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I was scheduled to make the subject presentation at two technical forums this spring, but both were canceled due to the pandemic. I hope to be invited back to present for the 2021 Source Evaluation Society and American Association of Laboratory Accreditation annual gatherings so that we can dive back into this material in detail. Here’s a summary of what you missed! 

At the beginning of an MBA class, I was reviewing the syllabus and was particularly excited to notice one of the upcoming assignments. It was a case study of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his ill-fated Endurance Expedition. 

Many expenses come along with owning a home. One of the most costly of them is electricity. Across the United States, the average person spends 7% of their income on energy bills. 

Rhode Island residents have the fifth highest electricity bills in the country. We pay an average of 19 cents per kilowatt-hour, which almost 50% higher than the national average.

To avoid spending large amounts of money on electricity, try these three tips.

As an environmental and manufacturing engineer, sound control and hearing protection has been a passion of mine for years. In fact, I even study it closely outside of my day gig (I'm a drummer)! 

Excessive industrial noise can have harmful long-term effects on workers. “Industrial noise” refers to sound levels that exceed the reasonable range in the industrial work environment.

If you were to take a guess right now, how do you think your business would rank for indoor air quality (IAQ)? According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Americans work an average of 38.6 hours a week. That’s 1,783 hours a year! This means your employees spend roughly a third of the time they are awake breathing the air in your office, facility, or plant.