MDHHS: 3 drinking fountains at Wexford-Missaukee met state drinking water standards for PFAS | News
CADILLAC — Recent testing performed on potable water sources at the Wexford-Missaukee Career Technical Center showed PFAS levels met state drinking water standards. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Public Information Officer Lynn Sutfin said the results from three drinking fountains at the facility met the standards, but discussions on filters and additional sampling […]
JLL Acquires Energy-Efficient Prop-Tech Company
CHICAGO, IL – JLL has acquired Hank, an AI-powered, virtual engineering platform that autonomously optimizes commercial buildings’ management systems in effort to improve air quality, energy savings and comfort. The Sacramento-based Prop-Tech company’s system applies machine learning and AI to solve operational challenges within the commercial real estate industry, such as HVAC programming inconsistencies and […]
Survey: Indoor air quality a concern for North Americans
Savanta, a full-service research and insight consultancy agency, has released key findings from a North American survey, which evaluated participants’ perceptions of the safety of indoor air and water quality across a variety of building typologies. The survey of 1,165 participants, ages 18 and over across the U.S. and Canada, found that 73% of North […]
Rise in COVID cases prompts tribe to revert to Phase II ‘Safer at Home,’ Level 3
Lindsay J. Box, Southern Ute Indian Tribe Communication Specialist Southern Ute Indian Reservation — Due to the rise in positive case rate and one-week cumulative incident rate, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe reverts back to Phase II “Safer at Home”, Level 3 effective Thursday, Jan. 6. The Southern Ute Tribal Council adopted amended COVID-19 metrics […]
Arkansas Repertory Theatre upgrades air quality, ventilation systems
Little Rock’s Arkansas Repertory Theatre has upgraded its air quality control systems, increasing internal and external air exchange rates and adding advanced air purification technology. “We started in October and just finished up last week,” said Coty Vick, service and controls department manager at Jonesboro-based RGB Mechanical Contractors Inc., which did some of the work. […]
HOLMES: Keeping New Year’s resolutions close to home
Article content Last year was another challenging one, but I am hopeful that things will improve as this year passes. While most of our New Year’s resolutions centre on self-improvement, weight reduction, and going back to the gym — all of which are essential for a healthy mind and body — what about your home? […]
City of Harrison warns of possible leak in water system; urges residents to boil water | North Idaho Non-Stop News
HARRISON, Idaho – The City of Harrison has issued a boil water advisory after discovering significant murkiness in the drinking water distribution system. Currently, there has been no drop in pressure of the system. However, according to the release sent out, “A drop in/loss of water pressure creates conditions that could allow contamination to enter […]
WPI’s New Academic and Student Services Building To Be Known as Unity Hall | News
Within its five floors, the building brings together several computationally intensive academic and research disciplines that are hallmarks of what has become known as the fourth industrial revolution. It pulls together several student services, previously spread across the campus, creating the Student Academic Services Center: a “one-stop-shopping” nexus for students seeking everything from academic advising […]
Rhoads Energy launches new HVAC service group, Cool Crew – Reading Eagle
The Rhoads Energy Family of Companies announced the launch of Cool Crew, a new HVAC service group. The team consists of more than 50 service technicians from Rhoads Energy and its affiliate companies, including Boyertown Oil & Propane, E.G. Smith Inc., Mack Energy and Reilly & Sons. The move enables Rhoads, an employee-owned energy and […]
Flu Spreading in Montana. First Death of Season in Yellowstone Co
The last child to die in Montana due to influenza was more than 2 years ago when only one individual under the age of 18 passed away during the 2018-2019 flu season, according to a press release. Nationally, there were no pediatric flu deaths during the last week of December 2021, but this week Montana has […]