Global Startup Community To Converge at First Ever Startup Iceland Conference on May 30, 2012 at the Andrews Theater in the Ásbrú Enterprise Park (Keflavik), Iceland 2012.StartupIceland.com Reykjavik, Iceland (PRWEB) May 14, 2012 The first ever Startup Iceland Conference will launch May 30, 2012 at the Andrews Theater in the Ásbrú Enterprise Park (Keflavik), Iceland. The international event will bring together entrepreneurs, investors and dignitaries from some of the world’s hottest startup communities. Iceland has a vibrant startup culture positioned to become an influential contender in the global business market. The Startup Iceland conference endeavors to strengthen Iceland’s global influence and create a confluence of global entrepreneurship and business innovation to foster sustainable start-up ecosystems worldwide. Participants in Startup Iceland will represent startup communities from Iceland, the US, Canada, Europe, the UK, Asia, Scandinavia, South Africa just to name a few. His Excellency, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, The President of Iceland, will open the conference with a keynote address. Topics to be discussed at the one-day event include Iceland’s entrepreneurial successes and challenges, how to create localized dealmakers to activate successful regional entrepreneurism, the significance of seed funding and determining the best financial opportunities, Boulder Colorado’s transition from college town to Startup Tech hub, New York’s claim on Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial reign, innovations in energy efficiency and utilizing renewable resources, the new ‘Entrepreneurial Renaissance’ and leveraging social entrepreneurs to propel brands. “Iceland is a fantastic place to launch a startup let alone a conference to bring the global startup community together. It has excellent infrastructure, a history of innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as a young, well-educated workforce. Iceland is small, which allows for faster pivots and enables validation of Minimum Viable Products— unique traits that we intend to use as a case study for other communities during our first ever Startup Iceland Conference,” said Founder of Startup Iceland and Investor, Bala Kamallakharan. In addition to the … [Read more...]
Global Startup Community To Converge at First Ever Startup Iceland Conference on May 30, 2012 at the Andrews Theater in the ?sbr? Enterprise Park (Keflavik), Iceland
Spot On Networks Receives 2012 Outstanding Multifamily Partner Award
Spot On Networks Receives 2012 Outstanding Multifamily Partner Award Pictured left to right: Cheryl Barraco, AvalonBay Communities, Dick Sherwin, Spot On Networks, Stephen J. Sadler, Post Apartment Homes New Haven, CT (PRWEB) May 02, 2012 The Outstanding Multifamily Partner Award (“OMPA”) was awarded to Spot On Networks, LLC at the Broadband Communities Summit, a premier multifamily residential industry technology conference at the InterContinental Hotel in Dallas, TX. OMPA winners are nominated and voted on by multifamily property owners. Previous award winners include: Whirlpool, Yieldstar, Velocity and Verizon FiOS. The OMPA was presented to Spot On Networks CEO Dick Sherwin by Stephen J. Sadler, Vice President, Strategic Business Services, Post Apartment Homes, L.P. and Cheryl Barraco, Director of Telecommunications - Strategic Business Services, AvalonBay Communities. In presenting the award, Mr. Sadler said, “I was pleased to present this award to Spot On Networks. They have an excellent reputation in the multifamily industry as an innovative technology provider that is aware of, and responds to, the needs of both today’s multifamily resident and today’s multifamily property owner”. Sherwin was thrilled to accept the OMPA award stating: “Spot On Networks is deeply honored by this award. We are proud to be a part of the Broadband Communities Summit. When we first began to exhibit at Broadband Communities, Wi-Fi technology was practically unknown to the multifamily industry and now residents are demanding that Wi-Fi be available in their communities. Spot On Wi-Fi stands out due to its UserSafe™ technology which guards residents against hacking and identity theft. We are proud to be recognized as a leading provider of Wi-Fi technology to the multifamily industry.” About UserSafe™ Technology UserSafe™ is 100% security protection for your Wi-Fi network users. Each device attaching to Spot On’s network is isolated from all other devices. Since Spot On’s networks use Secure Socket Layer (“SSL”) encryption, user activities are protected from scanning and capture. UserSafe™ allows Wi-Fi network users to surf, shop, bank and email safely and securely. Users are protected … [Read more...]
Renewable Energy in Australia Industry Market Research Report Now Updated by IBISWorld
Renewable Energy in Australia Industry Market Research Report Now Updated by IBISWorld IBISWorld Market Research Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) May 14, 2012 Energy production faces unprecedented uncertainty. Increased awareness about the effects of climate change and dependence on fossil fuels has prompted policymakers and scientists to rethink their strategies. The Renewable Energy industry in Australia has both benefited from and been a victim of these changing tides, as increased investment and support has been offset by delayed implementation and political populism. According to IBISWorld industry analyst Naren Sivasailam, “The industry has benefited from significant assistance in the form of grants and concessions, but remains at the mercy of its infancy and expensive cost structure”. In the five years to 2011-12, industry revenue is estimated to grow at an annualised 10.8% to total $ 1.56 billion. Revenue in 2011-12 is expected to post an increase of 18% from the previous year. The Renewable Energy industry in Australia has a medium level of market share concentration, although there are significant segmental differences. For example, the hydropower segment is highly concentrated, while the wind power segment is more fragmented, with a number of players operating wind farms with medium capacities. Sivasailam adds, “the solar energy is more fragmented still, with no single player accounting for a substantial portion of the market”. Snowy Hydro Limited and Hydro-Electric Corporation are the two major companies in the industry. The prospects of the Renewable Energy industry are inextricably tied to the level of government support and the willingness of end users to wear higher costs. Initiatives such as interest-free Green Loans and the Renewable Energy Development Fund aid investment in technology that will eventually make clean energy affordable. However, support from consumers and industry is equally important in setting a precedent for change. The introduction of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, an emissions trading scheme that employs a cap or an upper limit on the level of carbon pollution produced in future years will affect future performance. The next five years will be critical in determining … [Read more...]
Saint-Gobain?s Engineered Stone Grenite? Series Achieves GREENGUARD Certification
Saint-Gobain’s Engineered Stone Grenite® Series Achieves GREENGUARD Certification Grenite® is a sustainable alternative to materials such as laminates, solid surfaces, quartz and granite. Cleveland, OH (PRWEB) May 10, 2012 Saint-Gobain has achieved GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality and GREENGUARD Children & Schools Certification for its Grenite® series of engineered stone surfaces. In order to become GREENGUARD Certified, the entire Grenite line met stringent certification requirements for low emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). “These certifications reinforce our commitment to producing quality products that are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also help set an industry standard of sustainability and ongoing health and safety,” said Diana Ohl, product manager engineered stone at Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics. “By meeting the strict standards provided by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute, specifying Grenite for commercial and institutional applications such as offices, educational and healthcare facilities becomes an even easier choice.” Founded in 2001, the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute is the world’s leading third-party guide to low-emitting home and office products and building materials. The GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification ProgramSM recognizes products that meet strict chemical emissions limits, which helps create healthier indoor environments. Offering even stricter qualification criteria, GREENGUARD Children & Schools Certification validates low-emitting products used in environments where children and other sensitive populations spend an extensive amount of time. With one of the highest abrasion resistance of all countertop materials, Grenite is ideal for high-traffic horizontal and vertical applications in the retail, hospitality, banking, education, healthcare, entertainment and restaurant industries. Manufactured entirely in the United States, Grenite is also flame-retardant, NSF 51 certified, non-porous, durable and easy to install. Grenite is a sustainable alternative to materials such as laminates, solid surfaces, quartz and granite. It features the highest post-consumer recycled content currently available in the market — up to 85 percent … [Read more...]
Serviam Towers Honored with Multifamily Excellence Award
Serviam Towers Honored with Multifamily Excellence Award Serviam Gardens, Bronx, NY, developed in collaboration with Fordham-Bedford Housing Corporation (FBHC), Oaklander, Coogan & Vitto Architects, P.C. (OCV), and Galaxy General Contracting Corporation. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 10, 2012 On April 26, 2012, the National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (NALHFA) presented Serviam Towers with the Multifamily Excellence Award at their 2012 annual conference in Austin, Texas. Developed in collaboration with Fordham-Bedford Housing Corporation (FBHC), Oaklander, Coogan & Vitto Architects, P.C. (OCV), and Galaxy General Contracting Corporation, Serviam Towers is a two-building complex part of the Serviam Gardens development which brings affordable, sustainable housing to senior citizens in New York City. The Multifamily Excellence Award is bestowed upon projects identified as providing special needs, including senior housing and housing for the homeless with supportive services. Award winners are recognized as models for the community and deemed financially viable for both tenants and developers, while exemplifying exceptional design. Built on the campus of The Academy of Mount St. Ursula in the Bronx, Serviam Towers is a new construction connected to a former convent on the site that was renovated and converted to provide apartments and social spaces for residents. The whole development provides 243 units of housing to low and moderate income seniors, with on-site amenities such as a media room, yoga/tai chi room, gym, game room, a 54-seat theater, lounges, and both indoor and outdoor gathering spaces. Serviam Towers is the first City-subsidized affordable housing development completed using the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria (EGCC), bringing together a sustainability agenda that reaches beyond the building to the community that comprises it. Included in the project are landscaped grounds with productive garden beds for residents’ plantings, as well as an 8,000 square foot green roof outfitted with a rainwater harvesting system. These features were recently recogized by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) NY Chapter with an Honor Award in Collaborative Design. In addition to the green roofs, other … [Read more...]
Two New Releases by Wiley That Will Explore the Fastest Growing Segments of Architecture & Design: Living Streets & Live-Work Spaces
Two New Releases by Wiley That Will Explore the Fastest Growing Segments of Architecture & Design: Living Streets & Live-Work Spaces Hoboken, NJ (PRWEB) April 30, 2012 John Wiley & Sons, the leading publisher of architecture & design books, is releasing two new titles that explore the biggest trends affecting our cities and working environments. The first book, Live-Work Planning and Design: Zero-Commute Housing ($ 80.00; April 2012) investigates the end of commuting and the creation of urban designs that bring lives back together through shortening or eliminating the separation between work and life. The second book, Living Streets: Strategies for Crafting Public Space ($ 85.00; April 2012), looks at the creation of livable public spaces. The importance of this has never been greater, as public spaces shape lives, and have more stakeholders than ever from business owners who want to see their retail districts become profitable, to health experts encouraging exercise, to a commuter who uses the sidewalk to reach the bus stop on his daily trip to work. Live-work is the hybrid building type that integrates living space with a work space. For thousands of years, cities and towns contained shophouses, the original live-work buildings, in which work and commerce were carried on at the street level and some or all of the workers lived above or behind the work area. More recently, due to the vast availability of warehouse space, live-work spaces re-emerged with artists renovating warehouse spaces in New York and other cities and have evolved into a building type that is increasingly common for new construction as well as renovations of existing buildings. Live-Work Planning and Design is the only comprehensive guide to the design and planning of live-work spaces for architects, designers, and urban planners. Readers will learn from built examples of live-work, both new construction and renovation, in a variety of locations. Professionals will learn how various municipalities have developed and incorporated live-work within building codes and city plans. Author, Thomas Dolan, whose pioneering website, live-work.com, has been guiding practitioners and users of live-work since 1998, is the United States' leading expert on the subject. The second title, Living Streets: Strategies for … [Read more...]
ATEN Launches Eco-Friendly Power Distribution Solutions to Support Green IT Initiatives
ATEN Launches Eco-Friendly Power Distribution Solutions to Support Green IT Initiatives Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) May 08, 2012 ATEN today announced here at Interop Las Vegas the availability of a new product line of green solutions, which consists of PDUs (power distribution units), eco sensors and lightweight LCD consoles. ATEN’s suite of green products addresses the power consumption and excessive heat dissipation challenges of data centers by increasing energy efficiency and managing environmental factors. ATEN’s green solutions product suite includes NRGence™, a line of eco PDUs and eco Sensors, and the CL3000N, an industry-first, lightweight LCD console that serves as the front-end console for compatible KVM switches. Interop Las Vegas 2012 is being held from May 6-10 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. ATEN NRGence provides instant, real-time power management control and energy-saving efficiency by enabling IT managers to easily upgrade current IT resources quickly and cost effectively. With the use of dynamic Rack Cooling Index (RCI) and Return Temperature Index (RTI) by zone, eco Sensors software, in conjunction with sensor-enabled eco PDUs, gives IT managers the means to assess, diagnose and estimate how and where energy can be saved. Expending only 72.9 BTUs an hour and 21.4 watts, the eco-friendly CL3000N is far more energy-efficient than its competitors, saving up to 55 percent in power consumption. The CL3000N utilizes LED backlighting for its LCD flat panel instead of the cold cathode (CCFL) technology used in other LCD displays. LED backlighting is responsible for the CL3000N’s distinguishing features, including a thinner panel (and, consequently, lighter weight), lower energy consumption and more efficient heat dissipation. “Over the years, eco-friendly evolved from a novelty to a business necessity,” said James Hsieh, ATEN CEO. “The importance of energy-efficiency is something we’ve been hearing from the market and our channel partners, and we’ve responded in full, offering a range of products that helps their customers maximize energy throughput, lower costs and protect the integrity of expensive hardware.” Key features of NRGence include: "Lock n Plug" design – Lock server plugs onto … [Read more...]
Leading Strategy Management Software Company Announces Updates to Help Organizations Better Implement Strategies
Leading Strategy Management Software Company Announces Updates to Help Organizations Better Implement Strategies Y-Change - The Enterprise Strategy Management Software Company Highland, UT (PRWEB) April 30, 2012 Strategy-Keys.com, a website that provides insights and best practices in Strategy and Execution, reported today that: "Y-Change, the leader in real-time 'Enterprise Strategy Management' (ESM) software solutions, recently announced the launch of version 7.2. This version includes key enhancements to its strategy and portfolio tracking, dashboards and timesheet features." Y-Change provides an impressive integrated product suite that ties strategies to objectives, integrates portfolios and projects and drives coordinated decision making and accountability throughout an organization. When officers, managers, and employees are together "on the same page", they all contribute to the success of the strategic goals. The New 7.2 Features Include: . Portfolio Management Enhancements Prioritizing, selecting, and reporting projects from idea generation to execution Work flow management, phase gates and approval signoffsProject Management Enhancements Project charter templates with analytics based on user defined fields and formulas Project and user time trackingReporting Enhancements Easy customizable and configurable reports and graphs with “double click” cell updating Saving reports and uploading to applications such as excel, pdf, ppt, printOther Enhancements Additional “Out of the box” custom reporting capabilities for transparency and accountability Customizable screens for both infrequent users as well as heavy users Additional functionality on user home pages, allowing for time tracking & better project portfolio visibilityContact Alan Leeds at 510-573-2205 or aleeds(at)y-change(dot)com to learn more about the new Y-Change ESM features ESM Standard Features Include: The Strategy Manager Solution enables organizations to integrate, align and manage all strategic, tactical and performance … [Read more...]
Spherexx.com Launches Web Site for Forestar Group?s Promesa Multifamily Community in Austin
Spherexx.com Launches Web Site for Forestar Group’s Promesa Multifamily Community in Austin Dallas TX (PRWEB) May 04, 2012 Promesa, a premier apartment community, located at 9415 McNeil Drive in Austin, TX, is not only stunning with its rambling ranch styling; it is Green and certified by the Austin Energy Green Building program. Settled in a woodland, Promesa is bordered by Concordia University; it is a short distance from Tom Hughes Park, and it is surrounded by shopping, restaurants, medical facilities, and commerce from the best Austin has to offer. Promesa has 289 units with six spacious floor plans featuring wood floors, granite counters, stainless steel appliances, hill country views, front-load washer and dryer, and nickel hardware, plus many optional features. Common areas include a pet park, water sports, cardio studio, media room, lounges and a roomy tech center. The new web site offers visitors a virtual visit to Promesa where they can linger over colorful floor plans with two or three dimensional views, and check exact pricing and availability thanks to a Spherexx.com software integration with Yardi accounting systems. Web site visitors can complete their full application online and the information populates directly into the community’s management software for ease of processing. PromesaLiving.com shows off the new community’s classic interior design options, photos, property map, neighborhood attractions and directions, and Internet coupon. Online apartment shoppers can request an appointment in moments—no need to place a phone call. The web site also has a mobile version that automatically populates when accessed by a smart phone. Residents also have access to great services at PromesaLiving.com. They can pay rent, review their account, request maintenance service, change their address, write a review, reference Q&As, refer a friend, and view a calendar of events. Promesa also incorporates some sophisticated software to streamline and simplify the leasing experience for both the shopper and the management team. ILoveLeasing.com brings prospect information from multiple web advertisements into one location for quick, impressively packaged information sharing plus an advertising breakdown. The … [Read more...]
New Golden Gate Bridge Visitor Experience Opens to the Public
New Golden Gate Bridge Visitor Experience Opens to the Public Iconic Golden Gate Bridge turns 75 in 2012 San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 07, 2012 Beginning this week, the estimated 10 million annual visitors to the Golden Gate Bridge will enjoy an even more robust and remarkable experience when visiting San Francisco’s most iconic landmark. As part of the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75th anniversary year-long celebration, the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy—in cooperation with the National Park Service, Presidio Trust, and the City & County of San Francisco—have made significant enhancements to how visitors experience and enjoy the much-loved span. The new facilities and services open officially to the public on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. “These visitor services improvements are unprecedented in the Golden Gate Bridge’s 75-year history,” noted Greg Moore, President and CEO, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. “While the incredible views of the surrounding national parklands and the experience of walking, biking or driving across the Bridge have always been among the ‘musts’ of any San Francisco visit, until now visitors did not get a chance to experience and connect with the historical, cultural, and human context behind this incredible monument.” Thanks to its partnership with the nonprofit Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service, the Bridge District was able to assemble a team of historians, artists, architects, exhibit designers, and naturalists to enhance the Golden Gate Bridge visitor experience. “In 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge opened to worldwide acclaim and became synonymous with the American ideals of innovation, imagination and ingenuity,” commented Denis Mulligan, General Manager of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. “Seventy-five years later, we are honored to join our partners in unveiling these dynamic new visitor programs that will support the Bridge’s legacy of invention and inspiration for generations to come.” “The Golden Gate Bridge is the centerpiece of the Golden Gate National Parks,” added Park Superintendent Frank Dean. “At … [Read more...]
