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Optimizing Solar Thermal Performance

Solar thermal energy appears poised for a renaissance in the United States, as the Obama Administration presses forward with its green energy agenda. But the revival could be short-lived unless solar hot systems are maintained properly.

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Perspectives on Energy Policy: Security, Economics, and the Environment

On March 18 and 19, 2009, Sandia National Laboratories and the University of California San Diego Sustainability Solutions Institute brought together 27 leaders from academia, government, and the private sector to discuss key energy policy issues and proposed values- and outcomes-based approaches to energy policy. The goal of the workshop was to bring together leaders from diverse backgrounds to identify promising areas for energy policy, based on the understanding of intersecting issues, assumptions, and priorities from the national security, economic, and environmental perspectives.

Whats on Your Sustainability Dashboard: Whitepaper

If you want a successful EHS and carbon management program, the perspective is simple. To stay ahead you must look ahead…through the dashboard, not the rear view mirror.

Shimadzu Total Organic Carbon Analysis

Shimadzu’s Total Nitrogen Module (TNM-1) analyzes Total Nitrogen in less than 4 minutes, requires no reagents or chemicals, and produces no hazardous wastes. Conforming to the American Society for Test Method’s (ASTM) D5176 procedure, the TNM-1 uses combustion oxidation and chemiluminescence detection.