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RMF Recognized for Sustainable Energy Innovation on Campus BALTIMORE, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- RMF Engineering, a Baltimore-based full-service engineering firm with expertise in sustainable energy, has won multiple national awards following the completion of a $26 million restoration to transform Duke University's East Campus into a state-of-the-art, natural gas-fueled steam plant. Prior to the renovation, Duke University originally ran on three coal-fired boiler plants to...

For some years now, consumers have been making increasing use of wood as a fuel "“ and not only on account of the rising cost of heating oil and natural gas. "Comfort fireplaces" have become all the rage because open fires, tiled and wood-burning stoves give a room a snug and cozy feel. But using wood for heating has one distinct disadvantage. When pellets, logs or briquettes are burnt, fine dust particles that are hazardous to health are released into the atmosphere. These...

WORCESTER, England, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- npower has revealed the results of a nationwide study of Brits that shows many homeowners feel a boiler breaking down is the most annoying disruption to daily life. The research, conducted by npower hometeam 50, shows that 37% of homeowners feel that a boiler breakdown would be the biggest inconvenience to their lives. That's compared to 18% who would curse having their car clamped, 13% who would lose it over misplacing their keys and just 6% who...

WORCESTER, England, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- npower has revealed that Tuesday 14 September is officially the day of The Big Turn On; when the majority of Brits awaken their heating from its summer slumber. Statistics from npower hometeam, which installs, services and repairs boilers, show that Tuesday, 14 September is the day when boilers across the country will whir back into action. It's easy to forget about boilers during the Great British Summer in all its varied and inconsistent...

WORCESTER, England, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- npower hometeam's nationwide search for Britain's oldest boiler has come to an end with Colin Sadler from Billericay being revealed as the owner of the oldest boiler in the country. While the floppy disk, the video cassette and Bananarama have all been and gone, Colin Sadler's boiler has been quietly ticking along at his home in Essex since 1968 and is still going strong. Colin had never given his boiler a second thought, until his wife Sue read...

HARTVILLE, Ohio, April 29 /PR Newswire/ -- Scott Process Systems, Inc. ("SPSI"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of privately-held, St. Louis, Missouri-based CIC Group, Inc. ("CIC Group"), announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Thomas E. Bach as President. Mr. Bach's primary responsibilities will be to drive SPSI's strategic planning process, to cultivate existing and develop new customer relationships and to assure continued superior quality of product. Mr. Bach is a...

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The NanoSteel(R) Company, a leader in nanostructured steel alloy surface technologies, announces the addition of Mike Place as sales director for the company's portfolio of Super Hard Steel(R) coating, overlay and wear plate solutions. Place has more than 23 years experience specializing in boiler thermal spray applications for fossil power generation, oil & gas and pulp & paper covering a wide range of roles including management of field...

By KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF GARDINER - Bangor Gas representatives report that hundreds of customers are looking into switching their home or business heating system from oil to gas. But the surging interest in converting oil-fired furnaces has some fire safety officials concerned. So they are asking a state board to clarify codes intended to protect customers from harm and shield installers, inspectors and municipalities from liability. Jonathan Kunz, manager of marketing and sales...

Metso Corporation Company release on September 16, 2008 at 10.30 a.m. Metso will supply Dalkia France SCA with a biomass-fired power boiler to their new combined heat and power (CHP) plant located at the Smurfit Kappa paper mill in Facture on the south-west coast of France. Start-up of the power plant is scheduled for the fall of 2010.The value of the order is over EUR 60 million and it will be included in Metso Paper's Q3 orders received. Metso Power will supply for the power plant a power...

I have an oil-fired boiler. Now that heating-oil prices are rising, should I convert to natural gas? I already have a gas line for my stove coming in from the street. You need to ask yourself a few important questions, remembering that while natural gas appears to be less expensive and in greater potential supply than fuel oil now, it also might begin replacing oil as a major source of generating electricity, and thus become more expensive. How old and how efficient is your oil-fired...