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As temperatures drop during the winter, the last thing you want is for your property’s plumbing system to freeze and potentially cause extensive damage. Antifreeze is a liquid that contains chemicals that lower the freezing point of water, protecting pipes and other plumbing components from bursting. Without antifreeze, residual moisture in plumbing systems can freeze…

Better spectrum management can unlock the power of IoT. From manufacturing and smart warehouses to smart cities and homes, Internet of Things (IoT) advancements require faster and more economical wireless connectivity with greater range, encryption, scalability, and reliability to automate new possibilities. This need will continue to increase as future developments move toward real-time automation…

  Model Based System Engineering advances enterprise reliability, availability, and maintainability. As infrastructures increase in complexity to become integrated “systems of systems” that include components created and managed by different entities, ensuring their reliability, availability, and overall operational resilience becomes more challenging. The challenge is spreading across industry and public infrastructure with the arrival of…

  ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Some lawmakers across the country think the future of climate policy looks like this: A growing network of states forming a carbon market, forcing polluters to pay by the ton for the greenhouse gases they emit and reinvesting the revenues into clean energy and electrification projects. Such programs, known as cap-and-trade,…

As facilities managers or field experts, new challenges arise as the world grows more interconnected and data-hungry. These include the need to handle massive volumes of data, increase efficiency, and embrace cloud computing. Since the world is moving more quickly, businesses that do not adapt risk losing their ability to succeed and the possibility of…

  The leader of a regional hydrogen partnership is exploring using the emerging fuel source to help make Minnesota’s Iron Range a leader in the production of green steel. “Yes, certainly it has great potential,” said Tom Erickson, president and chief operating officer of the Heartland Hydrogen Hub, one of seven regional projects recently funded by the…