Air Perfection began in 1989 focusing on technical service and repairing equipment. In 1997, they began partnering with employees by focusing on pride, compensation, competence, and fun. This enabled partnerships with customers around energy conservation. They met an air auditor in 1997 and spent seven years learning auditing. Audits involved understanding equipment and air needs to reduce energy costs. Project management was key to executing audits which helped the business grow.
LES Energy Services Ltd. is a Nigerian Indigenous Company founded in 2007. With a Corporate office in Lagos and an Operational Base in Port Harcourt, we specialize in the provision of Operations and Maintenance of Oil and Gas Facilities, Engineering, Fabrication, Emergency Response Services, Valve Maintenance and Safety Systems, Civil Works, Procurement, Marine and Offshore Services, Training and Specialized Recruitment Services.
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Compares Compressed Air Vehicles with Battery Electric, Gasoline and Diesel energy conversion using key metrics. Metrics are serial efficiency, volumetric energy density of the fuel (MJ/M3), cost per Kilowatt output ($/kW), and mass of CO2 per energy output (kg/kWh)
LES Energy Services Ltd. is a Nigerian Indigenous Company founded in 2007. With a Corporate office in Lagos and an Operational Base in Port Harcourt, we specialize in the provision of Operations and Maintenance of Oil and Gas Facilities, Engineering, Fabrication, Emergency Response Services, Valve Maintenance and Safety Systems, Civil Works, Procurement, Marine and Offshore Services, Training and Specialized Recruitment Services.
Alfred Piggott 2012.05.31 Compressed Air Vehicle Comparison Diesel Electric G...ap3slidshare
Compares Compressed Air Vehicles with Battery Electric, Gasoline and Diesel energy conversion using key metrics. Metrics are serial efficiency, volumetric energy density of the fuel (MJ/M3), cost per Kilowatt output ($/kW), and mass of CO2 per energy output (kg/kWh)
This document brings together a set
of latest data points and publicly
available information relevant for
Manufacturing Industry. We are very
excited to share this content and
believe that readers will benefit from
this periodic publication immensely.
How Thomas Cook rocked at Business Transformation in 2019MarcLeeSmith
The irony isn't lost on me...
The slideware I used to present Thomas Cook's RPA revolution in 2019 to the European Customer Contact Centre Awards (ECCCA) finalist Panel in 2019.
n recent months the media has been
whipping up a storm over how a carbon
tax will send us all into poverty. The view
has been that a carbon tax is yet another
lever for the government to pull to grab
more revenue and everyone and every
business is going to suffer from a price
being put on carbon.
Here are some realities:
• Australia has commitments under
the UN to reduce national greenhouse
gas emissions;
• Australia won’t be leading the world if it
introduces a carbon tax. Many countries
have already implemented a tax or
scheme for putting a price on carbon;
• A critical issue for businesses will be
keeping a competitive advantage in a
new tax regime.
The bottom line is that a carbon price
will be another risk for businesses to
manage. BUT in some instances, a price
on carbon will provide an opportunity,
both in forcing businesses to review and
update their operations to become more
efficient, and in providing new industries
and products to service a new carbon
regime. How can your business take
advantage of these opportunities?
In this article, I propose that SME leaders
(if they haven’t already) ought to consider
getting a view of how carbon flows
through their business. This will enable
an understanding of how a carbon price
is likely to impact your balance sheet.
Facility Resource Group is a facility maintenance company that specializes in energy efficiency. Every company large or small wastes and pays for more energy than they need. Our goal is to reduce that number so you are only paying for what you need. With our many solutions offered, we play an integral role in several businesses saving hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly.
Vaccine management system project report documentation..pdfKamal Acharya
The Division of Vaccine and Immunization is facing increasing difficulty monitoring vaccines and other commodities distribution once they have been distributed from the national stores. With the introduction of new vaccines, more challenges have been anticipated with this additions posing serious threat to the already over strained vaccine supply chain system in Kenya.
This document brings together a set
of latest data points and publicly
available information relevant for
Manufacturing Industry. We are very
excited to share this content and
believe that readers will benefit from
this periodic publication immensely.
How Thomas Cook rocked at Business Transformation in 2019MarcLeeSmith
The irony isn't lost on me...
The slideware I used to present Thomas Cook's RPA revolution in 2019 to the European Customer Contact Centre Awards (ECCCA) finalist Panel in 2019.
n recent months the media has been
whipping up a storm over how a carbon
tax will send us all into poverty. The view
has been that a carbon tax is yet another
lever for the government to pull to grab
more revenue and everyone and every
business is going to suffer from a price
being put on carbon.
Here are some realities:
• Australia has commitments under
the UN to reduce national greenhouse
gas emissions;
• Australia won’t be leading the world if it
introduces a carbon tax. Many countries
have already implemented a tax or
scheme for putting a price on carbon;
• A critical issue for businesses will be
keeping a competitive advantage in a
new tax regime.
The bottom line is that a carbon price
will be another risk for businesses to
manage. BUT in some instances, a price
on carbon will provide an opportunity,
both in forcing businesses to review and
update their operations to become more
efficient, and in providing new industries
and products to service a new carbon
regime. How can your business take
advantage of these opportunities?
In this article, I propose that SME leaders
(if they haven’t already) ought to consider
getting a view of how carbon flows
through their business. This will enable
an understanding of how a carbon price
is likely to impact your balance sheet.
Facility Resource Group is a facility maintenance company that specializes in energy efficiency. Every company large or small wastes and pays for more energy than they need. Our goal is to reduce that number so you are only paying for what you need. With our many solutions offered, we play an integral role in several businesses saving hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly.
Vaccine management system project report documentation..pdfKamal Acharya
The Division of Vaccine and Immunization is facing increasing difficulty monitoring vaccines and other commodities distribution once they have been distributed from the national stores. With the introduction of new vaccines, more challenges have been anticipated with this additions posing serious threat to the already over strained vaccine supply chain system in Kenya.
Cosmetic shop management system project report.pdfKamal Acharya
Buying new cosmetic products is difficult. It can even be scary for those who have sensitive skin and are prone to skin trouble. The information needed to alleviate this problem is on the back of each product, but it's thought to interpret those ingredient lists unless you have a background in chemistry.
Instead of buying and hoping for the best, we can use data science to help us predict which products may be good fits for us. It includes various function programs to do the above mentioned tasks.
Data file handling has been effectively used in the program.
The automated cosmetic shop management system should deal with the automation of general workflow and administration process of the shop. The main processes of the system focus on customer's request where the system is able to search the most appropriate products and deliver it to the customers. It should help the employees to quickly identify the list of cosmetic product that have reached the minimum quantity and also keep a track of expired date for each cosmetic product. It should help the employees to find the rack number in which the product is placed.It is also Faster and more efficient way.
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Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface.
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
• Compatible with IDM8000 CCR.
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
• Easy in configuration using DIP switches.
Technical Specifications
Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
Key Features
Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system
• Copatiable with IDM8000 CCR
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
Application
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface.
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
• Compatible with IDM8000 CCR.
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
• Easy in configuration using DIP switches.
Student information management system project report ii.pdfKamal Acharya
Our project explains about the student management. This project mainly explains the various actions related to student details. This project shows some ease in adding, editing and deleting the student details. It also provides a less time consuming process for viewing, adding, editing and deleting the marks of the students.
Immunizing Image Classifiers Against Localized Adversary Attacksgerogepatton
This paper addresses the vulnerability of deep learning models, particularly convolutional neural networks
(CNN)s, to adversarial attacks and presents a proactive training technique designed to counter them. We
introduce a novel volumization algorithm, which transforms 2D images into 3D volumetric representations.
When combined with 3D convolution and deep curriculum learning optimization (CLO), itsignificantly improves
the immunity of models against localized universal attacks by up to 40%. We evaluate our proposed approach
using contemporary CNN architectures and the modified Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR-10
and CIFAR-100) and ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge (ILSVRC12) datasets, showcasing
accuracy improvements over previous techniques. The results indicate that the combination of the volumetric
input and curriculum learning holds significant promise for mitigating adversarial attacks without necessitating
adversary training.
Final project report on grocery store management system..pdfKamal Acharya
In today’s fast-changing business environment, it’s extremely important to be able to respond to client needs in the most effective and timely manner. If your customers wish to see your business online and have instant access to your products or services.
Online Grocery Store is an e-commerce website, which retails various grocery products. This project allows viewing various products available enables registered users to purchase desired products instantly using Paytm, UPI payment processor (Instant Pay) and also can place order by using Cash on Delivery (Pay Later) option. This project provides an easy access to Administrators and Managers to view orders placed using Pay Later and Instant Pay options.
In order to develop an e-commerce website, a number of Technologies must be studied and understood. These include multi-tiered architecture, server and client-side scripting techniques, implementation technologies, programming language (such as PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and MySQL relational databases. This is a project with the objective to develop a basic website where a consumer is provided with a shopping cart website and also to know about the technologies used to develop such a website.
This document will discuss each of the underlying technologies to create and implement an e- commerce website.
Event Management System Vb Net Project Report.pdfKamal Acharya
In present era, the scopes of information technology growing with a very fast .We do not see any are untouched from this industry. The scope of information technology has become wider includes: Business and industry. Household Business, Communication, Education, Entertainment, Science, Medicine, Engineering, Distance Learning, Weather Forecasting. Carrier Searching and so on.
My project named “Event Management System” is software that store and maintained all events coordinated in college. It also helpful to print related reports. My project will help to record the events coordinated by faculties with their Name, Event subject, date & details in an efficient & effective ways.
In my system we have to make a system by which a user can record all events coordinated by a particular faculty. In our proposed system some more featured are added which differs it from the existing system such as security.
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Offering energy management services toour customers is part of our core
strategy. We believe, however, that creating a partnership with our
employees enables us to then create partnerships with our customers
— often around the topic of energy conservation. Partnerships, in our
opinion,takeworkingfor Air Perfectiontoadeeper,moremeaningful level.
Air Perfection began business in 1989. We focused on providing
technical service, invested in technicians, service trucks and a small
garage where we could repair equipment. We didn’t hire an outside
sales person until 1995. Then, in 1997, everything changed for us.
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CompressedAir Best PracticesinterviewedJimMorgan(Director, EnergyManagement
Group) andSteve Strah(Senior Project Manager) of Air PerfectionInc.
Pride in Excellent Technical Service
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As co-owners, was that when you began“partnering”?
Yes. In 1997, we worked hard, focusing on our employees and we began the long
road learning to audit compressed air systems. In those days, distributors,
“like us”didn’t know what an air system audit was and we have learned even some
of the larger companies truly don’t understand partnering with their employees.
There is nothing more valuable to our company than a committed and profes-
sional employee.We go to any length to make sure they enjoy working for Air
Perfection.They have rewarded us with loyalty, high performance, and friendships.
We have four areas we focus on:
1. Pride: Excellence installs pride in the employee and in Air Perfection.
We could give many examples across our company. One is when our
service technicians go out to jobs, they always take pressure-washers
andtouch-uppaint toleavetheair compressor lookinglikenew, if allowed.
We always take the appropriate colors with us in the service trucks.
Our customers are always pleasantly surprised by this extra service and
they treat our service technician as some one special. This is good for
our company as wereceivemost new customers through word-of-mouth
referrals from our current customers. This is good for our technicians
as they are recognized for what they do and feel pride.
2. Compensation: Northern California is known for being high-priced and
competitive. Our business sector is no different. There are high-turnover
rates as employees move from job-to-job seeking higher compensation.
Wedecided, in1997, tooffer topwagesaswell asatopwork environment.
We have worked hard at our compensation programs and arrived at
innovative packages, which allow both the employee and the company
to prosper in a“win-win” situation. This has been a critical factor
in allowing us to recruit and retain the best employees in the region.
3. Competence &Professionalism: Sound business processes, supported
byappropriatetools, createaprofessional atmosphere. SteveStrahfocuses
his energy on creating and supporting this professional environment.
Our processes, from procurement to inventory management to project
management, we feel are the best in our area. Our employees take pro-
fessional pride in always taking these processes to the next level. This
tiesback intotheimportanceof creatingasenseof prideandcompetence.
4. Fun: If you don’t enjoy yourself where you work, you won’t stay for too
long.Wefeel that the“fun factor” is aessential complement totheabove
factors. Fun allowsAir Perfection to be more than an employer. We strive
to be a second family. It makes a“work colleague” a friend. It makes
us more than “the bosses”. We feel that activities designed outside of
theworkplace, tobuildrelationships, areessential. Duringabusywork-day,
it simply isn’t possible to build more meaningful relationships. To this
end we organize:
A. Occasional Friday pot-lucks and company lunches and BBQ’s
B. Camping trips (rafting, camping, canoeing, fishing,)
C. Girls-Night Out: From San Francisco to theWine Country
“Offering.
energy
management
services to our
customers is
part of our
core strategy.”
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How did you begin auditing compressed air systems?
We met one of the top compressed air auditors in 1997, named Dean Smith, and
spent seven years learning how to audit air systems. In the beginning we found
our competitors were just selling air compressors — while we were turning air
compressors off! We were learning to sell system components, which reduced
energy costs, stabilized working pressures, and put us in a great position to build
relationships with end users.A big investment was made in learning to walk the
factory floor and take measurements.We learned to take the time to understand
specific pieces of equipment, using compressed air, and to determine whether
they were receiving air at the appropriate air pressure.
What were the market conditions in the late 1990’s in Northern California?
Energy prices in Northern California went from 6–8 cents per kW/hour, in the
late 90’s,to 10–15 cents per kW/hour in 2000.The average is 12 cents per kW/hour.
These high energy costs, combined with the recession of 2000–2002, forced
a lot of firms in the compressed air business to fold. Under our auditing strategy,
we sold system components, which reduced energy costs, and actually grew
during the recession. Energy prices have remained high.The “demand-rate”goes
from 13–27 cents per kW/hour. If you exceed your allocation, your facility will
operate at the “demand rate”for the rest of the month.Alameda and local ports
like San Francico,have demand rates of up to 27 cents per kw/hour.Under demand
rates, a 25 hp compressor would cost $65,000 per year to operate. Energy
conservation is the only option for a viable business.
Air Perfection Headquarters in Dixon, California
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How did you educate the market on compressed air energy costs?
During the recession we focused on the education of end users with countless
workshops.These workshops went through all the fundamentals with regards
to energy-saving “best practices”in compressed air systems. For most end users
then (and still today) there were many areas of low-hanging fruit to be picked.
We also invited people from the regional utility companies and/or co-sponsored
workshops with them.During these years we built our strong working relationships
with PG&E, Sacramento Municipal District (SMUD), Modesto Irrigation District
(MID),Turlock Irrigation District (TID), and with the Public Utility Commission
(PUC).We also became an Allied Partner of the Department of Energy and have
had our auditors featured on their web page (see the story on the San Jose
Mercury Newspaper).
What role does project management play in air auditing?
Executing and implementing a compressed air audit REQUIRES excellent project
management abilities.These projects involve countless steps to deliver the energy-
savings we have calculated for their investment.Air Perfection, under Steve Strah’s
management, organizes the schedule with the factory for audits to take place,
works with vendors to ensure deliveries, and with contractors to ensure timely
installation and implementation. Utility firms must be involved in specific stages
of the project in order to qualify the project for rebates. Specific documentation
must also be provided to the end user and to the utility company. Efficient project
management, of major audits, is a core expertise we have worked hard at to
develop over the years. Once completed, it’s very rewarding when the audit
and implementation go as planned.
Sohow is the compressed air market today?
When capital became more readily available in 2002,Air Perfection Inc. was
already established as a serious compressed air auditing firm.We had built
a reputation as a firm able to generate energy-savings for our customers,
attract rebate dollars from utility companies, and execute projects on schedule.
Throughout the next couple of years our company grew in size and market
share due to these capabilities.
The market has changed in that today there are many firms claiming to offer
auditing services via “boxes”.“White boxes” and “black boxes” can measure
certain things and provide end users with a first-glance at their system —
but they are fundamentally a sales tool.We believe, however, that a full audit,
on the factory floor, continues to be the best way to truly understand the needs
for compressed air, in a facility, and to then construct the most efficient manner
in supplying that demand.
“A big .
investment
was made
in learning to
walk the factory
floor and take
measurements.”
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Are there any new “green initiatives” coming
out of California?
The EPAis very strict in the Silicon Valley.Condensate
management is becoming a major issue.A manufac-
turing firm, in Stockton, was recently shut-down
temporarily, by the EPA, because they were not
separating oil from the condensate created in the
compressed air system.The company lost three days
of operation and the maintenance manager was
fired.We were asked to rush out and install an
oil-water separator.Today, you simply cannot have
condensate going anywhere except for into an
oil-water separator.The EPA will fine offending
companies and write-up a “fix-it”ticket which gives
them 30 days to comply. Fines can be $1,000 per
day until an oil-water separator is installed. EPA
enforcement does vary county-to-county out here.
At this time,Air Perfection feels it is our obligation to provide every end user with a
written notification, of our recommendation to install an oil-water separator to properly
dispose of the oil.
What kind of oil-water separators doyou recommend?
Gravity-type separators, using charcoal bags, are not always accepted in the Silicon
Valley.The charcoal bags are normally difficult to dispose of without dripping oil
on the floor. Many are also incapable of handling certain common types of oil which
create emulsions with the condensate.We recommend oil-water separators which
vaporize the water leaving very little oil for removal.This reduces the difficulty and
cost of proper disposal.These systems can handle all types of oil and emulsion situations.
What is the scope of Air Perfection today?
We have grown to 46 employees with 22 service technicians and seven sales people with
an in house engineer. Our 30,000 square foot headquarters is in Dixon, California and
we have branches in Reno, Sacramento, Castro Valley, San Jose, and Tracy, California.
The Dixon Corporate office houses our service parts inventory, new machine stock,
and a complete service shop where we can over-haul and rebuild air compressors.
We also have a large rental fleet of 85 pieces of equipment.The equipment in the fleet
ranges from 5–350 horsepower air compressors, CDA air compressors with -40˚ F dew
point desiccant dryers, vacuum pumps, and stand-alone dryers and filtration packages.
Air Perfection today continues to create partnerships with customers who have a focus
on energy management. Our employees make these partnerships beneficial to all parties
involved.
Thank youAir Perfectionfor your insights.
For more information please contact: Jim Morgan or Steve Strah, Air Perfection Inc., tel: 707-678-0573,
email: jmorgan@airperfectioninc.com, sstrah@airperfectioninc.com or visit our web site at www.airperfectioninc.com
Jim Morgan and Steve Strah of Air Perfection Inc.