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Meeting Minutes - US Department of State

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has put in a Novatron bioprotective air sterilizing<br />

system. That's the system they went to after 9/11.<br />

There is quite a bit <strong>of</strong> new technology being looked<br />

at right now. But the big thing here is what we're<br />

looking at here from a building automation system.<br />

That's the big nugget here. We're getting quite a<br />

bit efficient and effective equipment. Let's look<br />

at how we talk to that equipment. How do we get<br />

information out <strong>of</strong> that that equipment? How do we<br />

help that information help the people in the<br />

facilities?<br />

Next one, please. Being environmentally<br />

responsible. We're seeing quite a bit <strong>of</strong> effect<br />

coming from the Energy Policy Act <strong>of</strong> 2005. This<br />

next one, which is really not relevant in blast-<br />

pro<strong>of</strong> buildings or dedicated outside air systems,<br />

but what I would like to highlight here is some <strong>of</strong><br />

the environmentally friendly refrigerants.<br />

There is the R-410A refrigerant. And the<br />

EPA has pretty much recognized it as a chlorine-free<br />

refrigerant and we're seeing that the cost from an<br />

environmental standpoint is pretty significant. So<br />

we're seeing quite a bit <strong>of</strong> things here that we can<br />

look at from an environmental standpoint.<br />

And lastly, we wanted to highlight how we<br />

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