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Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland - Case Study

Project Name: Antietam National Battlefield Product: Gravelpave2 wheelchair accessible trail Application: Pathway to Outdoor Restroom City: Sharpsburg State/Province: Maryland Install Date: July 2010 Install Size: 40 m2 (426 sq ft) Address: 5831 Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg, MD Client: US National Parks Service Designer: Ben Wagner Contractor: Ben Wagner, Facility Operations ...

Jan. 26, 2011

By Invisible Structures, Inc.

Unilever - Ben & Jerry`s - Case Study

Icecream factory to derive green energy with BIOPAQ®AFR and THIOPAQ® An all-in-one anaerobic system which converts industrial wastewater with fats, proteins and hydrocarbons into biogas. The BIOPAQ®AFR (which is called “The Chunkinator” at Ben & Jerry’s) represents the best environmental and commercial option for reducing the environmental impact of the site ...

May 24, 2018

By Paques Technology B.V.

South East framing review

Drilling a borehole on a farm can cost less than a conventional water supply and cut the carbon footprint from pumping and treating mains water. "There is an environmental as well as a cost argument for drilling a borehole,' said Ben Nicholls, joint managing director with his brother Richard of Nicholls Boreholes, which is based in West Sussex. Nicholls Boreholes is in an office on an organic ...

Mar. 1, 2012

By Nicholls Countryside Construction

Building an education campaign

Hillsborough County is one of the largest communities in Florida. The County has more than one million residents, 240,000 households and covers more than 1,000 square miles of land. Yet, participation in curbside recycling was relatively low and tonnages had remained flat over the last four years. In the summer of 2009, the County Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) partnered with the ...

Jun. 1, 2010

By Waste Advantage Magazine

American Industrial helps Knife River construction with Cornell Technology

American Industrial of Livermore California emphasizes first-class customer service, in acquiring and retaining pump system customers. For the last 8 years, they have brought that customer service focus to their relationship with Knife River Construction. Knife River, operating an aggregate sand/gravel plant in Marysville California, is the ninth largest aggregate producer and the sixth largest ...

Jun. 27, 2012

By Cornell Pump Company

Cultural world heritage threatened by climate change

From the Statue of Liberty in New York to the Tower of London or the Sydney Opera House – sea-level rise not only affects settlement areas for large parts of the world population but also numerous sites of the UNESCO World Heritage. This is shown in a new study by Ben Marzeion from the University of Innsbruck and Anders Levermann from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. ...

Mar. 5, 2014

By The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Sometimes we need to just pause and marvel at this place called Earth

Amid the daily deluge of bad news about the environment (Another species lost! Hottest year ever! Air pollution warning!) it’s easy to forget just how beautiful the planet is. This film by Ben Sturgulewski of Sturgefilm takes the viewer on a breathtaking aerial tour of Alaska during the summer of 2014. Sturgulewski is a director, cinematographer and storyteller who was born on a remote ...

Nov. 13, 2014

By Ensia

Ocean acidification ‘could have consequences for Millions’

Ocean acidification could have serious consequences for the millions of people globally whose lives depend on coastal protection, fisheries and aquaculture, a new publication suggests. Ocean acidification could have serious consequences for the millions of people globally whose lives depend on coastal protection, fisheries and aquaculture, a new publication suggests. Writing in Emerging Topics ...

Apr. 26, 2019

By Environmental News Network (ENN)

Companies from Chanel to Ben and Jerry’s are benefiting from the new “carbon insetting” trend

Ten years ago, serendipity set Tristan Lecomte on his path to planting millions of trees around the world. Lecomte was CEO of the French organic and fair trade company Alter Eco, and his eco-conscious consumers were pressing him about his actions on climate change. So Lecomte calculated his company’s carbon footprint and began planting trees in partnership with the Peruvian farmers who ...

Feb. 1, 2017

By Ensia

2B young and experienced

Untitled Document Christine Schuler was born with ‘scrap running through her veins’. Her parents owned Schuler Rohstoff, a family-owned metals recycling company in the south of Germany which, for the last 85 years, has been operating two scrap yards. As a child, she helped out at the yard during holidays and at weekends. After graduating from high ...

Jun. 1, 2005

By Recycling International part of Eisma Industriemedia BV

England’s new recycling road map

In the introductory comments to the 124-page ‘Waste strategy for England 2007’, the government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) hails ‘major progress’ in recycling rates since the year 2000 but immediately counters with the assertion that England’s performance on waste ‘still lags behind many European countries’. Designed to be a road map highlighting the possible ...

Sep. 1, 2007

By Recycling International part of Eisma Industriemedia BV

Metal additive manufacturing technology used for customised mountain bikes - Case Study

Metal additive manufacturing technology from Renishaw has enabled Robot Bike Co. to produce a novel design of mountain bike that can be customised to match the size and riding style of the rider. Background The Robot Bike Co. story started in the late 1990s when Ed Haythornwaite met two other bike-mad students, Ben Farmer and Ben Arnold, at Bath University. “We spent far too much time ...

Oct. 25, 2016

By Renishaw plc

Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory - Case Study

Sweet Rewards: new composite cutting blade and hydraulic ram enable us to overcome accessibility challenges Challenge Replace corroded cast iron pipes without disrupting a factory’s production line. Solution Our consultant Ben Patterson found water standing under the plant’s cleanout grilles. A thick, opaque soup of cocoa butter mixed with debris from the floors packed ...

Nov. 19, 2015

By Tric Tools, Inc.

Partech’s Watertechw2 pH8000 and Turbitechw2 sensors work wonders in China - Case Study

Built in Britain, recognised worldwide. The most recent Partech plaudits come from Ronghuai water group (Zhejiang province) who are currently using the Watertechw2 pH8000 and Turbitechw2 LA sensors in approximately 20 water plants across the country. The Fengtaihexi MBR water plant are using the same equipment in their demanding service to the world famous Beijing Garden Flower Expo Park, with ...

May 22, 2015

By Partech (Electronics) Ltd.

Acoustiblok® Quiets Well Motor Noise for California Water District

Acoustiblok recently resolved a noisy well motor issue that was affecting some nearby residents for Three Valleys Municipal Water District (Three Valleys MWD) in California. Ben Peralta, a Three Valleys MWD engineer working on the project said, “The new Acoustiblok All Weather Sound Panels perform better than the old barrier and are much better looking than the temporary barriers. We are ...

May 28, 2015

By Acoustiblok

Elliott-Lewis installs resurrected EVAPCO cooling tower for historic Philadelphia residence

Recreating Discontinued Model Makes for a Smooth Installation Downtown Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin House needed an HVAC overhaul but, like most historic buildings, had no room to expand. EVAPCO reached into its archives for the specs of the building’s original cooling tower and created a more powerful, up-to-date version for the same space, making the installation ...

Sep. 5, 2019

By Evapco Inc.

A1(M) Structure Drainage

Welwyn still requiring improvement to be brought up to motorway standard was the section between Rocstock and Stanborough. The aim here was to find an acceptable solution to a difficult problem, which would overcome the conflicting demands of highway, environment and local needs. The scheme chosen included, on environmental grounds, a 1150 metre long tunnel and in so doing created a ...

Jan. 24, 2000

By Terram - a Berry Plastics Company

DuPont Clean Technologies Selected for NioCorp Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project

DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) is pleased to announce that NioCorp Developments Ltd. has selected the MECS sulfuric acid technology for its Superalloy Materials Project in Southeast Nebraska. The MECS sulfuric acid plant will be designed to maximize energy recovery and emissions control to ensure best-in-class environmental performance. NioCorp has already obtained the major federal permits ...

Nov. 27, 2019

By Dupont

Air Sentry Breathers - M series

M-Series breathers are designed from heavy-duty materials capable of handling the requirements of the most severe environments. They replace the standard breather cap or vent tube on fuel tanks and fluid reservoirs. Pipe threads on the bottom standpipe make the units easy to install in moments. All M-Series designs have 2 micron pleated filters and silica gel bags that are ...

Mar. 17, 2017

By Enluse B.V.

Project - M/Y Belle Aimee

The M/Y Belle Aimée is a 52m (171 ft) luxury motor yacht that charters in French Polynesia. Built in 2010 by prestigious Dutch builder Amels, the Belle Aimée acquired its VideoRay Pro 4 as part of an interior and AV upgrade in 2013. Equipped with an HD camera, fiber optic tether, and manipulator arm, the Pro 4 is part of the Belle Aimée’s state-of-the-art dive center ...

Jul. 15, 2020

By VideoRay LLC