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07/24/2012
Save time, money, and the environment on your next asphalt paving project with full-depth pavement reclamation. Also known as asphalt pulverization, full-depth reclamation is a construction rehabilitation technique of removing the distressed layer of existing asphalt, blending it with the existing stone base, and creating a recycled usable base for the new asphalt.
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10/18/2012
By using a few simple and low-cost solutions, you can easily curb your vending machine’s impact on the environment. Try any of these strategies when selecting a vendor, requesting a machine upgrade, or modifying your existing unit.
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04/19/2013
Contractors are reporting high use of safety practices, but fully-inclusive programs are not yet taking place in smaller firms, according to a new study by McGraw-Hill Construction on safety management in the construction industry. Can smaller firms just not afford the same safety commitments? Are the solutions available and affordable?
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04/22/2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Green Power Partnership has released an updated list of the Top 50 organizations that are choosing to use electricity from clean, renewable sources.
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06/21/2012
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06/08/2012
The cost of managing a building can be measured by the cost per worker, per square foot. Reducing that cost, however, requires a more in-depth building analysis. Integrating a thermal imaging-based people counting system can evaluate an office building’s utilization, for example, with a layered approach. Rather than apply sweeping changes to an entire building, the system intricately studies specific areas.
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10/30/2012
With the worst of Hurricane Sandy now passing the eastern seaboard, Entergy's Indian Point Energy Center and James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in New York, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts and Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Vermont have all safely endured the storm. Did the grid hold? Are there lessons for facility managers and building owners here as well?
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05/21/2012
The EPA and NASCAR are teaming up to promote green initiatives and sustainability.
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03/25/2013
All facilities are subject to thermal loss, moisture intrusion, and equipment failures – do you have the right tool to track these problems?
Thermal imaging cameras were once common in utility and industrial plants, but commercial buildings have just as many opportunities to benefit from thermography.
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06/01/2012
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has announced plans to invest up to $120 million over five years to launch a new Energy Innovation Hub, establishing a multidisciplinary and sustained effort to identify problems and develop solutions across the lifecycle of critical materials.
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