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Global Nuclear Fuel and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Save 25 Million Gallons of Water, Reduce CO2 Emissions by 80 tons November 12 2008

http://www.gewater.com/who_we_are/press_center/pr/11122008.jsp 

A joint venture of GE, Toshiba and Hitachi, spearheaded wastewater plant changes that drove down water usage site-wide at its Wilmington, N.C., headquarters. The result: a reduction in water usage by 25 million gallons annually at the facility, which includes GNF’s US-based fuel manufacturing operations. The plant has been working to optimize its operations and contribute towards GE’s overall ecomagination commitment to reduce its water footprint 20% by 2012. GNF’s new energy efficient wastewater system avoids nearly 80 tons per year of CO2 emissions, and realizes annual savings of $160,000 in water and energy use charges.

Kijiji - My Car is Now for Sale

It was as easy as that!  Free local classified through Kijiji and now my beloved vehicle is now up for grabs to the general public.

Want to see the ad?  Here is the link :

http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cars-Nissan-1997-Nissan-Maxima-GXE-W0QQAdIdZ87052615

Masdar City November 11 2008

There is a lot of buzz lately about Masdar City, so I thought I would take a moment to share with my network.

Masdar City is a planned “City of the Future” that is currently in development in Abu Dhabi.  The goal is to build a self sustainable city with zero carbon footprint.  The city will be powered completely on renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.

Sound interesting?  Read more on Wikipedia :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masdar_City

I’m LinkedIn - So What! November 06 2008

Over the last couple of days I have been having discussions in passing with several colleagues on the benefits of having a LinkedIn profile. I was amazed that even in this digital age of social networking and everyone saying Web two-point-oh with every other sentence and billions of dollars being spent on online marketing that people are still asking “So What?” about LinkedIn.

For those of you not-in-the-know, LinkedIn is a professional networking site similar to Facebook and mySpace with a business networking flair to it.  I link to think of my LinkedIn profile as a creature born from my rolodex …

Advanced Cooling Solution October 30 2008

Ok, you may be asking yourself “What the hell is an advanced cooling solution?”

Well my friends this is a solution for asset protection and to lower the overall cooling water required by a system

If you know cooling towers, then you know what the hell I’m talking about

Please read the press release :  http://www.gewater.com/who_we_are/press_center/pr/10292008.jsp

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