Geoff Slowman serves on multiple sustainability committees in Ashland that have seen recent successes including establishing a farmer's market, preserving forest land, and limiting new sprinkler systems. Two energy audits identified hundreds of potential energy conservation measures (ECMs) for town buildings with estimated savings between $2-25k annually and payback periods ranging from weeks to decades. The committees will review ECMs and consider future initiatives like green roofs on schools, a student liaison program, LED streetlights, bike paths, and fuel efficient vehicles.
Water-Efficient Homes, New Development - Carolyn Schaffer, associate resources specialist, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - Presentation 1/2 Water and Efficiency in New Construction
Water-Efficient Homes, New Development - Carolyn Schaffer, associate resources specialist, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - Presentation 1/2 Water and Efficiency in New Construction
Fields in Trust Healthy communities public health CPD eventFields in Trust
Alison McCann, Policy Manager, Fields in Trust
Making the case: Recognising the wider value of parks to contribute to the health and wellbeing of communities. The session explores some of the key findings from the Parliamentary Communities and Local Government Committee Public Parks inquiry.
Environmental Responsibility at BacardiRobert Petts
A presentation on the various stakeholder groups that are effected by Bacardi's environmental impact, how Bacardi has been performing in terms of its environmental impact, and future steps it can take to further reduce its impact.
Amendments to Native Vegetation Clearing RegulationsAaron Organ
The Native Vegetation Clearing Regulations were updated late 2017 by the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP). This presentation is an overview of the changes from an ecological consultant's perspective. Presented at an industry forum in February 2018 hosted by the Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association (VPELA).
Scott Meakin, Manager, Corporate Responsibility, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, spoke at the CEC Joint Public Advisory Committee's Greening North America's Energy Economy public forum in Calgary on April 25, 2013. More at: http://cec.org/jpacenergy
MEEA staff Rose Jordan and Catie Krasner led a session walking Illinois school representatives through Pillar 1 and the concept of building a sustainability roadmap. The presentation included advice, guidelines, and resources available for energy benchmarking and auditing as well as free EPA tools available to measure other sustainability metrics (e.g., water, waste, etc.).
Northampton Community College Leadership: Team Green ProjectJordan Knighton
Team Green of Leadership Class 2014 hosted a sustainability presentation to show a plan to reduce Northampton Community College energy consumption by 20% in the next 10 years.
Fresh Energy's 2013 Power Breakfast | Jason Willett: Case StudyFresh Energy
The first event of a three-part Solar Opportunities Series, Fresh Energy’s annual Power Breakfast outlined new and exciting solar opportunities for business and property owners. Learn more at fresh-energy.org/solarseries.
Effective Energy Management - California Savings Summit 2013SchoolDude
You don’t have to spend a ton of capital or energy to save on both utility costs and consumption. This session will offer practical advice on both starting and maintaining an effective energy management plan.
Fields in Trust Healthy communities public health CPD eventFields in Trust
Alison McCann, Policy Manager, Fields in Trust
Making the case: Recognising the wider value of parks to contribute to the health and wellbeing of communities. The session explores some of the key findings from the Parliamentary Communities and Local Government Committee Public Parks inquiry.
Environmental Responsibility at BacardiRobert Petts
A presentation on the various stakeholder groups that are effected by Bacardi's environmental impact, how Bacardi has been performing in terms of its environmental impact, and future steps it can take to further reduce its impact.
Amendments to Native Vegetation Clearing RegulationsAaron Organ
The Native Vegetation Clearing Regulations were updated late 2017 by the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP). This presentation is an overview of the changes from an ecological consultant's perspective. Presented at an industry forum in February 2018 hosted by the Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association (VPELA).
Scott Meakin, Manager, Corporate Responsibility, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, spoke at the CEC Joint Public Advisory Committee's Greening North America's Energy Economy public forum in Calgary on April 25, 2013. More at: http://cec.org/jpacenergy
MEEA staff Rose Jordan and Catie Krasner led a session walking Illinois school representatives through Pillar 1 and the concept of building a sustainability roadmap. The presentation included advice, guidelines, and resources available for energy benchmarking and auditing as well as free EPA tools available to measure other sustainability metrics (e.g., water, waste, etc.).
Northampton Community College Leadership: Team Green ProjectJordan Knighton
Team Green of Leadership Class 2014 hosted a sustainability presentation to show a plan to reduce Northampton Community College energy consumption by 20% in the next 10 years.
Fresh Energy's 2013 Power Breakfast | Jason Willett: Case StudyFresh Energy
The first event of a three-part Solar Opportunities Series, Fresh Energy’s annual Power Breakfast outlined new and exciting solar opportunities for business and property owners. Learn more at fresh-energy.org/solarseries.
Effective Energy Management - California Savings Summit 2013SchoolDude
You don’t have to spend a ton of capital or energy to save on both utility costs and consumption. This session will offer practical advice on both starting and maintaining an effective energy management plan.
Chris Allwein spoke to the OCTC Annual Conference on May 3, 2016, about the legal requirements behind energy efficiency and the benefits for both provider and customer.
Also included are presentations by Jon Williams on AEP Ohio Energy Efficiency and Energy Management Solutions, given by Gary Swanson.
Colorado school districts need to find ways to continue supporting education as budgets are reduced. Learn how the Alamosa School District freed up dollars through the following creative strategies:
•Master Planning
•Collaboration with Utility Providers
•Campus Consolidation and Staffing Efficiencies
•Energy Options
•Maintenance Strategies
Colorado school districts need to find ways to continue supporting education as budgets are reduced. Learn how the Alamosa School District freed up dollars through the following creative strategies:
•Master Planning
•Collaboration with Utility Providers
•Campus Consolidation and Staffing Efficiencies
•Energy Options
•Maintenance Strategies
Building Sustainability through Community Engagement - Presentation by Michael Greis of Green Needham at the MA Sustainable Communities Conference 4/20/12.
Energy Management at Unite Students: it is Up to uS…EMEX
The session will cover: Introduction to Unite Students. Overview of our Up to uS Responsible Business Strategy. Detail of our Energy & Environment strategy. Unite Students Building Water and Energy Efficiency Programme. Identifying energy saving opportunities & solutions. Implementation and compliance.
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Building RAG with self-deployed Milvus vector database and Snowpark Container...Zilliz
This talk will give hands-on advice on building RAG applications with an open-source Milvus database deployed as a docker container. We will also introduce the integration of Milvus with Snowpark Container Services.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
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Ashland
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streetlights
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paths
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