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New Program to Scale Multifamily and Commercial Building Climate Solutions

October 15, 2021

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $9.5 million to establish the Empire Technology Prize program, an ambitious new corporate challenge aimed at advancing building decarbonization across New York State. The funding will support a qualified program administrator to manage the program and provide seed money for the competition which will attract, incorporate, and scale building climate solutions from around the world to achieve carbon-neutrality in existing multifamily buildings at least eight stories high or commercial buildings at least 15 stories high. This announcement supports the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act) nation-leading goal calling for an 85 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

"Buildings are the leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions in New York State, and we need to ramp up tangible solutions that decarbonize buildings faster to fight climate change," Governor Hochul said. "Through this initiative, we are creating the bridge between innovative solutions and multifamily and commercial building owners who can benefit from those solutions to chart a more sustainable, low carbon future."

Administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the Empire Technology Prize program is designed to be both a business accelerator and a prize program by combining business support with monetary awards to advance low carbon retrofit approaches.

NYSERDA is currently accepting applications for the program administrator who will be awarded up to $1.7 million through 2024 to engage industry partners in a competitive corporate challenge to facilitate the deployment of carbon emission reducing technologies. NYSERDA is dedicating an additional $7.8 million for prizes under the program, with the program administrator expected to grow the prize pool by leveraging private sector partnerships and investments.

NYSERDA President and CEO Doreen M. Harris said, "This program will connect industry professionals with innovators to ensure usable, sustainable solutions are developed and have a pathway to market. We are focused on engaging private industry to lead market change, decarbonize commercial and multifamily buildings and create a greener, cleaner future that benefits all New Yorkers."

NYSERDA will accept applications through November 17, 2021 from qualified single organizations or teams of organizations to be the program administrator, co-develop and manage the Empire Technology Prize program. A scoring committee will evaluate the proposals based on the applicant's past track record of creating successful corporate challenges with activities including global recruitment, industry-focused convening, business acceleration support, strategic partnership facilitation, and leveraging private dollars. The prize program itself will launch in 2022.

Senator Kevin Parker said, "As Chair of the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee, I applaud NYSERDA and the Governor's office for making the Empire Technology Prize program a reality. I stand eager to continue working with NYSERDA to promote initiatives that advance New York's progressive energy and jobs agenda."

Assemblymember Michael Cusick said, "Building decarbonization is one of the most crucial components in achieving our statewide energy and environmental goals. The Empire Technology Prize Program will be a creative and effective tool for decarbonizing some of our states worst greenhouse gas emitting buildings and this program will make a significant impact in our efforts to reduce emissions."

This program builds on the market insight gathered through the successful Empire Building Challenge, announced in September 2020, a public-private partnership to spur economic growth in New York through solutions to decarbonize tall commercial and multifamily buildings in conjunction with some of the world's largest real estate holders, manufacturers, technology experts, and entrepreneurs.

Buildings are responsible for one third of the economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions in New York State, and many of the more than six million buildings across the State were constructed before the energy code and are not designed to be energy efficient. Through NYSERDA and utility programs, over $6.8 billion is being invested to decarbonize buildings across the State. By improving energy efficiency in buildings and including onsite storage, renewables, and electric vehicle charging equipment, the State will reduce carbon pollution and achieve the ambitious target of reducing on-site energy consumption by 185 trillion Btus by 2025, the equivalent of powering 1.8 million homes. Energy efficiency accounts for 75 percent of the clean energy jobs across New York and the state's ambitious plan to reduce carbon pollution will result in an additional $1.8 billion in societal and environmental benefits.

The Empire Technology Prize program is supported through NYSERDA's Innovation program which helps early-stage companies with technical assistance and business development resources through entrepreneurial support, and manufacturing scale-up. NYSERDA has invested more than $28 million in entrepreneurial support programs since 2009, supporting nearly 349 companies and generating more than 1,140 jobs. More than $780 million in private investments and $200 million in project finance capital have been leveraged while helping bring more than 440 new and improved clean energy products to market, including LED lighting systems, home appliances, longer-lasting batteries, and more efficient heating-and-cooling systems.

Funding for this initiative is through the State's 10-year, $5.3 billion Clean Energy Fund. More information about this funding is available on NYSERDA's website.

New York State's nation-leading climate agenda is the most aggressive climate and clean energy initiative in the nation, calling for an orderly and just transition to clean energy that creates jobs and continues fostering a green economy as New York State recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Enshrined into law through the Climate Leadership andCommunity Protection Act, New York is on a path to achieveits mandated goal of a zero-emission electricity sector by 2040, including 70 percent renewable energy generation by 2030, and to reach economy wide carbon neutrality. It builds on New York's unprecedented investments to ramp-up clean energy including over $21 billion in 91 large-scale renewable projects across the state, $6.8 billion to reduce buildings emissions, $1.8 billion to scale up solar, more than $1 billion for clean transportation initiatives, and over $1.2 billion in NY Green Bank commitments. Combined, these investments are supporting more than 150,000 jobs in New York's clean energy sector in 2019, a 2,100 percent growth in the distributed solar sector since 2011 and a commitment to develop 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2035. Under the Climate Act, New York will build on this progress and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 85 percent from 1990 levels by 2050, whileensuring that at least 35 percent with a goal of 40percent of the benefits of clean energy investments are directedto disadvantaged communities, and advanceprogress towards the state's 2025 energy efficiency target of reducing on-site energy consumption by 185 trillion BTUs of end-use energy savings.

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) filed a motion on Wednesday to intervene in support of South Coast Air Quality Management Districts (Air District) rule requiring warehouses to reduce emissions fromheavy sources of on-road pollution that visit those warehouses.

The Air Districts rule regulates these indirect sources by requiring owners and operators of some of the largest warehouses in the state to take direct action to mitigate their emissions. This will reduce air pollution in Los Angeles and the Inland Empire, help California meet state and federal air quality standards, improve the health of our communities, and promote environmental justice.

Last month, the California Trucking Association filed a lawsuit challenging the rule as outside the scope of the Air Districts authority,pre-empted by federal law, and an unlawful tax.In defending the rule, Attorney General Bonta and CARB expect to argue that these claims are meritless and thatstate and federal law supports the Air Districts authority to adopt the Indirect Source Rule.

California has long been a pioneer in the fight againstclimate change and the Air Districtsrule limiting warehouse pollution is no exception,said Bonta.The fact is: environmental justice and economic development are not mutually exclusive. There is no binary choice here. The Air DistrictsIndirect Source Rule will have tremendous benefits for those communities hardest hit by pollution, at a relatively low cost to industry.

This is an environmental justice and public health issue,said CARB Chair Liane M. Randolph.The communities around these huge warehouse facilities have suffered for years from the effects of businesses and freight haulers who have all but ignored the community impacts of their enterprises. This Indirect Source Rule simply requires them to be much better neighbors. The rule is also part and parcel of local clean air plans developed under Assembly Bill 617 with CARB and South Coast staff, local residents, local businesses and other stakeholders to clean the air in and around these high-traffic routes and locations.

In recent years, the proliferation of e-commerce and rising consumer expectations of rapid shipping have contributed to a boom in warehouse development, particularly in Los Angeles and the Inland Empire.

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this trend, as consumers have shifted away from in-person retail shopping. Unfortunately, the distribution of warehouse facilities and resulting pollution has occurred primarily in low-income communities and communities of color.

Once a new warehouse is built, the facilities and their associatedactivities, such as truck traffic,can cause a variety of negative impacts affecting public health. For example, diesel trucks visiting warehouses are substantial sources of nitrogen oxide a primary precursor to smog formation that has been linked to respiratory problems like asthma, bronchitis, and lung irritation and diesel particulate matter a contributor to cancer, heart disease, respiratory illnesses, and premature death.

The Air Districts Indirect Source Rule requires existing and new warehouse facilities larger than 100,000 square feet to select from a menu of emissions-reducing activities, such as purchasing zero-emission vehicles, installingair filtration systems in nearby residences, and constructing rooftop solar panels.

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Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai opened the 41st Gitex Technology Week at Dubai World Trade Centre. Image Credit: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News

Dubai: Global Tech will always have the UAEs backing, with Dubai and Gitex being the platform where the tech community comes to meet. This was the case in the past and takes on more significance in post-pandemic.

Dubai and the UAE continue to demonstrate their commitment to supporting the global technology community in accelerating growth and innovation, boosting resilience and driving its transformation agenda in the post-pandemic phase, said Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai. He had opened the 41st edition of Gitex Global x Ai Everything at Dubai World Trade Centre on Sunday.

The event combines six co-located shows: Gitex Global, Ai Everything, Gitex Future Stars, the Future Blockchain Summit, Fintech Surge and Marketing Mania with more than 3,500 exhibitors represented. The strong response the event has drawn from the global sector is testament to the trust the sector places in Dubai as a safe destination for international trade shows, said Sheikh Hamdan.

In line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai continues to provide a high-powered platform for the international technology industry to network, explore partnerships and share ideas that can shape a new future for the sector.

Leading tech names are represented in strength at the event, with businesses hoping to seal new tech deals before the year is out. The industry and its senior executives seem of the opinion that it is tome to move on beyond thinking of COVID-19 generated downturns. Instead, it is the time for AI and 5G, cloud and scaling up cyber defenses. The big projects are back on the horizon, and the deals will start flowing in the coming weeks.

The tech industry is once again on the march in the UAE and wider Middle East.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Earth Baby is a brand that knows how to get things done. The company's growing line of baby- and family-care products are known for their superior quality. However, it's Earth Baby's Oleosphere technology that truly sets it apart in an industry filled with less effective solutions.

Earth Baby is a growing brand in the health and wellness space. The company began when company founder Florence Nacino saw the need for a product line that was committed to using certified organic fruit and vegetable-based ingredients.

Among other things, Nacino's baby-friendly products are well known for being hypoallergenic, non-toxic, and clinically tested. The brand's earth-friendly posture and charitable corporate initiatives have also turned heads.

But there's one area where Earth Baby isn't just offering quality solutions but genuine innovation. The company's Oleosphere technology is revolutionizing the delivery of common baby creams and lotions.

According to company VP Bianca Murphy, this natural, high-performance delivery system was found to have time-releasing ingredients, organic skin-softening oils and vitamins called Oleosomes. That means your baby receives the maximum amount of moisture, receiving ongoing hydration to their skin throughout the day." In addition to helping with the effectiveness of the products on sensitive baby skin, Murphy adds that "Oleospheres also help to maintain the integrity of all ingredients in all our formulas. The Vitamin E in the Oleospheres protects against damaging free radicals caused by UV exposure."

Oleosphere technology is a powerful new way to deliver the numerous benefits present in Earth Baby's formulas. From superior hydration to a long-lasting time-controlled release to a safe, less irritating, waterproof product, Earth Baby's breakthrough technology enables the enterprise to truly combine quality with efficacy.

This allows Nacino and her team to come through on her long-standing promise to provide high-quality, effective, safe, and above all, natural and certified organic products to a consumer base that is filled with parents looking for the best solution for their families.

About Earth Baby: Earth Baby was originally founded in 2007 by Florence Nacino. As a new grandmother, Nacino wanted to use her past experience as a health and beauty formulation researcher, chemist, and regulatory specialist to create a line of organic, natural, baby-safe products. The company was relaunched from 2019 to 2020 and has continued to grow ever since. Learn more at earthbabystore.com.

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The Metals Technology Initiative (MTI), an anti-corruption collective action initiative of four leading firms in the metals technology industry, has launched a website to make its guidance on gifts and hospitality and on third-party due diligence freely accessible to all.

MTI is an anti-corruption and fair competition Collective Action initiative that brings together the four leading firms in the metals technology industry: Danieli (headquartered in Italy), SMS group (headquartered in Germany), Primetals Technologies (headquartered in the UK), and Tenova (headquartered in Italy).

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The guidance documents address the specific compliance risks faced by companies working globally in the metals technology sector.

Co-developed by the initiative's member companies during meetings facilitated by the Basel Institute's Collective Action team, the guidance documents are designed to help strengthen and set best practices on these critical topics for anti-corruption compliance. They are designed to be practical and user-friendly, with relevant case scenarios to help users consider how the guidance might apply in practice.

MTI member companies have committed to follow the guidance in their own companies. Other firms operating in the metals technology industry, or in other industry sectors facing similar compliance risks, are very welcome to adopt the guidance for their own anti-corruption compliance programmes.

The Metals Technology Initiative and Its Key Principles

MTI is an anti-corruption collective action initiative for the metals technology industry, which was formalised in 2014. Senior compliance managers from the four member companies meet three times per year to exchange best practices and knowledge in anti-corruption compliance and fair competition. The meetings are convened and facilitated by the collective action team at the Basel Institute on Governance, which also serves as the initiative's Secretariat.

The guidance documents align with and extend the five key principles agreed upon in the member companies' Memorandum of Understanding:

1. Commitment to acting with integrity in business practices

2. Developing and implementing an anti-corruption compliance programme

3. Fair competition

4. Addressing key risks

5. Sharing best practices

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Celestica Showcases Technology and Product Solutions for the Aerospace and Defense Market at AUSA 2021

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AUSA 2021 Exposition Booth #11 -- Celestica Inc. (TSX: CLS) (NYSE: CLS), a leader in design, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions for the worlds most innovative companies, today at the AUSA 2021 Exposition announced it has partnered with ECM, a software and technology firm that is changing the global electric motor and generator industries to bring ECMs patented Printed Circuit Board (PCB) stator solution to the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) market.

ECMs PCB stator motors flexible, versatile technology can be seamlessly integrated into a range of applications to provide lightweight, compact, efficient, and easy to manufacture solutions at a better value than traditional electric motors. ECM's PCB stator motor solutions offer numerous benefits, including:

Up to 70% lighter than existing technologies

50% or greater reduction in size (depending on application)

Superior quality of motion for positioning applications

Significantly lower Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and heat signature

Require less operational cooling than traditional motors

Much quieter operation (lowest decibel motors on the market)

Excellent performance in austere and harsh environments tested in saltwater, caustic, dirt, and sand)

Advantageous for sanitary and cleanroom environments

ECMs patented PrintStator software produces tailored printed circuit board Gerber design files based on each customers unique product specifications. Celestica will provide complete product lifecycle support from engineering and prototyping to new product introduction and full-scale production of motors.

"Celestica's expertise in design. engineering, manufacturing, testing, and after-sales support provides our customers with the full product lifecycle solutions they need to gain a significant competitive advantage, said Jack Jacobs, Vice President of Aerospace and Defense at Celestica. "Our strategic partnership with ECM is a perfect example of how we are helping customers access innovative new technology that reduces product weight, size, sound, and EMI - all key factors when it comes to optimizing military system design.

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Our innovative technology transforms motor and generator requirements into optimized, unique PCB stator designs that are ready for rapid prototyping and commercial production for a broad range of military applications, said Brian Casey, President and CEO, ECM. The combination of our proprietary PrintStator technology and Celestica's proven manufacturing and supply chain network will allow us to bring our customers' optimized systems to market quickly and in line with military standards.

The ECM motor is one of many products Celestica is showcasing at its AUSA Expo booth #4225 in Hall C. Attendees can also see a demonstration of the new series of Gen-4/5 OpenVPX backplanes developed by Atrenne Computing Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celestica. This series is part of Atrennes innovative product family that enables end-to-end solutions for 64/100 Gigabit systems.

Atrennes Gen-4/5 OpenVPX backplanes are designed to meet the demanding signal integrity requirements of PCIe Gen4 and 100GbE (100GBASE-KR4) and offer the highest signal integrity (SI) in the industry. Utilizing full three-dimensional electron microscopy (3D EM) field modeling in HFSS to develop highly accurate SI models stabilizes areas such as return loss, dielectric loss, skin effect loss, and crosstalk in the backplane design - a significant advancement in high volume throughput computing.

Visitors to the Celestica booth will see a broad range of Atrennes designs including their aluminum 3D-printed air transport rack (ATR) enclosure. This design was recently recognized with a Platinum 2021 Technology Innovators Award by Military & Aerospace Electronics and Intelligent Aerospace. Based on the recommendations of an independent panel of industry judges, this prestigious award recognizes companies offering substantial military, aerospace, and avionics design solutions.

AUSA attendees can also learn about Celesticas new AbelConn Electronics 110,000 square foot ITAR manufacturing facility, which opened in July, to provide rapid prototyping, volume manufacturing, and engineering support for the A&D industry. As a Celestica Center of Excellence for Licensed product manufacturing, the site also expands Celesticas capabilities around servicing and maintaining mature and legacy product lines for our Licensors.

To connect with Celestica at AUSA 2021, please visit Celesticas booth #4225 in Hall C.

About Celestica

Celestica enables the world's best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in aerospace and defense, communications, enterprise, healthtech, industrial, capital equipment, and energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development - from the drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services. With talented teams across North America, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

For further information on Celestica, visit http://www.celestica.com. Our securities filings can be accessed at http://www.sedar.com and http://www.sec.gov.

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Conversations about the future of work frequently focus on hybrid work and collaboration tools. Too often, they overlook the importance of involving leadership to make technology decisions that will make their employees more agile.

Building the right systems from the beginning can really pay off in times of crisis. Those who maintain such an approach have employees who are faster to adopt technology and more empowered in times of uncertainty.

Well be joined for this weeks CDW Tech Talk webcast by Mike Kennedy, vice president for technology enablement and strategy at CDW, to consider the different ways technology can enable distributed teams.

Well also be joined by Andy Rhodes, general manager and global head of commercial systems solutions at HP, who will discuss the variety of tools that can help organizations strike the right balance between remote and in-office work without sacrificing communication and collaboration.

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As part of its effort for continuous progress and sustainable development, TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) announces deployment of an innovative technology developed by Qnergy, to significantly reduce methane emissions related to its operations on the Barnett gas field in the United States.

An innovative and efficient technology

The solution proposed by Qnergy uses a technology allowing to convert methane powered instrumentation to compressed air powered instrumentation, thus eliminating the release of methane to the atmosphere during the process.

During a successful pilot project at the Barnett site in March 2021, Qnergy's technology proved to be reliable, simple to install and easy to operate, allowing to eliminate up to 98% of the methane venting emissions related to instruments using natural gas.

Following successful additional tests, TotalEnergies has decided to install this new technology by deploying 100 units on the Barnett field in 2021 and 2022. The deployment of 300 additional units throughout the field will reduce methane venting emissions from pneumatic devices by approximately 7,000 tons a year by end 2024.

From now on, new developments on the Barnett field and across the Company will be designed without instruments using natural gas.

"To fully play its role in the energy transition, notably as a substitute for coal, the integrated natural gas chain must limit its methane emissions as much as possible. We have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of Qnergy's technology on the Barnett field. By immediately deploying this technology on our US onshore operations, we are actively demonstrating our commitment to reducing our own methane emissions by 20% between 2020 and 2025," said Carole Le Gall, Senior Vice President Sustainability & Climate at TotalEnergies.

Ory Zik, CEO of Qnergy, declared: "We are thrilled to support TotalEnergies' global effort to eliminate methane emissions from the natural gas supply chain. This 100-unit deployment is one of the largest projects in the pneumatic devices sector. It marks the beginning of a new scale of emission mitigation across this sector."

Reducing methane emissions is a priority for TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies' performance in reducing methane emissions is one of the best in the industry. The company has cut its emissions by close to 50% since 2010, through actions focused on different sources -- such as flaring, venting and fugitive emissions -- and by complying with stringent design standards for new projects to ensure that methane emissions are close to zero. The Company has already reduced routine flaring by more than 90% since 2010 and has pledged to eliminate the practice by 2030.

TotalEnergies' achieved to lower the methane emissions intensity of its operated gas facilities to below 0.1% in 2020. The Company has now set an objective of a further 20% reduction of absolute methane emissions from its operated oil and gas assets in 2025 compared to 2020.

In November 2020, TotalEnergies signed onto a second phase of the United Nations Environment Programme's Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP 2.0), supporting a broader, more ambitious reporting framework extended to cover the entire gas value chain and non-operated assets. The Company is also a signatory of the Methane Guiding Principles.

TotalEnergies is a founding member of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), a $1 billion climate fund that has also invested in Qnergy.

About TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies is a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale : oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity. Our 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, clean, reliable and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people.

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About Qnergy

Qnergy provides power solutions that work reliably with a broad range of heat sources including raw natural gas and biogas. Qnergy's Stirling engines are enclosed, frictionless external combustion systems that require no lubrication, oil-change or repair and are capable of delivering tens of thousands of hours of uninterrupted operation. Qnergy leverages it's reliable off-grid power to drive air compressors that help the natural gas industry eliminate methane emission from pneumatic devices

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Think of it in human terms.

We perceive our surroundings through various sensory organs in our bodies. Although vision is the dominant sensor of daily life, the information acquired with this single sensor is extremely limited. Therefore, we must complete the information of our surroundings by using other sensors including hearing and smell.

This concept is applicable to AVs. Currently, sensors used in AVs and advanced driver-assistance system technology range from cameras to lidars, radars and sonars. These sensors each have their own advantages, but each also have limited capabilities.

In the automotive field, which is so essential to allowing people to live their daily lives, safety is the most important value. This truth especially applies to AVs, where every mistake could lead to further distrust from the public about AVs. So the ultimate value that most companies aim for through autonomous driving technology is the realization of a safer driving environment.

With sensor fusion technology, each sensor is specialized in acquiring and analyzing specific information. Therefore, advantages and disadvantages are clear in recognizing the surrounding environment, and there are also limitations that are difficult to solve.

Cameras are very effective in classifying vehicles and pedestrians, or reading road signs and traffic lights. However, their abilities may be limited by fog, dust, darkness, snow and rain. Radar and lidar accurately detect the position and velocity of an object, but they lack the ability to classify objects in detail. They also cannot recognize various road signs because they are incapable of classifying colors.

Sensor fusion technology eliminates distortion or lack of data by integrating various types of data acquired. The sensor fusion software algorithm complements information about blind spots that a single sensor cannot detect, or integrates overlapping data detected by multiple sensors simultaneously and balances information. With this comprehensive information, this technology provides the most accurate and reliable environmental modeling and enables more intelligent driving.

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Beer consumers are increasingly paying attention to the environmental and economic impact businesses have on both the local and global community. Sustainability can be an important differentiator that sets you apart in an increasingly crowded marketplace, and at the same time it can make you more profitable.

Why not partner with technology suppliers committed to providing equipment designed and optimized for sustainability, performance, and quality?

One immediate way to improve sustainability is by addressing inefficiencies in the brewery process. Beer that is lost to the drain is a waste of ingredients, labor, time, and utilities as well as the lost revenue from sales. Reducing inefficiencies by getting more beer in the keg, bottle or can means less waste and more profit!

The biggest source of brewery waste is dumping tank bottoms to drain post-fermentation. Modern styles like IPAs, fruited sours, flavored stouts, etc. include the addition of copious amounts of solids into the fermenter. These solids impart desirable aromas and flavors, but also absorb beer and are difficult to process without a separation/filtration step.

Using a centrifuge to separate solids from beer is the fastest way to increase yields and reduce losses. A centrifuge uses centrifugal force to immediately separate solids from liquid, and many modern centrifuge technologies are available for Brewery applications specifically designed to maximize yield and have minimal impact on beer quality. More on this later.

By recovering beer and not putting it to drain means it is also not being processed at a downstream wastewater treatment plant. However, its not just beer youre putting to drain, its also all that spent yeast, hops, proteins and other solids that must be processed and transported away from the wastewater treatment plant.

When using a centrifuge, the solids ejected from the machine can be side-streamed and sent to a farm as cattle feed; be land-applied as fertilizer; or otherwise diverted from downstream wastewater treatment that consumes additional resources, time, and utilities. This impact can be significant over time and the beneficial use of the by-products is lost when sent to the treatment plant.

Alfa Laval has extensive process and equipment experience in wastewater treatment. This provides us a unique perspective on how breweries impact these facilities. We use this knowledge to address inefficiencies upstream and minimize the waste sent to municipal treatment.

Historically, to get solids like yeast, hops, etc. out of beer you would wait until fermentation has completed, turn the glycol down, and wait for time, temperature and gravity to settle solids out of the beer. Even after the beer reached final temperature, you still might wait days for additional solids to fall out of suspension.

With a centrifuge, once you determine the beer is ready, you dont have to wait any additional settling time. Whereas gravity imparts 1 G of force on the particles in your beer, a centrifuge can impart 5,000-10,000 Gs in an instant.

This means you can turn your tanks faster and naturally increase your production capacity (by 20% in some cases) without adding additional tanks. You dont need to run your glycol as much, thereby either consuming less electricity or using your glycol refrigeration system more efficiently.

Manufacturers may say their separator or centrifuge is hermetic, but not all centrifuges are created equal. Product quality is important to all of us, so its important to know how different kinds of hermetic designs affect dissolved oxygen pickup, temperature pickup, and retention of volatile oils, aromatics and flavors. The technology differences can also have a significant impact on the yield, and therefore the sustainability impact of your process.

Older top-fed, hydro-hermetic centrifuges are still very popular in Brewery applications, but their design dates to the mid-20th century and feature a water seal. To achieve lower dissolved oxygen pickup, this technology typically requires deaerated water and/or carbon dioxide. Hydro-hermetic machines are not 100% hermetic because they allow oxygen into the bowl, normally during every discharge.

Alfa Lavals innovative bottom-fed design doesnt allow oxygen into the bowl at all its fully-hermetic. Once filled with liquid, bottom-fed machines are fully-hermetic and dont suffer from high dissolved-oxygen spikes during discharges like traditional top-fed, hydro hermetic technologies.

Besides no oxygen pickup, bottom-fed machines also offer many other important quality considerations that affect beer quality and the customer experience.

As Brewers, you spend a lot of time, money and effort to impart delicate hop aromas and flavors into your beer shouldnt you do everything you can to preserve these sensitive compounds?

With a bottom-fed, fully-hermetic machine, there is no place for those aromatics to disappear to and are less affected by oxygen pickup, temperature pickup and shear stress compared to older top-fed, hydro-hermetic machines.

Older top-fed, hydro-hermetic machines feature internal fixed paring discs that naturally generate friction as the beer is pushed out of the centrifuge. This friction converts mechanical energy into thermal energy, and results in increased temperature pickup to your beer. High-temperature pickup in top-fed, hydro-hermetic machines is especially evident in low-flow rates or high-solid applications like dry-hopped or heavy-adjunct beers.

Bottom-fed, fully-hermetic machines, like the ones produced by Alfa Laval, feature an outlet on the top of the machine at the center of rotation. Exiting through the center of rotation and with an impeller that spins with the bowl reduces mechanical energy and therefore friction. Bottom-fed machines offer lower temperature pickup across the entire flow range to better preserve the quality of your beer. This means consistent, great tasting product with less rejects due to compromised quality.

Another great sustainability impacting benefit of reducing friction is that it also reduces power consumption, as it takes more energy to push the beer through a fixed paring disc (kinetic energy that is transformed into thermal energy of friction).

Bottom-fed machines on average offer 30% less power consumption that traditional top-fed machines (of similar size) by exiting through a spinning impeller at the center of rotation.

Power consumption savings could be reduced by as much as 70% in a bottom-fed, fully-hermetic design, when combined with Alfa Lavals latest centrifuge innovation eMotion.

It matters who you partner with, and Alfa Laval is committed to helping your Brewery achieve your sustainability goals, as well as exceed your profitability targets. As a company rooted in Nordic culture of environmental responsibility, discovering sustainable and innovative solutions for our customers is a core value across all markets-served and technologies-offered.

In Brewery, our innovative Bottom-fed centrifuges uniquely offer minimal impact on beer quality while simultaneously promoting sustainability goals like reducing product waste, improving process optimization and efficiencies, and lower utility consumption.

Besides offering bottom-fed, disc stack centrifuges in Brewery Cold Block applications, Alfa Laval also offers decanter centrifuges to process whirlpool tank bottoms to reduce losses, improve yield, and reduce fresh-water consumption during whirlpool cleaning. They also offer an extensive range of process equipment designed to optimize many of the operations in brewing.

Learn more how you can improve your brewerys profitability while also improving the sustainability of the process by speaking to our experts. You can find them here: http://www.alfalaval.us/brewery

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