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…
How Chargebacks Can Help You Battle Credit Card Fraud Right Away
People once predicted that cash would become obsolete and everything would be done with a swipe of a plastic credit card. Although cash is still around, credit card use is still on the rise, especially with the rise of online shopping. According to a Forrester Research survey conducted in 2014, online retail is supposed to…
How Pharmaceutical Companies Are Keeping Consumers Protected From Counterfeit Drugs With Serialisation Techniques
Science is an amazing thing in the right hands. However, many people have been using it to their own advantage in a way that does not benefit the larger public. For example, drug counterfeit and adulteration has become a huge problem in recent years and something that many people aren’t aware of. The Internet only…
