By Heidi Schwartz, on March 29, 2006, at 8:03 am The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute announced that Owens Corning is the first insulation manufacturer to qualify for its GREENGUARD Product Emission Standard for Children and Schools. The certification includes Owens Corning faced and unfaced PINK fiberglass insulation batts and rolls, VaporWick® pipe insulation, flexible duct media, FoamSealR™ sill plate gasket, Foamular® and Celfort® extruded polystyrene insulation, metal building insulation ELAMINATOR® insulation system, Certified R and utility blanket, SOFTR® All-Service Fiber Glass Duct Wrap, and QuietZone® acoustic batts and floor mats.
The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute developed the school certification in response to rising concern over illnesses such as asthma and respiratory
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By Heidi Schwartz, on March 29, 2006, at 7:56 am To remain competitive, many businesses are adopting new information technologies and initiatives that depend on power and cooling technology for their reliability and performance. Yet, according to a joint Emerson Network Power/Continuity Insights survey, many business continuity executives may not be prepared for the affect of these technologies on their mission-critical systems. Three-hundred and twenty-one subscribers of Continuity Insights magazine responded to the survey, which addressed business continuity objectives and business-critical power and cooling systems.
The survey revealed the high degree of change occurring in IT today: 42% of respondents are planning to add blade servers. 69% are adding
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By Heidi Schwartz, on March 29, 2006, at 7:48 am Overall, U.S. employment growth continued to expand in March for both the manufacturing and service sectors, and hiring expectations for the next 30 days remain strong. The employment increase is attributed to typical seasonal hiring, however, the manufacturing growth is stronger than this time last year, and data indicates April employment growth for both sectors to be even greater than March. The findings are reported in March’s Leading Indicator of National Employment (LINE™), a collaborative effort between the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations.
Manufacturing employment continues to expand,
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By Anne Vazquez, on March 28, 2006, at 9:51 am This past January, the Responsible Solutions to Mold Coalition (RSMC) was formed with the goal of providing accurate information on how to prevent mold by controlling moisture in commercial and residential structures. Formed through a grant by USG Corporation, RSMC is currently comprised of 13 member organizations (see below for full list).
For recent Facility Blog coverage of this topic, see “CDC Mold Guidance Document”.
“While five years ago there was a dearth of information on moisture and mold control, just the opposite is true today,” said Frank Nunes of the International Institute for Lath and Plaster, an
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By Anne Vazquez, on March 28, 2006, at 8:48 am ABB Inc., a technology-based provider of power and automation products, systems, solutions, and services located in New Berlin, WI, offers tips to help reduce energy consumption of HVAC systems:
With soaring energy prices as the foil, motor drives are in demand like never before among commercial building users. This leads to the question: How do you harvest from the installed base of drives you already have for optimal performance?
Despite the economic advantages and energy savings available by using AC Variable Frequency Drives in HVAC applications, many building operators do not repair or replace drives when they fail; this
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