http://www.tempsensornews.com TempSensorNEWS Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:44:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/add-infrared-to-your-audit-or-inspection-business/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/add-infrared-to-your-audit-or-inspection-business/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0000 CHawks http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8693 25-26th Feb Austin Texas Bonsall CA, USA — Are you an Energy Auditor or Home Inspector looking to expand into the Thermal Imaging Business? Will you be attending the upcoming RESNET conference to be held in Austin, TX Feb 27-29th? Here is your chance! Arrive a little early and join United Infrared for a two-day [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/add-infrared-to-your-audit-or-inspection-business/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/infrared-video-of-marcellus-shale-drilling-air-pollution/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/infrared-video-of-marcellus-shale-drilling-air-pollution/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:02:37 +0000 GOrlove http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8460 Chesapeake Bay Foundation video on hydrocarbon gas emissions in the Marcellus shale region of Pennsylvania, West Virginia & Maryland Online – As reported by Gary Orlove in the  2011 InfraMation ITC Newsletter* – “December 2011″, in an article entitled “Video Investigation of Gas Drilling Sites Reveals Invisible Air Pollution”: “The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) sent the [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/infrared-video-of-marcellus-shale-drilling-air-pollution/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/testing-filtration-systems-in-pools-and-hot-tubs/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/testing-filtration-systems-in-pools-and-hot-tubs/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:00:25 +0000 CAS News http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8432 With the  dataTaker DT80 Intelligent Universal Input Data Logger CHESTERLAND OH, USA — CAS DataLoggers recently provided the datalogging solution for a customer who wanted to capture data to demonstrate how the latest design of their filter element could improve the energy efficiency of filtering systems for pools and hot tubs. To determine the efficiency [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/testing-filtration-systems-in-pools-and-hot-tubs/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/hvac/savings-of-18-5-for-buildings-that-meet-2010-energy-standard/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/hvac/savings-of-18-5-for-buildings-that-meet-2010-energy-standard/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:23:51 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8308 The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced  that its analysis shows buildings meeting a 2010 energy efficiency standard will use 18.5% less energy than structures using the previous (2007) standard. The latest version of Standard 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings, Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, will save commercial building owners energy and money, according to DOE’s [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/hvac/savings-of-18-5-for-buildings-that-meet-2010-energy-standard/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/applications/first-app-to-support-ongoing-commissioning-in-usgbcs-app-lab/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/applications/first-app-to-support-ongoing-commissioning-in-usgbcs-app-lab/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:59:28 +0000 RTJ Consultants http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=8278 SCIenergy® Provides Time Saving & Convenient Technology That Accelerates LEED® Certification San Francisco CA, USA – SCIenergy, Inc. has announced it will provide the first application to support ongoing commissioning in the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) new App Lab Campaign launching last week. The concept was created to make the LEED forms and [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/applications/first-app-to-support-ongoing-commissioning-in-usgbcs-app-lab/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/newport-corporation-announces-closing-of-ophir-optronics-acquisition/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/newport-corporation-announces-closing-of-ophir-optronics-acquisition/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:36:57 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7971 IRVINE CA, USA — /PRNewswire/ — Newport Corporation has announced that Tuesday, October 4, 2011, the company will close its previously announced acquisition of Ophir Optronics Ltd. (“Ophir”), a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation and three-dimensional non-contact measurement equipment. President and Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Phillippy and Senior Vice President and [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/newport-corporation-announces-closing-of-ophir-optronics-acquisition/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/nir-helps-grade-grasses-for-ethanol-yields/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/nir-helps-grade-grasses-for-ethanol-yields/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:30:07 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7718 A Quick Way… By Don Comis  August 18, 2011 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers have developed an inexpensive way to grade the ethanol potential of perennial grasses at the biorefinery’s loading dock. That future has been made possible by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, including Ken Vogel, Rob Mitchell, and Steve [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/nir-helps-grade-grasses-for-ethanol-yields/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/thermal-mapping-at-key-financial-institutions/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/thermal-mapping-at-key-financial-institutions/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:39:19 +0000 prweb http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7604 Infrared Electrical Surveys & Thermal Mapping at Key Financial Institutions Help Keep Critical Infrastructure Running New York NY,USA –(PR.com) — Infrared Imaging Services LLC, a member of the United Infrared Network is providing Electrical Infrared P/PM inspections of switchgear and critical systems at major banks and Data centers. Infrared Imaging Services LLC, in business since [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/thermal-mapping-at-key-financial-institutions/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/two-days-left-for-its9-abstracts/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/two-days-left-for-its9-abstracts/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:42:09 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7382 Held Once per Decade – The Top Temperature Meeting in Los Angeles – March 2012 ITS9 – the International Temperature Symposium – A friendly reminder that we are just two days away from the July 15 deadline for ITS9 Abstracts. We’ll be sending out a bulk email reminder to our general mail list. Do you [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermowells/two-days-left-for-its9-abstracts/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/web-accessible/tuesday-webcast-for-industry-a-discussion-of-new-itp-tools-and-resources-for-industry/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/web-accessible/tuesday-webcast-for-industry-a-discussion-of-new-itp-tools-and-resources-for-industry/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:00:33 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=7313 Join DOE ITP for a Webinar on July 12 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now…below! The Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) offers a collection of free software tools to help you identify and analyze energy system savings opportunities in your plant or industrial facility. This Webcast will focus on the variety of new tools [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/web-accessible/tuesday-webcast-for-industry-a-discussion-of-new-itp-tools-and-resources-for-industry/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/the-big-picture-on-energy-loss/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/the-big-picture-on-energy-loss/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 08:17:52 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6971 MIT system, tested in Cambridge, gives comprehensive view of energy inefficiency across large areas By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office Cambridge MA, USA –  Getting an energy audit of a home or a commercial building can be a time-consuming and labor-intensive process. But new techniques and technology developed by a team of MIT researchers [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/the-big-picture-on-energy-loss/feed/ 1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/new-integrated-weather-station-with-built-in-pyranometer/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/new-integrated-weather-station-with-built-in-pyranometer/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:32:34 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6693 WS501 UMB compact, integrated weather station/ pyranometer FELLBACH GERMANY – G.Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH announced that they will begin production of a new integrated weather station with built-in Kipp & Zonen CMP pyranometer. The new sensor will add solar radiation measurement to existing sensors for temperature, relative humidity, air pressure and wind speed and [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/new-integrated-weather-station-with-built-in-pyranometer/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/level-1-thermography18-21april-2011/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/level-1-thermography18-21april-2011/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:22:58 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6666 ITC Training In Lyndhurst,NJ North Billerica MA, USA –  Get hands-on operator training and understand the how-tos of basic thermography. Level I Thermography – Call or register online for this course near you. Sign up now. (See details below) Who Should Attend: New users. No thermography experience is necessary. Class Outcomes: In this hands-on class, [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/level-1-thermography18-21april-2011/feed/ 1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/Research/compact-high-temp-superconducting-cables/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/Research/compact-high-temp-superconducting-cables/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:06:16 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6470 Demonstrated at NIST Boulder CO, USA — A researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has invented a method of making high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cables that are thinner and more flexible than demonstration HTS cables now installed in the electric power grid while carrying the same or more current. The compact cables [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/Research/compact-high-temp-superconducting-cables/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/michells-liquidew-analyzer-app/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/michells-liquidew-analyzer-app/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:09:54 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6180 Helps Save Time & Money on Maintenance at the Extresol-1 Thermosolar Power Plant ACS Cobra Energía has installed a Liquidew moisture-in-liquid analyzer to help save time and money on maintenance at the Extresol-1 thermosolar power plant in Extremadura, Spain. (Note: A plant image view above showing people alongside the solar reflectors gives an idea of [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/moisture/michells-liquidew-analyzer-app/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/melting-rocks-with-sunshine/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/melting-rocks-with-sunshine/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:16:42 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=6025 Just How Hot is Hot? How do they know it? Jem Stansfield traveled to the Solar Furnace Research Facility in Southern France and witnesses the incredible power generated by highly concentrated sunlight in this YouTube video. It can really heat up things! TreeHugger.com shows the same video with the following commentary and comments: On average, [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/choosing-sensor/melting-rocks-with-sunshine/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/vaisala-lightning-detection-system-for-russia/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/vaisala-lightning-detection-system-for-russia/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:26:07 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=5928 Lightning Detection System to Improve Reliability of Electricity Transmission Vaisala provides a lightning detection system to an electricity transmission network in southern Russia to help minimize power outages caused by lightning strikes. The project is part of a large electricity transmission modernization program for the Russian national grid. Here’s a Vaisala video that tells more [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/vaisala-lightning-detection-system-for-russia/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/rf-powered-battery-free-wireless-sensor-2/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/rf-powered-battery-free-wireless-sensor-2/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:44:20 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=5025 Powercast Demonstrated RF-Powered, Battery-Free Wireless Sensor Module at Sensors Expo 2010 in June! Featured in a July 16th Story in the New York Times: Bye-Bye Batteries: Radio Waves as a Low Power Source Wireless Sensor Module, jointly developed by Powercast and Microchip Technology, showcases RF energy harvesting and low power processing and communications. Pittsburgh PA, [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/rf-powered-battery-free-wireless-sensor-2/feed/ 5 http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/joint-international-symposium-on-temperature-humidity-moisture-and-thermal-measurements-in-industry-and-science/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/joint-international-symposium-on-temperature-humidity-moisture-and-thermal-measurements-in-industry-and-science/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 05:06:03 +0000 Editor http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=4656 TEMPMEKO & ISHM 2010 – 31 May-4 June 2010 – Portorož, Slovenia The first Joint International Symposium on Temperature, Humidity, Moisture and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science will be held in Portorož, Slovenia, located on the Slovenian coast on the Adriatic sea. It will be THE major event for temperature, thermal, humidity and moisture [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/non-contact-sensors/joint-international-symposium-on-temperature-humidity-moisture-and-thermal-measurements-in-industry-and-science/feed/ 1 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/ir-eyes-on-iceland-volcano-2/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/ir-eyes-on-iceland-volcano-2/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:15:25 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=4473 From NASA’s EO-1 spacecraft Infrared (right) and Visible (left) images of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, acquired April 17, 2010, from the Hyperion instrument onboard NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) spacecraft. [Image credit: NASA/JPL/EO-1 Mission/GSFC/Ashley Davies -- Full image and caption: (photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13048)] On Saturday, April 17, 2010, the Hyperion instrument onboard NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) spacecraft obtained this [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/ir-eyes-on-iceland-volcano-2/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/electrical-enclosure-temp-sensor/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/electrical-enclosure-temp-sensor/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:37:37 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=4301 Delta T Engineering’s Electrical Enclosure Temperature Sensor Featured in EC&M’s Product of the Year Showcase METUCHEN NJ, USA — /PRNewswire/ — Delta T Alert from Delta T Engineering has been named one of EC&M (Electrical Construction & Maintenance) magazine’s top products of the year. The competition, officially titled “EC&M Product of the Year Tabloid Showcase” [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/electrical-enclosure-temp-sensor/feed/ 3 http://www.tempsensornews.com/Research/gtis-new-chp-renewable-energy-laboratory/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/Research/gtis-new-chp-renewable-energy-laboratory/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:27:24 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=4226 Increases Solar Thermal R&D Opportunities Des Plaines  IL, USA –  The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) recently announced the opening of its Combined Heat and Power (CHP) & Renewable Energy Laboratory to provide greater capabilities for developing a wide variety of highly efficient, environmentally friendly, renewable energy technologies such as solar thermal products. “The advancement of [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/Research/gtis-new-chp-renewable-energy-laboratory/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/generic-temp-sensors/ibm-to-support-arch-rocks-phynet-wireless-sensor-network-in-active-energy-manager/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/generic-temp-sensors/ibm-to-support-arch-rocks-phynet-wireless-sensor-network-in-active-energy-manager/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:09:43 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=4091 Energy Management Tools For Data Centers on AEM Console SAN FRANCISCO CA, USA –(BUSINESS WIRE) — Arch Rock Corporation has announced that Arch Rock’s PhyNet™ IP-based wireless sensor network technology will be supported in IBM’s Systems Director Active Energy Manager (AEM), to monitor and manage energy usage in corporate data centers. The integrated products, now [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/generic-temp-sensors/ibm-to-support-arch-rocks-phynet-wireless-sensor-network-in-active-energy-manager/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/new-ir-applications-webinars/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/new-ir-applications-webinars/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:06:36 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3871 From ITC – the Infrared Training Center No. Billerica MA, USA — The Infrared Training Center has launched a new series of webinars. Their goal is help you learn  how to properly use an infrared camera for: Indoor Electrical, Outdoor Electrical, and Energy Auditing applications These introductory webinars are designed to provide a straight forward [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/new-ir-applications-webinars/feed/ 2 http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/recoverir%e2%84%a2-announces-breakthrough-capabilities-for-detecting-utility-energy-theft/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/recoverir%e2%84%a2-announces-breakthrough-capabilities-for-detecting-utility-energy-theft/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:07:04 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3765 RecoverIR™ Announces Breakthrough Gaithersburg MD, USA – RecoverIR, Inc. (RIR) announces the launch of RecoverIR™ Services. These services include Aerial Thermal Mapping, GIS, IT Support, & Analysis, for Identification and Recovery of Lost Energy & Billings from Utility Energy Theft. The company was conceptualized after an extraordinarily successful energy theft project for DTE Energy. RecoverIR™ [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/thermal_imaging/recoverir%e2%84%a2-announces-breakthrough-capabilities-for-detecting-utility-energy-theft/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/us-renewable-energy-project-equipped-with-lios-condition-monitoring/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/us-renewable-energy-project-equipped-with-lios-condition-monitoring/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:35:49 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3516 Monitoring temperature of medium voltage power cables from wind turbines Morganville NJ, USA — For one of the biggest American renewable energy companies LIOS provided its well recognized Distributed Temperature Sensor (DTS) system for monitoring the temperature of two medium voltage power cables directly buried coming from a wind turbine towards the substation. All asset [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/us-renewable-energy-project-equipped-with-lios-condition-monitoring/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/new-method-to-quantify-climate-modeling-uncertainty/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/new-method-to-quantify-climate-modeling-uncertainty/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:26:59 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3493 Global-avg temps from mid to end of 21st century may be higher than previously believed Click for larger image: www.pnas.org/content/106/37/15555/F1.expansion.html Fig. 1. Global average projections of temperatures and uncertainty. The top panel shows globally-average temperature (°C) projections from CCSM 3.0, based on A1FI, A2, and B1, along with error bars… OAK RIDGE TN, USA — [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/weather/new-method-to-quantify-climate-modeling-uncertainty/feed/ 0 http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/dynamic-wind-farm-load-patterns-recorded-by-long-range-dts/ http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/dynamic-wind-farm-load-patterns-recorded-by-long-range-dts/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:00:24 +0000 Anony-mous http://www.tempsensornews.com/?p=3372 Recorded by long range Distributed Temperature monitoring Systems (DTS) Cologne, Germany – The largest Danish utility owner has successfully completed the installation of LIOS’ Single Mode DTS equipment to monitor the power cable temperature of an offshore UK wind farm. This wind farm consists of 25 wind turbines and running in total 150.000 hours/year, designed [...]]]> http://www.tempsensornews.com/vendor/dynamic-wind-farm-load-patterns-recorded-by-long-range-dts/feed/ 0