CTA Architects Completes Exterior Renovation of the Iconic STREB Lab for Action Mechanics (SLAM) Dance Performance and Rehearsal Center in Brooklyn, NY
CTA Architects has completed an exterior renovation of the headquarters of the non-profit STREB Lab for Action Mechanics (SLAM), a dance and theater performance venue and an open-access education and rehearsal space located at 51 North First Street in Brooklyn, NY. Photo courtesy of CTA Architects The 1,500-square foot building’s façade has been fully restored thanks to support from the community, elected officials, the City of New York, and the project team Brooklyn, NY – CTA Ar...
3DR and Wingtra Partner to Supply a Complete Aerial Surveying Solution
Wingtra and 3DR, producer of the Site Scan drone data platform, recently signed a partnership agreement to benefit mining and surveying industry experts. Wingtra’s VTOL drone WingtraOne and Site Scan form a complete aerial surveying solution—from highly efficient aerial data collection, to postprocessing and analysis. Through this exciting partnership, 3DR now endorses the WingtraOne as the preferred fixed-wing drone for its Site Scan platform. Wingtra and 3DR will distribute this complementar...
Lincoln Clean Energy Expands Solar and Energy Storage Capabilities with Acquisition of Coronal Energy’s Development Business
CHICAGO – May 1, 2019 – Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE), a subsidiary of Ørsted and a leading developer of U.S. renewables, announced today that it has acquired the development business of Coronal Energy, a developer focused on utility-scale solar and energy storage projects. The acquisition includes its development team of experienced solar and storage personnel, as well as a significant pipeline of solar and storage projects in the United States, including multiple projects that have been awarded l...
Biogas Energy Storage System Launches at Wastewater Plant
A commercial thermal energy storage system that converts biogas from a wastewater treatment plant has begun operating in South Australia. Energy storage company 1414 Degrees switched on its gas thermal energy storage system (TESS) at the Glenelg Wastewater Treatment Plant in Adelaide today, its first commercial pilot site. The company says the technology is the first in the world to solve the issue of effectively storing biogas as thermal energy to produce heat and electricity on demand....
Global Battery Energy Storage Market to Grow by 7% to Reach $13.13bn by 2023, Says GlobalData
The global battery energy storage market is forecast to grow to $13.13bn by 2023. Asia-Pacific (APAC) and EMEA will be the dominant markets for battery energy storage systems over the forecast period 2019-2023, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report ‘Battery Energy Storage Market, Update 2019 – Global Market Size, Competitive Landscape and Key Country Analysis to 2023’ reveals that the fall in technology prices and increasing pace of develop...
NorthSide Regeneration Announces Winners of 6th Annual Project Design Challenge at April 29 Awards Ceremony
(St. Louis, MO) St. Louis Developer Paul McKee, Jr. and his NorthSide Regeneration development have named Team 6 from Metro Academic and Classical High School as the Gold Winners of their 6th Annual Project Design Challenge. Team 4 from McKinley Classical Leadership Academy was named the Silver Winner and Team 3 from St. Mary’s High School received the Bronze award. The winners were announced during an awards ceremony on April 29 at the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis. Six teams representing fou...
Aircuity Installation in Georgetown University Science Building Saves Energy; Data Uncovers Additional Savings Opportunities
Georgetown University in Washington, DC is one of the world’s leading academic and research institutions, classified as a Very High Research Activity (RU/VH) University by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Completed in 2012, Regents Hall is a state-of-the art research and teaching center for biology, chemistry, and physics. With 154,000-square-feet of research space, it houses three classrooms, 12 teaching labs, and dozens of research labs in addition to conference room...
Dell Announces New, Affordable Precision Mobile Workstations
The Dell Precision 3540 and 3541 Mobile Workstations – Making Workstation-Class Performance Accessible for All Budgets From bringing cool car designs and the dragons in HBO’s Game of Thrones to life, to helping power research into the early detection of ocular diseases, Dell Precision workstations continue to help customers push the boundaries of creativity and science. Our powerhouse devices (for example: Dell Precision 7000 tower and rack workstations) are in high demand, esp...
Hexagon Introduces Monitoring Platform for Mining
PISA, Italy, and HEERBRUGG, Switzerland — Hexagon’s Geosystems division today released HxGN GeoMonitoring Hub, an integrated visualisation and analysis platform bringing all sensor technology together in one holistic view of a mining environment. The new platform uses advanced software to show highly accurate information, accelerating decision making and improving safety. HxGN GeoMonitoring Hub combines total station, GNSS, radar and other monitoring sensor data from a mining project into on...
senseFly Introduces the Solar 360 Thermal Drone Solution for Uniquely Efficient Solar Farm Inspections at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019
Designed to enable the automated and efficient inspection of solar farms, the new senseFly Solar 360 solution, with Raptor Maps, will be showcased on booth 2215 at AUVSI XPONENTIAL, McCormick Center, Chicago, from April 30 to May 2, 2019. Cheseaux, Switzerland, April 30 2019 – senseFly, leading provider of fixed-wing drone solutions, is introducing its new senseFly Solar 360 at this year’s AUVSI XPONENTIAL, the latest addition to its senseFly 360 solutions range. Created in collaboration with...