NEWS BRIEFS - Updated July 18th

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Diagnosing Indoor Air Quality Problems Date: Aug 13 - 15, 2001 Location: Madison, WI
http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu/brochures/A389.html.

Remediating Indoor Air Quality Problems Date: Aug 16 - 17, 2001 Location: Madison, WI
http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu/brochures/A390.html

Building Energy Design Workshops Date: Dec 3 - 7, 2001 Location: Madison, WI 

Software for Advanced Fluid Flow & Piping Design

Lacey, WA - Engineered Software Inc., a worldwide leader of fluid flow analysis and pump selection software, announced the release of PIPE-FLO® Lite v.7. The software revolutionizes traditional fluid flow analysis, piping design, and pump selection practices. The program's enhanced features and functionality enable engineers to design, analyze, and troubleshoot small piping systems quicker and easier than ever before.

AEE - Simple Solutions to Energy Calculations Third Edition

Atlanta, Georgia...Simple Solutions to Energy Calculations, Third Edition by Richard R. Vaillencourt, has just been published by The Fairmont Press. Developed by a practicing engineer, this indispensable reference will save you countless hours doing energy feasibility studies and associated calculations. The author will share with you his secrets for simplifying complex energy calculations, and show you how to use his unique, time-saving methods. You'll learn how to cut through the maze of detail using concise, innovative decision-making tools to determine whether you should invest real time and money into developing the details of a project under consideration. Numerous energy projects involving pumps, fans, motors, HVAC retrofits, insulation, and heat recovery are covered, with complete calculation details and solutions methodology presented. The third edition adds new material on "energy myths" associated with energy calculations and conservation.

Lockheed Martin Warms Up to TISCOR Fire & Safety Solutions

SAN DIEGO, July 10th, 2001 - TISCOR announced today that Lockheed Martin, a leading defense contractor and innovator in aeronautical systems, has selected TaskMaster Fire & Safety to accurately document and track critical fire and safety inspections at its 3.5 million-square-foot facility located in Akron, Ohio. Lockheed Martin will use TaskMaster Fire & Safety to meet NFPA inspection requirements for fire extinguishers, pull boxes, hose stations, and other equipment in the facility's seven major plants and 42 satellite buildings.

Environ.com and Group C Communications Form Marketing Alliance "Compliance Connections"

Tempe, Ariz. and Red Bank, N.J, - July 9, 2001 - Environ.com and Group C Communications announced today the formation of "Compliance Connections": a partnership between the organizations that will bring Environ.com's cutting edge technology to more than 100,000 corporate real estate, facility management and IT professionals that make up the growing clients of Group C's converging media company.

[an error occurred while processing this directive]HAI Training Classes Recognized by the Home Automation & Networking Association

New Orleans, LA - July 10, 2001  HAI, the leading manufacturer of integrated automation and security products since 1985, is the first, and currently only, manufacturer to have its national training classes accredited by the Home Automation & Networking Association (HANA) Recognized Training Program.

Echelon Demonstrates Energy Conservation Solutions to President Bush Win-Win Solution for Consumers and Utilities

(WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 28, 2001) - Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON), a leading Silicon Valley technology company, met today with President Bush and his advisors to show how advanced technology can help manage the country's growing energy challenges. Ken Oshman, Echelon's chairman, president and chief executive officer, demonstrated energy management applications such as those highlighted in the National Energy Policy. Mr. Oshman showed how homes, buildings and factories networked with the company's technology platform can enable them to use energy more responsibly and allow utilities to better match supply to demand.

Notifact to Help California Supermarket Chain Manage Energy Consumption at 250 Locations via the Internet

Wireless Communications System Will Allow Albertson's to Control Lighting Systems in Real-time and Take Advantage of California Public Utility Commission's Grant and Rebate Programs

Fairfield, NJ - Notifact, a leader in wireless equipment communications, today announced it has contracted with Invensys Energy Solutions to provide the Albertson's supermarket chain with Internet-based remote control of lighting systems at 250 locations throughout California. The systems are currently being installed at select Albertson's stores and should all be fully operational by June 30.

Ascom forms a Worldwide Strategic Partnership Agreement with ELPAS Local Positioning Systems

Ra’anana, Israel  -Ascom Enterprise Communications - a division of the Ascom Group, and ELPAS Local Positioning Systems (LPS), announced that they have entered a strategic partnership agreement. The ELPAS’ EIRIS™ local Positioning System will be integrated into Ascom’s healthcare products to enable real-time location and identification (tagging) of patients, staff and critical assets within the healthcare environment; hospitals, elderly care facilities, etc.

E-mail info@klcontrols.com. Detailed Training Program Syllabus Available on request.
Monday & Tuesday July 30 - 31 , 2001 at the Henderson Convention Center, Henderson NV. 

For up to date Seminars or more info visit us online at www.klcontrols.com

Engineered Software and Molecular Knowledge Systems Form Strategic Partnership

Lacey, WA - Engineered Software, a worldwide leader of fluid flow analysis software, announced it's strategic partnership with Molecular Knowledge Systems, a leader in physical property estimation and molecular design software, to further advance the fluid capabilities of PIPE-FLO® v.7.  The goal of the strategic partnership is to provide Engineered Software's PIPE-FLO customers with the most innovative fluid property data. 

[an error occurred while processing this directive]FacilityManager from TISCOR® Powers Paperless Work Orders with Palm Pilots

SAN DIEGO  - TISCOR unveiled FacilityManager, a paperless computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), designed to generate work orders and streamline preventive maintenance inspections using Palm Pilots from Symbol Technologies®. FacilityManager plans, schedules and tracks maintenance management activities, ultimately reducing equipment down time and maximizing productivity. Not only does this innovative system generate scheduled and unscheduled work orders from the field, but it also generates routine preventive maintenance inspection routes.

eMation to be Acquired by Ravisent Technologies

eMation, a pioneer of Device Relationship Management solutions announced that it has signed an agreement to be acquired by RAVISENT Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVST), a software and intellectual property licensing company. The companies are  joining forces to accelerate the development and adoption of Device Relationship Management (DRM) solutions in the emerging Pervasive Computing market. eMation's DRM solution allows companies to utilize the Internet to tap the hidden value of information within remote machines, devices, and facilities to provide automated service, commerce, and monitoring capabilities. DRM is designed to allow Global 2000 companies in the Industrial and Building Automation, Medical Instrumentation and Office Equipment industries to lower costs, find new sources of revenue, increase operational efficiencies and leverage the emergence of Pervasive Computing infrastructure. property licensing company.

Silicon Energy Corp Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering of Common Stock

ALAMEDA, Calif. - Silicon Energy Corp. has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with a proposed initial public offering of common stock. All shares of common stock will be offered by Silicon Energy Corp.

Silicon Energy Corp. is a leading provider of enterprise energy management software that enables energy providers and energy users to lower energy use, reduce energy costs and optimize energy procurement processes.

Silent Witness Releases Universal Surveillance Technology

Surrey, BC: - Silent Witness (NASDAQ: SILW / TSE: SWE), a leading provider of video monitoring technology, announces the release of the Sigma M12 - technology for universal surveillance. The Sigma M12 makes leading video surveillance technology widely accessible - the M12 has up to 2 cameras in a light-weight and cost-effective enclosure well-suited for almost any indoor application.

7th Annual Americas’ Security Expo 2001

Three hundred companies showing thousands of security products & services.  The latest trends & technologies presented in the Americas’ Security Expo complimentary conference program.

The 2001 conference will cover the latest in: access control; surveillance & counter-surveillance; perimeter security; fire & hazard control; testing & benchmarking; software tools;ID systems; locks & keys; building automation; wireless & remote tools; innovations in law enforcement; and much, much more.

[an error occurred while processing this directive]FREE Process Control Training via On-Line Web Movies

For bitmap see: www.expertune.com/NewsReleases.html

ExperTune Inc. has released a series of on-line training videos available at no-charge on the web at www.expertune.com/articles.html. The videos are run using Microsoft's Media Player in your browser, so no special software is required to get the training. Simply click on the training you would like.

Topics covered are:* Comparison of Industrial PID Controller Algorithms * Ziegler-Nichols methods: Rules and Limitations * Loop Stability - The Other Half of the PID Tuning Story

Cad Publisher Free Distribution version available

Cad Publisher bridges the gap between CAD and Publishing by giving you the tools to produce high quality output files from CAD DXF files as PostScript, Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat PDF, EPS, WMF, EMF, BMP, PNG and TIFF files in monochrome, color and color separations.

The output files can be opened and edited or placed in virtually any graphics and DTP application such as Acrobat, Quark, Pagemaker, Illustrator, Corel, Freehand, Word, Photoshop, In Design and Web design programs etc. They can be printed to virtually any printer, PostScript and non-PostScript.  The Free Distribution program can be downloaded from our website: http://www.jwgraphics.com.au

Open Services Gateway Initiative Elects New Leadership Consortium Board and Officers to Lead Development of Next Generation Specification for the Network Delivery of Managed Services

Berlin, Germany - At the annual member meeting in Berlin, Germany, the Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi) elected a new board of directors and officers to serve the organization through May 2002. OSGi (http://www.osgi.org) is an independent, non-profit corporation composed of 83 leading technology companies working to define and promote open specifications for the delivery of multiple services over wide-area networks to local networks and devices.

Graphisoft's ArchiCAD

Cigraph, the Italian software developer of plug-ins and tools for use with Graphisoft's ArchiCAD has announced the shipping of 2 new API plug-ins for ArchiCAD 6.5 v3 and the newly released ArchiCAD 7.0.

The first of these new plug-ins, ArchiRuler, adds a floating pallet of new dedicated 2D tools. ArchiRuler automates the most tedious of detailing tasks with a simple to use yet powerful tool set that gives even the strongest competitors a run for their money. The second plug-in, ArchiFacade, is a simple yet powerful program that lets you transform a perspective distorted image into a front measurable image of the building. 

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