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What to do if your hotel reservation is lost

The missing hotel reservation is a common travel problem with a little-known solution. While overbooking is perfectly legal, the hotel industry also has industry-standard policies in effect to prevent guests such as Cole from being kicked out on the street. So what is it?

Science explains why we look better in sunglasses

Psychologists tell us that attractiveness comes from symmetry and the golden ratio in nature: one to 1.6.

Bring Solar to Your State's Government Buildings

To avoid catastrophic climate change we must keep fossil fuels in the ground and rapidly transition to renewable energy. A concrete step we can take toward a sustainable energy system would be installing solar panels on government buildings.

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Energy Audits of Small Government Buildings

How Land Records Digitization Benefits Citizens & Government Offices

Land records digitization helps citizens complete land deals swiftly and avoid frauds. Speak to DRS for efficient land records digitization & management.

Government building design: Automation and controls 

When your client is the government, engineering design can be tricky, thanks to stepped-up regulations, budgetary concerns, and other considerations. Respondents discuss building automation and controls in government, state, municipal, federal, and military facilities.

Local tree farms expecting business as usual, hope to build family traditions

CEDAR RAPIDS - Christmas enthusiasts are no longer on pins and needles waiting to pick their perfect tree.

Dynamic SageGlass helps government buildings meet energy-efficiency and worker comfort requirements

Electronically-tintable SageGlass®, a product of Saint-Gobain, is being incorporated into a growing number of government buildings to help public workplaces save energy and provide an improved work environment for employees.A wide variety of federal, state and local government projects ranging from homeland defense facilities to research labs have recently installed SageGlass dynamic glass to solve challenging sun glare and heat-gain problems, resulting in considerable cost and energy savings.

Millions being wasted on vacant government buildings

Spinners and Winners How much does it cost to maintain a vacant building? After rent and utility bills? Quite a lot. That's why most people who own real estate usually work hard to sell or fill up any vacant building with lease-paying tenants. But a recent study found that the government doesn'

How a tea tree farm became the 'soul of the business' and helped this couple fulfill a dream

Allan and Jane Hutcherson have been making soap for large companies for decades, but buying a farm gives them the chance to start their own skin care brand finally.

How to plant balled-and-burlapped trees

Fall is an ideal time to plant new trees. Learn more about the nuances of planting and successfully establishing balled-and-burlapped trees.

eLearning and Online Solutions for Government Offices

Adventfs provides a variety of unique cloud-based solutions to government agencies across the country. These technology-based solutions include evidence-based education programs, restorative justice, billing and payment and a document management systems.

Improve The Management & Access Of Government Building Permit Records

Digitizing building permit records is critical for fast, accurate processing. Contact DRS for secure & affordable document management & data storage.

Climate activist douses government building in orange paint

A photo showed the glass doors of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy dripping with orange paint

The Tree Farm Is a Wild New Office Building

The inner eastside construction is bright blue and has 56 strawberry trees hanging from all four sides.

See the cutting-edge tech turning government buildings into lean, green machines

The federal government has 300,000 buildings, and they’re massive energy hogs. New tech being piloted could slash their carbon footprint.

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