building monitoring Articles
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MadgeTech Sets Sights on 2021
Established in 1996, MadgeTech is a hidden gem in Warner, New Hampshire, silently supporting the community. Ask a local for directions and they would likely refer to it as “the old Knoxland building” right off exit 7. Despite being a directional landmark, not many people are aware of the innovative monitoring solutions being developed to ensure safety, quality, and efficiency that are ...
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12 Resources for Surface Water Quantity Monitoring
While surface water quantity has its challenges, it’s an essential part of understanding how our water sources can continue to support the many different uses and to track whether protection and restoration measures are working – and where they can be improved. To help save you hours of research and pondering, we’ve created 12 resources to guide you in your journey of designing ...
By OTT HydroMet
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National monitoring of water utility performance in France
Performance assessment has recently been applied to water utilities in France. Performance indicators (PIs) were initially developed as an aid to the control of public service delegation by local authorities. After a long process, a group of PIs was integrated into mandatory annual reports on service quality and price, in order to better inform utility users and reinforce the regulation of the ...
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Comprehensive monitoring of appropriate wastewater treatment at national and global level
Coordinator:Korea Environment Institute (KEI) Where: Palais des Congrès (Rez de Jardin Level)- PC 2 - Endoume 3 When: Thursday 15 March 1700 - 1900 Targeted audience: Policy makers, practitioners, service providers, civil society To build comprehensive monitoring system at national and global level is a great challenge but it must be achieved to improve public health. The ...
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Monitoring water quality at Nedereindse Plas - Case Study
Project Monitoring water quality at Nedereindse Plas Client Antea Group Implemented by Eijkelkamp Soil & Water Country The Netherlands Background information to building a monitoring network Antea Group was ordered by Ballast Nedam to test if dumping large amounts of sand into the Nedereindse Plas would affect the turbidity of the water in any way. In the course of a few weeks, ...
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10 Commandments of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) relates to a number of environmental factors inside a building that can impinge on the health, comfort, or work performance of the building’s occupants. Monitoring IAQ is vital because it is estimated that the average person spends 90% of their time breathing “indoor air”. PPM Technology and our partners Hinds International have identified ‘10 ...
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Effectiveness of water saving devices and educational programs in urban buildings
In this study different water saving measures (structural and non-structural) were implemented in different urban buildings. A monitoring program of water consumption was carried out to verify and compare the effectiveness of high-efficiency plumbing fixtures and educational programs in different types of buildings (two residential houses, two Middle Schools and two Sport Centres) located in a ...
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Monitoring the receipt of international climate finance by developing countries
The 2010 Cancun Agreements and 2011 Durban Outcome call for developing countries to register, monitor, and report on support received, and for developed countries to improve their reporting by using more complete climate finance reporting guidelines. Doing so will enable information on climate change finance from developed countries to be matched with information from developing countries. The ...
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How Frozen is Your Foundation? Risk Mitigation in Arctic Construction
Permafrost is a common thread among soils in northern climates. Permafrost soils fluctuate seasonally as the active layer, a roughly 1 meter thick section at the ground surface thaws each summer, creating dynamic hydrologic and thermal conditions. From the fall months through spring, the active layer freezes once again, creating a continuous depth of frozen soil, which in some locations ...
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Streamlining European biodiversity indicators 2020: Building a future on lessons learnt from the SEBI 2010 process
Measuring biodiversity in Europe Loss of biodiversity in Europe is a fact. Yet measuring the extent of the loss and the threat it poses is a challenge. Many European countries have been developing their own indicators to measure changes in biodiversity in their territory. At the same time, progress had also been measured at the global level. Ensuring consistency between indicators at national, ...
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Why monitor Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)?
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) relates to a number of environmental factors inside a building that can impinge on the health, comfort, or work performance of the building’s occupants. Monitoring IAQ is vital because it is estimated that the average person spends 90% of their time breathing “indoor air”. In order to accurately understand a building’s indoor air quality, it is ...
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An Opening of a Dialogue - European Commission Meets Manufacturers
Gasmet is an active participant in the preparation of European standards for emissions monitoring. On the 12th of September, we participated in the first official meeting between the European Commission and European emissions monitoring equipment manufacturers to discuss Directive-level issues. Read what this meeting was all about and what was its outcome. Meeting with Measurement Equipment ...
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Effects of Headroom on the Performance of the Displacement Ventilation System
IntroductionIn recent years an increasing amount of health evidence from building occupants has confirmed the existence of sick building syndrome (SBS). This is where occupants within a building begin to report feelings of nausea, headaches and general feelings of illness. Additional symptoms of this health problem include eye, nose and throat irritation, coughing and fatigue. The fact that most ...
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Danger: Are Your Electrical Single-Line Diagrams Out-of-Date or Missing?
Relax and let Schneider Electric experts manage and modernize your electrical SLDs for you The electrical distribution network is the “lifeblood” of an operating factory, industrial site, mission-critical facility, hospital, or any commercial building dependent on power to serve its business needs. Safe, effective operation and maintenance (O&M) of the power system is an ...
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Carbon dioxide monitoring for food processing
Application Carbon dioxide monitoring for food processing Equipment G100 CO2 analyser Location Okehampton, UK Customer Kerry Foods Requirement The customer was looking for a CO2 monitor to detect small changes in CO2 levels in the headspace above food products stored in stainless steel tanks. Operation The Kerry Foods plant processes food ingredients, such as fruit conserves and ...
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Levelogger Edge Data Verified in Harsh Conditions of Antarctic Tidal Study
From April 2013, through December 2013, a Levelogger Edge was used in an Antarctic Tidal Study to monitor sea level fluctuations in the Davis Sea, Antarctica. A unique monitoring setup was implemented for the successful installation of the Levelogger Edge in these extreme climatic conditions. A monitoring shaft was created in the shore ice just off the coast of Antarctica. A special insulated ...
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How To Implement Remote Tank Level Monitoring With Tank Cloud
With Tank Cloud, you can implement remote tank level monitoring in a number of ways. The system is designed to be flexible enough for an OEM and reliable enough for end-users with critical applications. But to simplify the matter, there are really three ways to go about implementing Tank Cloud: Traditional Wired Integrating With Wireless Working With A Remote Monitoring Provider Each has its ...
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Noise at Work Regulations - making sense of them & measuring sound
Tips on how to measure sound and manage the noise measurement process Join the noise experts Pulsar Instruments on their face-to-face training courses and gain vital insight into how to manage the noise measurement in the workplace under the Noise at Work Regulations. The one-day courses, delivered by Pulsar Instruments, are intended to meet the needs of those new to noise at work measurement ...
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New network of weather stations in Sheffield - Case Study
OTT HydroMet is installing fifteen automatic weather stations as part of the University of Sheffield’s Urban Flows Observatory, which is led by the Departments of Civil and Structural Engineering, and Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE). The monitoring sites are conveniently located at Sheffield schools, and data from the stations will contribute to the project’s wider ...
By OTT HydroMet
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UN’s Technology Mechanism launches first project in Chile
The first research project to be funded under the UN’s Technology Mechanism, a process that supports the development of technologies that can help mitigate climate change, has kicked off. The project, which involves designing a network to monitor Chile’s biodiversity in the context of climate change, began the week before the UN’s COP 20 climate summit (1-12 December) in Peru. ...
By SciDev.Net
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