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Construction of an Affordable and Easy-to-Build Zebrafish Facility
Published on: November 22, 2014
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Abstract:
In an article which first appeared in Canadian Healthcare Facilities, the monthly magazine of the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society (CHES), Michelle O'Brodovich and Etienne deMuelenaere, of independent, ISO-certified, energy efficiency specialist, Ecosystem (which has offices across the U.S. and Canada), describe a wide-ranging energy conservation programme, involving 29 different measures at four hospital sites, currently being implemented for Lakeridge Health in Ontario, Canada.
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