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January 2008

This Issue's News Stories

1. Energy efficiency building guide available online
2. 2008 Star of Energy Efficiency awards call for entries
3. LexisNexis Climate Change Center offers news and analysis
4. Consulting-Specifying Engineer selected to promote National Conference on Building Commissioning

Features
5. Enter the Product of the Year program
6. More green building and sustainability articles
Events
7. Events and conferences
 
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1. Energy efficiency building guide available online
ASHRAE and several organizations, in an effort to encourage energy efficient design in a range of building types, have made the Advanced Energy Design Guide series available free online.
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2. 2008 Star of Energy Efficiency awards call for entries
The Alliance to Save Energy has announced that the 2008 Star of Energy Efficiency Award Nominations are now available online.
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3. LexisNexis Climate Change Center offers news and analysis
LexisNexis has created a new online portal for news and commentary on climate change legal issues.
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4. Consulting-Specifying Engineer selected to promote National Conference on Building Commissioning
Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine was selected by Portland Energy Conservation Inc., as a media partner to promote the National Conference on Building Commissioning.
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5. Enter the Product of the Year program
Consulting-Specifying Engineer's fourth annual Product of the Year awards recognizes the top MEP products of 2007. Entries are due Feb. 15, 2008.
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6. More green building and sustainability articles
Read additional news and features about green and sustainable buildings.
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View this complete list of upcoming conferences, seminars, events, and trade shows.
Webcasts
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Feb. 8, 2008
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Selective Coordination for Emergency and Legally Required Power Systems

Selective coordination is a goal in any power distribution system design. Achieving selective coordination in a power distribution system served by two power sources with disparate impedances and capabilities presents a real challenge.

   
Archived Webcasts
Originally broadcast
December 6, 2007

National Electric Code for Generators

If you are a design, sales or consulting engineer, you do not want to miss this! 

On Thursday, December 6 at 1:00pm CST Consulting-Specifying Engineer and Generac Power Systems, Inc. will be conducting an approximately 90 minute Webcast titled, “National Electric Code for Generators.” You will not only earn continuing education units, but also gain a greater understanding of how the NEC addresses all of the issues associated with generators. The NEC plays an integral role in your profession so register now, it will be time well spent! 
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Originally broadcast
November 29, 2007

Engineering and Commissioning High-Tech Green Buildings

High-tech buildings, which include data centers, research laboratories, and clean rooms are energy intensive, uptime critical, and very specialized in terms of materials that can be used for construction. These parameters present very difficult decisions regarding sustainability. How green can these buildings really go? Register Here!


Originally broadcast
September 20, 2007

Specifying the Right Links: Emergency Power for Data Centers

Whether it’s the New York Stock Exchange or the local branch bank, lending institutions or casinos—in fact, for any facilities that handles key financial data—100% uptime is a must. And when there is a power event, this kind of reliability depends on a seamless system of transferring power from primary to backup systems. In this Webcast, we take a close-up look at the design technical details of switching from utility to on-site standby power and coordinating all the equipment in an emergency power system to protect vital data. Watch this webcast now!

Originally broadcast
June 21, 2007

How to Address Integration and Interoperability for Campus Mass-Notification Systems

The catastrophic events at Virginia Tech demonstrated that regardless of a campuses size or complexity, command and control needs to be highly centralized, widely coordinated, and immediately responsive. The need to integrate fire, life-safety, security, evacuation, and emergency notification systems in many building environments has surged, and CSE is proud to present security-system expert William Sako, executive vice president, RJA, as the instructor for this how-to Webcast. Watch this webcast now!


   
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