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Products & Services Showcase WASTEWATER: Sewer Maintenance EQUIPMENT: Infared Thermometer Smith & Loveless has created a prime sensing system that eliminates routine maintenance. The Sonic Start® Streamline™ relocates the larger ported 2way solenoid valve from the vacuum pump piping or control panel area to just above the vacuum dome and eliminates 50% of the vacuum fitting connection points. With the solenoid valve located immediately on top of the vacuum dome, the vacuum system no longer experiences the pressure from the sewage pump on the vacuum tubing and vacuum fittings. This design stops liquid and debris from going beyond the vacuum dome, thus eliminating routine cleaning of the solenoid valve. Circle 224 on Reader Service Card or www.SLDTonline.com/webcard Ideal Industries Inc., is bringing enhanced safety to contractors with its new portable 61-685 Infrared (IR) Thermometer, the non-contact way to capture the surface temperature of mechanical equipment, electrical breakers, and building systems from a distance, allowing for preventive diagnostics to be performed while machinery and circuits are in operation. “Our IR thermometer lets contractors measure live circuits or moving parts from a comfortable distance to create a safer work environment,” notes Dave Skowronski, IDEAL Product Manager. “With its onehanded operation, the 61-685 is one of the simplest but most accurate IR thermometers on the market today.” Circle 227 on Reader Service Card or www.SLDTonline.com/webcard LIGHTING: Outdoor Lighting SITE PREP: Biomass Harvester Fecon introduces the Fecon Bio-Harvester, a machine that simultaneously Fells, Chips, and Collects Small Diameter Woody Biomass. The Bio-Harvester is ideal for precommercial and commercial thinning applications, non-merchantable timber and brush. The Bio-Harvester helps provide a non-agricultural renewable biomass energy supply that enhances forest management practices. It harvests fire-prone ladder fuel material, producing wood chips from previously unutilized biomass source. Wood chips can then be used to produce bio-energy via the generation of electricity or liquid fuel production. Circle 225 on Reader Service Card or www.SLDTonline.com/webcard Scilux, an elegant full cut-off luminaire with aerodynamic styling, is now available from U.S. Architectural Lighting for use in public installations, including civic plazas, parks, commercial centers and institutional facilities. Scilux is featured in a new product brochure which is available free to industry professionals. The fixture’s streamlined body design incorporates external top ribbing that dissipates heat, reduces EPA values, and increases both ballast life and lamp performance. Computer-designed specular segmented reflectors provide a wide range of light distribution patterns. Scilux is dark sky compliant and is UL-listed for wet locations. Circle 228 on Reader Service Card or www.SLDTonline.com/webcard FLOORING: Heated Floor System Ceramic, slate and tile floors are elegant and durable. However, they often feel cold even at comfortable room temperatures. Warm Tiles® electric floor warming systems make cold floors pleasantly warm. To assist flooring contractors, electricians and homebuilders in installing Warm Tiles®, EasyHeat has published “Choosing The Right System,” a comprehensive, four-color guide that serves as an invaluable installation and reference tool. The guide offers one-step access to information on cable kits and its self-adhesive mat systems, along with room layout tips. Warm Tiles® costs less than one cent per square foot per day when installed with a Warm Tiles® thermostats. Circle 226 on Reader Service Card or www.SLDTonline.com/webcard TECHNOLOGY: Design Software PROFILE Products LLC has launched a new, web-based program called Profile Soil Solutions Software (PS³). This design and product selection tool enables design professionals, agencies and contractors to access engineering and agronomic assistance for erosion and sediment control quickly and easily. PS³ is the first and only erosion control design and selection program that integrates hydraulically applied and rolled erosion control products, sediment retention fiber rolls, and prescriptive agronomic formulations to develop agronomically sound erosion and sediment control site solutions. In addition, it provides complete design documentation including product specifications, installation guidelines, CAD drawings and other pertinent technical information. Circle 229 on Reader Service Card or www.SLDTonline.com/webcard http://www.SLDTonline.com/webcard http://www.SLDTonline.com/webcard http://www.SLDTonline.com/webcard http://www.SLDTonline.com/webcard http://www.SLDTonline.com/webcard http://www.SLDTonline.com/webcard

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Sustainable Land Development Today - March 2009 Contents Our Voice: Energy Savings Accounts Mining the Sewers for On-site Reuse Modern Flood Disasters The Financial Challenge of Leed® Technology: Opportunities Exist to Buy in Now SLDI In Focus: A Look Inside Calendar of Events Energy: Solar Power on Rails Industry News Products & Services The Bottom Line: Green Lending – Class G Advertiser Index Editorial Board SLDT Resources Last Word: Not All Gloom & Doom

Sustainable Land Development Today - March 2009

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