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RIA Members Create Cleaning Solution for Flood Damage
2013-02-18 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
A number of RIA members have partnered with All Hands Volunteers to create The Sandy Solution, a cleaning solution designed to remediate houses with mold growth as a result of flooding from Hurricane Sandy. Depending on building conditions and needs of homeowner, solution offers stepped approach to repair the damage. Unlike other cleaning solutions used in flood cleanup, The Sandy Solution uses a foam generator to apply anti-microbial cleaners. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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United Kingdom: Government to relaunch bidding for flood defence
2013-02-18 04:38:20| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Environment Agency will re-launch the bidding process for a lucrative flood defence contract after fears that the original tender suffered similar technical flaws to those that caused the West Coast Mainline fiasco. The rail-franchise failure, which saw Sir Richard Branson nearly sue the Government for awarding the 5bn contract to FirstGroup before that decision was overturned, sparked a review of wider government procurement. This is understood to have led to the flood defence process...
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Lightweight LED Flood Light adapts to 12 or 24 Vdc input.
2013-02-14 14:26:15| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Offered in 30° or 60° beam angles, 180 x 140 x 105 mm GL-FD30-V2 utilizes Philips Lumileds LED chips, consumes 27 W, and can be paired with solar panels. Models GL-FD30-V2-WW (3000K, 85 CRI) and GL-FD30-V2-CW (5700K, 70 CRI) respectively offer DC input voltage ranges of 11–15 Vdc and 22–30 Vdc as well as luminous flux ratings of 1,570 and 1,900 lm. Areas of use include transportation as well as other indoor/outdoor residential, commercial, and industrial external lighting applications. This story is related to the following:Electronic Components and DevicesDisplay and Presentation EquipmentLED Lights | Light Emitting Diode (LED) Lamps |
Government wants Opry flood lawsuit dismissed
2013-02-14 08:09:36| Electronics - Topix.net
An attorney for Gaylord Entertainment Company argued in federal court Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers was negligent in its response to massive flooding in 2010 along the Cumberland River that damaged its property including the Grand Ole Opry.
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Climate change impacts absent from redrawn flood maps
2013-02-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: When the federal government released updated flood maps for the New York City region last week, residents were shocked to find that the number of houses and businesses in the region's flood zone had doubled since the maps were last revised, in 1986. But it now appears that those maps might have underestimated the extent of New York's flood risk, because they don't factor in the effects of future climate change. Scientists say that by the 2080s, sea levels off the city's coast could rise by as much...
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