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January 13, 2011

By Kevin Heslin

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Our website is full of interesting features

ABMA Annual Meeting This Weekend

January 11, 2011

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The American Boiler Manufacturers Association (ABMA) will hold its annual meeting from January 14 to 17 at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort, Aventura, FL. That’s this weekend. The temperature, according

Water Quality Takes Center Stage

January 7, 2011

By Tim Fausch

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Blame it on the recession. Concerns over water quality seem to drop from the public’s radar for much of 2009 and 2010.

The Power of Creative Destruction

January 6, 2011

By Kevin Heslin

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Change is always a source of competition

ABMA releases statement on the MACT delay

January 4, 2011

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In December, the ABMA released a statement on the EPA’s delay in enacting the MACT maximum achievable control technology) rules for boilers. Yours truly reported from the summer ABMA meeting

Aliens Among Us: A Tribute to Engineers

December 23, 2010

By Tim Fausch

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I’ve been thinking a lot about engineers lately and concluded they must be alien beings. For reasons I do not understand, God sent these advanced life forms to earth to keep people like me from mass chaos. There must be an engineering angel whose job is to keep us from self-destruction.

Remember the People in Mission Critical operations

December 22, 2010

By Kevin Heslin

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Looking forward to 2011

The Evolution of Metrics

December 17, 2010

By Kevin Heslin

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New developments in how we evaluate data center performance

Road Warriors

December 8, 2010

By Kevin Heslin

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Check out our 2011 event calendar

Air conditioned stadiums? Qatar promises to tackle HVAC for World Cup

December 2, 2010

By Robert Beverly

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I am not a serious soccer fan. I really enjoy watching what I can of the World Cup every four years, and I like a little Premier League if I

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