Modern plumbing is an innovation that does not seem to get the credit it deserves. Most of us were raised with indoor plumbing; since it has always been in our lives, it makes it difficult to appreciate as it is so hard to think of life without the convenience and luxury of indoor plumbing. There…
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Shipping Internationally Can Improve Your Profit Margins
Anyone who owns a business is constantly looking for ways to cut business costs and to save money. Companies that rely on shipping and purchasing of products are especially looking for deals. If they can achieve their product at lower prices, they can pass on the discounts to their customers, increasing their sales. They can…
Is Your Water Bill Insane? Why Spikes in Water Usage Could Indicate Broken or Leaky Sewers
It is one of the worst feelings a homeowner can experience: purchasing a dream home and then realizing that the inspection did not cover the entire sewer line. Home inspections that are done in advance of a residential sale are not typically required to cover the part of the sewer line that connects a home…
What a Water Conductivity Monitor Can Tell You about Water Quality
Access to quality drinking water is a problem for billions of people across the planet. Inadequate santitation is the leading cause of water contiamination worldwide. As a result, at least 2.5 billion people lack access to decent water. This is one of the reasons that diarrheal disease kills more children under five years old than…
The Benefits of Business Signage
What drives you into a business? How many times have you encountered an appealing business sign and decided to walk in because of it? While many say not to judge a book by its cover, it is unfortunately in our nature to do so. And this is especially true for businesses and their signs. If…
3 General Aspects of Energy Companies
With the deregulation of electricity markets and rise of alternative electricity companies that’s happened recently, energy companies have changed and evolved quite a bit in many parts of the country. For example, the average cost to deliver electricity for investor-owned utilities was 7.1 cents per kilowatt hour and generation accounted for approximately two-thirds of that…
Day Care and the Digital Age — How Technology Has Integrated With Child Care
After school programs and child care facilities have always been a popular means of ensuring that your child gets all the care and attention they need, even when work or other obligations are keeping you from being there every second of every day. Time is tough to find these days with work, school, family events,…
Cleaning Is Important and Green Is a Good way to go
Some people never consider how clean their office, gym or grocery store is, but for many people, it is in the forefront of their mind. For example, 88% of people in a survey said they wouldn’t use a gym that had issues with cleanliness. Another 71% believe that at some point in their work career…
How to Obtain a Small Loan For Your Business — And When
Small business loans are growing in popularity. In today’s ever-evolving financial marketplace, lenders and funding experts have really come into their own. Businesses always need money to continue operating, though difficult market conditions or strained financial times may mean that there simply isn’t enough of it going around for some businesses to stay afloat. Luckily,…
The Two Types of Fire Protection
While technology has provided a certain amount of protection from many natural forces that have affected civilization, fire remains a threat, both to people and property. Commercial fires occur for a variety of reasons and carry a high price when they occur in dollar value and casualties. Luckily, there are an array of commercial fire…
