is subjected to extreme temperatures during summer and winter in its desert location north of Salt Lake City. The main objective was to focus on lighting and HVAC systems, which are...
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- Hybrid Systems Offer the Best of Both Worlds: For Ventilation, Opening a Window is no Longer Sufficient
- The article describes about Hydronic systems. One of the best things about a hydronic system is that you don't have air blowing around dust and other particulates. But that's also one of the problems, because there's no air movement. The result can be stagnant air, particularly in a smaller room...
- White papers 2000-10-02
- Lake City High School, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
- Surrounded by picturesque mountains in scenic Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Lake City High School connects to the environment through its GeoExchange (geothermal) heating and cooling system. They feel their new GeoExchange system was the most environmentally friendly heating and cooling system choice. The result included improved ventilation rates, cold weather, and...
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- Process Model Improves Wound Care Turnaround Time
- With a robust quality improvement program in its Emergency Department (ED) since 1998, LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, has frequently used the routine analysis of operational data to improve its care for subsets of patients. Initiatives have successfully addressed pediatric patients with fever, acute coronary syndrome patients,...
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- Hunting Season: Feds Try to Protect the Little Guy From Payroll Tax Predators
- In the first and, so far, last instance of the IRS and the Justice Department taking a payroll company to court, a federal court in Salt Lake City issued a preliminary injunction in April 2003 appointing a receiver to shut down a company called Provident Management Group. Provident allegedly failed...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- Rock Salt Texturing
- 'Rock salt' texture is a weathered decorative finish to concrete slabs. Coarse rock salt is pressed into the concrete surface after finishing and is then washed away once the concrete has hardened. The finish may be used to replicate the subtle weathering effects on rocks exposed to the elements. A...
- White papers 2002-10-14
- Mountain America Credit Union (MACU): Credit Union Cuts Maintenance Downtime to Enhance User Experience
- Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mountain America Credit Union provides financial services to state and local government employees as well as some of the state's leading corporations. It wanted to decrease the time needed to failover from one node to another on its Microsoft Exchange Server cluster and give...
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- Installation of Reverse Osmosis Unit Reduces Refinery Energy Consumption
- The Flying J Petroleum Refinery, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, processes 25,000 barrels per day (BPD) of crude oil. The Flying J Petroleum Refinery replaced its hot lime softener, which removes hardness and alkalinity from boiler feed water, with a reverse osmosis unit. The benefits of this replacement project...
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- Warehouse Advantage Suite Reduces Labor Costs by 15 Percent at Overstock.com
- Overstock.com, a leading Internet retailer of name-brand surplus and close-out merchandise headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, specializes in selling first-quality merchandise at deep discounts, including housewares, electronics, sporting goods, travel/leisure products, gifts, toys and jewelry. Overstock.com management was looking for a highly adaptable, comprehensive and automated warehouse system that...
- Case studies 2004-06-16
- NaTRI-HIB Salt Block Inhibitor Resolves Salt Problems in a Producing Well in Michigan
- A pumping well in Michigan had suffered with salt deposition problems since it had been drilled. The production was up and down (with much down time) as the salt deposits were regularly washed out with fresh water. Early efforts to shut-off the water production proved to be unsuccessful. NaTRI-HIB salt...
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- Lost Circulation Solutions for Sever Sub-Salt Thief Zones
- This paper reviews the method applied to avoid lost circulation in the sub-salt thief zone and discusses the time and cost savings obtained. Significant challenges exist when drilling through and below salt formations. The thief zone at the base of the salt can introduce severe lost circulation and well control...
- White papers 2002-02-12
- Lake Forest Hospital 3.2 MW CHP Application
- High electric utility costs and frequent power interruptions inspired Lake Forest Hospital of Lake Forest, Illinois to consider generating its own electrical power. In its first year alone, the CHP plant saved the hospital $640,000 in energy costs while reducing the power interruptions from 50 down to two. The electric...
- White papers 2003-03-21
- The Lake Wobegon Economy
- From the executive summary: ‘Successful companies act as if they live in a Lake Wobegon economy. Regardless of industry, companies enjoy beautiful opportunities for growth in revenue and earnings. All can deliver above-average performance by creating extraordinary value for customers and by taking over the weak. Discussions about the old...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- NaTRI-HIB Salt Block Inhibitor Applied as a Reservoir Displacement Squeeze in an Oil Producing Well Effectively Prevents Salt Block Problems
- Wells drilled and completed in a sub-sea environment frequently present challenges not encountered on land locations. Such was the conditions of this well drilled off the shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. Even though the well was capable of producing a high volume of oil and only a very small...
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- Industrial Application of Electrodialysis Reversal Systems
- Salt precipitation on membranes limits industrial application of total electrodialysis reversal (ERD) and asymmetrical electrodialysis (EDA). Two processes counteract in practice: salt precipitation intensification (in comparison with RO) due to electric field impact; and separation of precipitation from membranes with polarity and reverse hydraulic flows. It was determined that for...
- White papers 2003-01-30
- Engineered Wood Takes Center Stage in Austin's Palmer Events Center
- When the city of Austin, Texas decided to build a new community events center and parking garage in Town Lake Park, it faced several challenges. The projects had to be integrated with the master plan for developing the 54-acre park, and blend with the renovation of the existing performing arts...
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- Strategic Plan: An Overview
- This paper is an example of strategic planning at the community level—Friends of the Lake (FOL). The association formulated a vision for the Lake Linganore at Eagelhead on its condition for the next few years and outlining a road map for accomplishing the goals and objectives. Also, the strategy defined...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Basin Analysis Aids Exploration in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin
- The paper mentions that applying basin analysis and petroleum system modeling to the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin has the potential to significantly improve the success rate of exploration wells. It also informs that the northeastern Gulf of Mexico has been explored primarily by small- and medium-sized companies that typically do...
- White papers 2002-02-01
- Wireless Warehouse
- Associated Food Stores is using new wireless technology to increase profitability in an industry where margins are razor thin. Article states that if one is not convinced about the role of technology within the warehouse, especially when it comes to wireless, consider that Associated Food Stores (AFS) has...
- Case studies 2001-12-01
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