health-care Articles
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The angelini group makes GEM its steamtrap of choice
The international pharmaceutical and health-care group, Angelini, has made Thermal Energy International Inc’s GEM venturi orifice steam trap its steam trap of choice following three years extensive testing. Now Angelini’s pharmaceutical plant, located in Ancona in central Italy, has instructed its staff and maintenance contractors to replace its mechanical traps with the GEM venturi ...
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A holistic approach to harness renewable energy
The healthcare industry is being called upon to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build more climate resistant infrastructure through the U.S. Office of Climate Change and Health Equity’s (OCCHE) Health Care Sector Pledge. As a result, healthcare facilities will need to incorporate clean energy solutions such as distributed generation to make good on this commitment. With this comes key ...
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Nigeria Receives Incinerator from Private Donor
WHO has stated recently that over 15% of all medical waste that is disposed of through incineration is done in poor quality machines that are releasing harmful pollutants into the atmosphere. Inciner8 have been supplied medical waste solutions to Nigeria since 2013 to address this problem. The model in use in this video is the i8-M60, our custom built medical incinerator reaches temperatures in ...
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Medical waste incinerators are the next logical step for many countries - Case Study
Worldwide medical waste incinerators are making a huge difference to waste control, many clinics and hospitals that just a few years ago either buried or burned their medical waste are now utilising the benefits of incinerators to help them take the next step toward better health. Even generating heat and hot water and in some larger cases electricity generation are available. ...
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Finding US stimulus dollars for your private property conservation project
By partnering with Federal Agencies, state and local governments and nonprofit organizations involved in larger scale conservation projects, individual property owners can greatly increase Stimulus opportunity. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), The Stimulus Bill, injects an unprecedented flood of funding into U.S. Government programs and initiatives. But, is there really any ...
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Pfizer – Andover - 10 MW CHP System - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: Andover, MA MARKET SECTOR: Biotechnology FACILITY SIZE: 950,000 square feet in 7 buildings FUEL: Natural gas PRIME MOVER: Two 5 MW Solar gas turbines POLLUTION CONTROL: SCONOx emission control system using a proprietary catalyst OPERATION: 24/7 SYSTEM CAPACITY: 10 MW, 80,000 lb steam/hour ANNUAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION: 51,000 MWh USE OF THERMAL ENERGY: Manufacturing ...
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Every company needs a corporate energy manager
Guest blog Vice President of Sustainability Consulting, Groom Energy www.groomenergy.com Why do so many companies fail to capitalize on the abundant opportunities to save money through improved energy purchasing and efficiency? One reason may be the lack of high-level positions for energy management at many companies. This is a practically a "no brainer" because the position can often ...
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Mobile Incinerators for Medical Waste
Incineration is typically used for the disposal of pathological and pharmaceutical waste. Pharmaceuticals found in surface, drinking and ground water can have a detrimental effect on aquatic life and possibly on human health and development, making incineration the preferred method of disposal opposed to drains or landfill. Sources of medical waste include hospitals, clinics, dental surgeries, ...
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California Must Take Back Its Power - Literally
We Californians are watching our state burn. Our houses are literally on fire, and yet we should not be surprised. Our current “new normal” is an utterly predictable consequence of global warming. While the climate crisis fueling our wildfires is the direct result of the fossil fuel industry’s profit-driven corporate greed, another culprit, one that has for years valued moneyed ...
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San Diego VA Hospital - 4.6 MW CHP System - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: San Diego, CA MARKET SECTOR: Hospital FACILITY SIZE: 1,030,000 square feet FACILITY PEAK LOAD: 6.8 MW EQUIPMENT: 4.6 MW Solar Turbines Mercury™ 50 gas turbine, absorption chiller FUEL: Natural Gas USE OF THERMAL ENERGY: Space and autoclave heating, absorption chilling and domestic hot water CHP TOTAL EFFICIENCY: 64% ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS: Less than 5ppm NOx TOTAL ...
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A new EE resource: Distributed people
Energy efficiency is often described as the invisible resource. It improves our energy supply without any of the usual industry trappings: smokestacks, wind turbines, transmission lines and poles. This is one of its virtues.But efficiency’s invisibility also causes problems. Because it operates out of sight – inside walls, underneath lampshades, and in factory motors — efficiency tends to attract ...
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Reducing hospital costs through energy efficiency
The energy and healthcare industries share a mutual woe. Both are experiencing meteoric price increases. The Alliance to Save Energy projects a household’s energy costs will be about $6,300 this year, representing about 13% of median pre-tax earnings. Meanwhile, the National Coalition on Health Care reports that medical costs rose 6.9%— two times the rate of inflation last year with total ...
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Rotunda Hospital -Making strides in energy management through ISO 50001 case study
The Health Service Executive (HSE), one of the largest energy users in the country is engaged with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to develop an overall strategic plan for improved energy performance in all public healthcare facilities. As part of these activities the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin has been steadily reviewing its energy usage and costs over the past few years. The ...
By Enerit Ltd
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Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts: Siloxane Removal
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts have long been involved with recovering landfill and digester gas for energy to power turbines and internal combustion engines. Their experience led them to identify performance issues associated with these gases. One particular challenge is siloxanes. Cyclic organic silicon monomers (siloxanes) used in the manufacture of personal hygiene, health care and ...
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Building Envelope Design for Optimization: Leveraging BEM and Energy Simulation Capabilities
When it comes to energy efficiency in building and occupant structures like Homes, Offices, Healthcare facilities, etc, the first things that come to your mind are probably the efficiency and use of HVAC systems and the lighting within a facility. However building envelope is arguably the first place to start with as this is where the maximum potential for exploring and implementing energy saving ...
By TrueCADD
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World Population Hitting 7 Billion
The number of people in the world is expected to reach 7 billion by the end of October 2011. Our rate of increase continues to slow from the high point of over 2 percent in 1968. Still, this year’s 1.1 percent increase means some 78 million people will be added to the global population in 2011. The human population did not reach 1 billion until the early nineteenth century, and it took ...
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Revolutionary Education: PV Powered
Travel around rural Latin America and you’re sure to see schools without basic educational tools, let alone electricity. Not in Cuba. More than 34,000 children in rural areas of this small Caribbean island are reading, writing, and watching educational videos using the power of the sun. Cuba’s commitment to education is astounding. Although many countries have obligatory schooling, Cubans take ...
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Outlook 2020: Fuels & Petrochemicals Will Continue to Help Humanity Thrive
A 15-year rise in U.S. exports of refined products continued in 2019 with our nation exporting more than ever, underscoring the importance of these products to fueling a growing world. In the latter half of this decade, we’ve also seen U.S. petrochemical production capacity grow, and exports for petrochemicals and petrochemical feedstocks rise as well. It’s difficult not to see these ...
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Solar construction and retrofitting obligation for all buildings and structural systems?
Climate-active despite Brexit Great Britain has declared the "climate emergency" - just like London, Los Angeles, Oakland, Vancouver, Basel, now Constance - while in Germany even in some environmental protection circles there are discussions about whether the word should be used at all. And about what a “climate emergency” is supposed to mean and bring about. On the Brexit-shaken ...
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Mobilizing to save civilization: What you and I can do
One of the questions I am frequently asked when I am speaking in various countries is, given the environmental problems that the world is facing, can we make it? That is, can we avoid economic decline and the collapse of civilization? My answer is always the same: it depends on you and me, on what you and I do to reverse these trends. It means becoming politically active. Saving our civilization ...
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