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Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
Co. is an electric, gas and steam utility which serves over 1,056,000 electric customers in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, approximately 420,500 gas...
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Introduction to Photovoltaic Energy Systems
Most of Wisconsin's power is generated by coal-fired (70%), nuclear (23%) and, increasingly, natural gas fired power plants. These energy resources are finite. Solar energy is clean and abundant, and can meet Wisconsin's growing demand for energy. Photovoltaic energy systems (sometimes referred to as "solar power") are devices that use...
Tags: Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities, photovoltaics, solar energy, Wisconsin, natural gas, semiconductor
White papers
Welcoming With Wood: Wisconsin Visitors Center Incorporates Glulams in Design
An architecturally-impressive facility greets tourists from all corners of the U.S. and abroad as they enter Wisconsin near the Illinois border. The 10,000-square-foot center has a rustic, natural appearance through the use of glulams, exposed roof decking and native stone. A grand glass entrance with wood accents rises 27 feet...
Tags: Corporate governance, truss, Wisconsin, board
Case studies
Science, Technology and Imagination
Dean Foods Co. is rolling out a fresh, new packaging redesign through a year-long million-dollar promotion. The Dallas-based company's Dairy Group is launching this "New Look" campaign at several thousand participating grocers in the Chicago; Green Bay, Wis.; Indianapolis; Madison, Wis.; and Milwaukee metropolitan areas. The comprehensive campaign will include...
Tags: Stagnito Communications, Wisconsin, print advertising, radio
White papers
Improving Several Fan-Driven Systems in an Oriented-Strand Board Manufacturing Facility
Louisiana Pacific Corporation is a producer of oriented-strand board OSB in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. It completed a fan system optimization project resulting in substantial energy and cost savings. Originally, some of the process equipment used in the Tomahawk plant was designed and installed in an OSB plant in Colorado. After the...
Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Wisconsin, manufacturing, cost savings, board
Case studies
'Moove' Over, Soda
Is milk replacing soda in schools? Recent findings show that milk is inching out other beverage choices in school vending machines throughout the country, especially in America's Dairy land ? Wisconsin. Indeed, two-thirds of Wisconsin's high schools have milk vending machines. And milk product selections in today's modern machines are...
Tags: Food & Beverage, Stagnito Communications, soda, beverage, Wisconsin, cookie
White papers
Template For Transition - Initial Plan
This is a template for transition - initial plan.
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Tools & templates 2007-11-30
Discipline Business Validation Rules
This is a template for discipline business validation rules.
Tags: Wisconsin
Tools & templates 2007-03-01
Wisconsin Hospitals Committed to Quality Improvement
The hospital industry has a long history of commitment to their core product, patient care. Wisconsin hospitals are leading the charge to improve the quality and safety of the care they provide to their customers. Over the past five years, the pace and dedication to this agenda has accelerated in...
Tags: HEALTHCARE, Wisconsin, hospital, health care, patient
White papers 2005-08-30
Rehabilitation Industry Benchmarks and New Approaches for the Future
Community Rehabilitation Programs CRPs operating today face many challenges in their quest to improve the quality of employment-based rehabilitation programs provided for individuals who have disabilities. The rehabilitation industry aspires to be responsive and committed to implementing solid business practices driven by: the need to continually obtain and implement input...
Tags: industry
White papers 2005-06-08
Labor Supply Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit: Evidence From Wisconsin Supplemental Benefit for Families With Three Children
This paper examines the labor market consequences of the Earned Income Tax Credit EITC, comparing labor market behavior of eligible parents in Wisconsin, which supplements the federal EITC for families with three children, to that of similar parents in states that do not supplement the federal EITC. Data come from...
Tags: National Bureau of Economic Research, Wisconsin, benefit, tax
White papers 2005-06-01
Commodity Dairy Industry Profile
The U.S. government has provided support to dairy producers through a price support program, federal and state milk marketing orders and direct government payments. Milk production has shifted within the United States. During the 1990s, growth occurred in the Pacific Northwest, mountain states and western regions of California. During the...
Tags: Iowa State University, Wisconsin, California, U.S., marketing
White papers 2004-09-01
Enforcement of Tavern Video Gambling Laws
The biennial state budget act, 2003 Wisconsin Act 33, passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Jim Doyle on July 24, 2003, gave the Department of Revenue sole responsibility for enforcing state laws relating to having five or fewer video gambling machines in licensed alcohol beverage establishments. However, county...
Tags: officer, video
White papers 2004-04-01
Washington Park Library: Geothermal Heat Pump System
When Milwaukee's Finney Library was rebuilt and opened as Washington Park Library in April 2003, it featured additional computers, community meeting space, an expanded collection of materials and a unique geothermal heat pump system to heat and cool the library. The heat pump system is one of the first vertical...
Tags: geothermal energy, Wisconsin, computer
White papers 2003-06-01
White Paper on the Biotechnology Cluster
The Wisconsin Biotechnology Association represents more than 90 biotechnology companies scattered around the state. We can report that the biotechnology cluster in the state of Wisconsin is growing and significant opportunities exist to grow this cluster much more rapidly. In this paper we point out that employees' in biotechnology companies...
Tags: Wisconsin, biotechnology, biotechnology company, cluster, income, tax
White papers 2002-10-16
Marketing and Policy Briefing Paper: Rethinking Dairyland
This is the third in a series of brief reports that document the current state of the Wisconsin dairy industry and evaluate factors that will influence its evolution. This installment addresses the Dairy Price Support Program and Federal Milk Marketing Orders, which are the primary methods of direct federal intervention...
Tags: University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, processor, marketing, environment
White papers 2002-09-01
Rethinking Dairyland: Background For Decisions About Wisconsin's Dairy Industry
This paper analyzes benefits and costs for the U.S. and Wisconsin dairy industries stemming from international trade in dairy products. The focus is on the URWTO agreement and the NAFTA, and on benefits and costs as commonly perceived by dairy industry participants - not on broader economic efficiency and welfare...
Tags: Free trade, Wisconsin, NAFTA, benefit, U.S., agreement, analysis, environment
White papers 2002-08-01
Tomorrow's Technology Today: Dairy Dimensions
Wisconsin has long been known as America's Dairyland, producing more milk than any state except California and the most cheese in the nation. So it should be no surprise that Wisconsin is also home to one of the largest, most active and most productive dairy research centers in the U.S.ùthe...
Tags: Dairy Management Inc., Wisconsin
White papers 2002-06-22
Heating Your Home With Wood Pellets
Around the state and across the country, people are turning to wood pellet stoves and furnaces for comfortable home heating. Wood pellets are made of wood left over from sawmills, wood products manufacturing and construction. This wood has traditionally been land filled, but with modern palletizing techniques it is recycled...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, technique
White papers 2002-06-17
Meeting Wood Industry Energy Needs With Waste Wood
Wisconsin is fortunate to have a thriving wood-based products industry. Both sawmill and wood products companies find that the abundance of timber makes Wisconsin a good place to do business. However, many of these companies are unaware that wood is also a proven renewable energy resource. The wood waste that...
Tags: Wisconsin, renewable energy, environment
White papers 2001-02-02
Paper Pellets for Industrial Fuel
Around Wisconsin, many industries are turning to paper pellets for their fuel needs. Paper pellets are made of industrial waste paper headed to landfills. This article shows, how with the help of modern palletizing techniques, it can be recycled to provide an excellent fuel for co-burning with coal or wood.
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, technique, industry
White papers 2001-02-02