White House Move Signals Major Tech Shift for Real Estate Industry – Commercial Observer

White House Move Signals Major Tech Shift for Real Estate Industry – Commercial Observer

In late March, the Biden administration unveiled a new initiative with the potential to impact our country’s health and infrastructure on an unprecedented scale. The Clean Air in Buildings Challenge implores building owners to improve their indoor air quality (IAQ) through improvements to HVAC and filtration. While the ask seems simple enough, it marks the […]

Nice/Nortek Control Announces Software Upgrade 8.7 for ELAN Control Systems – rAVe [PUBS]

Nice/Nortek Control Announces Software Upgrade 8.7 for ELAN Control Systems – rAVe [PUBS]

Nice/Nortek Control announced the release of its Software Upgrade 8.7 for ELAN Control Systems. New features include Direct Control functionality, Bluetooth player capability, an entirely new subcategory of utility products integration and integration with the 2GIG EDGE Security Panel. The new Direct Control feature claims to allow ELAN Remote Controls to communicate natively with an ELAN […]

Health Officials Stress The Need, Importance for Organ Donations

Health Officials Stress The Need, Importance for Organ Donations

ST. CLOUD — Every nine minutes someone is added to the organ transplant list. April is Donate Life Month and area health officials are hoping to spark the conversation about donation and transplantation. Jennifer Seifert is the Director of Patient Care Support at St. Cloud Hospital. She says unless someone is personally affected, we often don’t […]

Mapleton to receive $3.6M for Moorefield Water System Renewal Project

Mapleton to receive $3.6M for Moorefield Water System Renewal Project

Federal government is funding $1,995,840, the Provincial government is funding $1,663,034 and Mapleton is funding $1,330,726 NEWS RELEASE TOWNSHIP OF MAPLETON ***************************** On Thursday April 14, 2022, the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario announced recipient funding for water infrastructure projects through the Green Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. […]

Del Mar to consider increased electric standards for new construction

Del Mar to consider increased electric standards for new construction

The city of Del Mar could become the latest city to adopt Reach Codes that have electrification requirements for new construction and major remodels. The new requirements are known as Reach Codes because they reach beyond the minimum state standards. The specifics of a potential set of Del Mar Reach Codes, including costs, are to […]

Indoor green wall affects health-associated commensal skin microbiota and enhances immune regulation: a randomized trial among urban office workers

Indoor green wall affects health-associated commensal skin microbiota and enhances immune regulation: a randomized trial among urban office workers

Rook, G. A. W. Review series on helminths, immune modulation and the hygiene hypothesis: The broader implications of the hygiene hypothesis. Immunology 126, 3–11 (2009). CAS  Article  Google Scholar  Von Hertzen, L., Hanski, I. & Haahtela, T. Natural immunity. Biodiversity loss and inflammatory diseases are two global megatrends that might be related. EMBO Rep. 12, […]

Environmental Justice Win on Chicago’s SE Side

Environmental Justice Win on Chicago’s SE Side

The years-long fight shed light on flaws within the City and State’s Industrial Permitting Process Gina Ramirez speaking outside the County Building on Clark Street in Chicago after the announcement that General Iron’s permit was denied The most intense environmental justice fight of my life, which led to years of advocacy by my neighbors and […]

6 Environmentally Friendly Products for Earth Day

6 Environmentally Friendly Products for Earth Day

In recent years, sustainability and protecting natural resources have become increasingly important for consumers concerned about their impact on the environment. Many consumers weigh the environmental impact in many of the choices they make, including in the products used in their homes. In honor of Earth Day 2022, BUILDER is highlighting six products that deliver […]