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"To have 170 nominees together virtually on one platform for a live event was a first for a major awards show."

The producers turned to TVU Networks (TVU) and its cloud-based video conferencing collaboration solution TVU Partyline, to help them address those requirements for the virtual portion of this prestigious show, which aired as a live, three-hour broadcast on The CW Television Network.

"With TVU Partyline, we were able to start with 170 nominees in the cloud and bring them into baseband with just a few TVU Transceivers in a seamless process under a single TVU platform," said Russell "Spud" Murphy, Senior Technical Manager, Spudtek. "If we'd used a standard video conferencing solution, we'd have to install dedicated hardware for every virtual nominee, adding substantial cost and complexity."

On the day of the show, all remote nominees joined the TVU Partyline conference by either clicking on a link in a standard web browser on their PC or using the TVU Anywhere app on their smart mobile device. Prior to the start of the live awards broadcast, many nominees were separated into virtual 'tables.' They were able to see and interact with each other at their tableand could view the live program as a group using TVU Partyline's integrated Return Video Feedback (VFB).

As each of the categories were announced, groups of six to ten nominees were switched from their remote locations to the live show broadcast. Category nominees were shown in a grid in the TVU Partyline screen next to the award presenter. Once the winner was announced, producers cut to the winner in full frame within TVU Partyline, with undetectable latency. All 26 award category presentations ran flawlessly throughout the evening.

"We could not be more pleased with the outcome of the show, and TVU really helped us deliver a top-notch production. To have 170 nominees together virtually on one platform for a live event was a first for a major awards show," said Cheryl Teetzel-Moore, Executive-In-Charge of Production, Bob Bain Productions. "TVU provided a cost-effective single platform for all virtual participants to connect using TVU Partyline from their homes or hotel rooms or sets all over the world."

"TVU did the impossible and brought in more live remote participants than either the Emmys or the Golden Globe Awards," noted Augie Max Vargas, Co-Producer. "In addition, they were highly responsive, and we appreciated the support and training we received from their team."

TVU Partyline, a revolutionary development for social production, enables all members in a remote production environment to communicate seamlessly as if they were all in the same physical space. It enables production crews, talent and guests to use production tools and collaborate remotely in real time with full HD video quality, perfectly synchronized audio and video and mix minus one audio feedback. Collaboration within Partyline is made possible through the use of a Real Time Interactive Layer (RTIL). With a simple shared URL, participants can join Partyline to watch all program feeds live and interact, discuss, control and participate in a production in real-time with undetectable latency.

"We're delighted to be able to help the producers of this distinguished awards show deliver a live production that could easily scale to a large number of remote guests on our cloud platform," stated Jared Timmins, SVP Solutions, TVU Networks. "TVU Partyline is well-suited for entertainment and sports show applications, and we've had many global customers use it for a broadcast quality remote video experience with live guest interaction."

About Bob Bain ProductionsExecutive Producer Bob Bain is one of the industry's leading producers of "next generation" event television. For two decades Bob Bain Productions has been at the helm of the popular Teen Choice Awards, Kids Choice Awards and the Critics Choice Awards. Bain has also produced Fox's New Year's Eve LIVE Special as well as the Billboard Music Awards, Miss America Pageant, American Country Awards and numerous music specials.

About TVU NetworksTVU Networks is a global organization with more than 3,000 customers using its IP and cloud-based workflow solutions across multiple industries including news, entertainment media, sports, corporate, streaming, houses of worship and government. Through the use of AI and automation driven technology, TVU helps broadcasters realize an efficient metadata and story-centric workflow through its TVU MediaMind platform for live video content acquisition, indexing, production, distribution and management. The company has been on the forefront of developing the tools needed to revolutionize and streamline the Media Supply Chain. TVU is a critical part of the operations of many major media companies worldwide and is a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award winner.

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SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First American Data & Analytics, a division of First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) and a leading global provider of property and ownership data and advanced analytic solutions, announced today that it has been recognized by HousingWire Magazine as both a HW Tech100 Mortgage and HW Tech100 Real Estate winner.

The HW Tech100 program provides housing professionals with a comprehensive list of the most innovative and impactful companies that can be leveraged to identify partners and solutions to the problems that mortgage lenders and real estate professionals face every day.

We are honored to be recognized by HousingWire as one of the most influential technology companies in both the mortgage and real estate industries, said Jim Portner, vice president of product and strategy for First American Data & Analytics. This recognition speaks volumes about our team, the products weve built and our continuing commitment to invest in our data and technology solutions.

First American Data & Analytics was recognized for its critical property and ownership data, as well as the advanced analytics solutions it provides to companies in mortgage, real estate, title automation, fraud-risk management, compliance and valuation. The division continues to drive innovation, leveraging technology and data to deliver decisioning solutions to the mortgage, title and PropTech industries. First American Data & Analytics currently maintains the largest geographic collection of title plants, including a dataset of more than 7 billion recorded documents, which is further enhanced with more than 5 million new document images (and 20 billion overall data elements) each month.

After the uncertainty and unpredictability of last year, we expected a greater adoption of technology. However, these 100 real estate and mortgage companies took digital disruption to a whole new level and propelled a complete digital revolution, leaving a digital legacy that will impact borrowers, clients and companies for years to come, said Brena Nath, HousingWires HW+ managing editor.

About First American Data & Analytics

First American Data & Analytics, a division of First American Financial Corporation, is a national provider of property-centric information, risk management and valuation solutions. First American maintains and curates the industrys largest property and ownership dataset that includes more than 7 billion document images. Its major platforms and products include: DataTree, FraudGuard, RegsData, TaxSource and ACI. Find out more about how First American Data & Analytics powers the real estate, mortgage and title settlement services industries with advanced decisioning solutions at http://www.FirstAmDNA.com.

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First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) is a leading provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions that traces its heritage back to 1889. First American also provides title plant management services; title and other real property records and images; valuation products and services; home warranty products; banking, trust and wealth management services; and other related products and services. With total revenue of $7.1 billion in 2020, the company offers its products and services directly and through its agents throughout the United States and abroad. In 2020, First American was named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the fifth consecutive year. More information about the company can be found at http://www.firstam.com.

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For many people with hearing loss, a normal conversation at a busy restaurant is the holy grail.

[Background noise] is the number one problem that needs to be solved, said Abram Bailey, a former practicing audiologist who now runs Hearing Tracker, a popular online resource. Weve been trying to solve it in this industry for years and years and years. But we have only made these really tiny, incremental steps.

Since digital hearing aids became available a quarter century ago, their audio quality in complex situations like a cocktail party has inched forward thanks to developments like directional microphones and pre-programmed settings for common sound environments. But dueling new entries to the market one from established Danish brand Oticon and another from California startup Whisper are trying to take a bigger leap forward using artificial intelligence to make noisy environments clearer than ever.

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Though other companies employ AI in parts of their hearing aids or apps, Whisper and Oticons new products use deep neural networks trained on giant data sets to isolate and sharpen the right sounds for people with hearing loss. By all accounts, the technology has promise for hearing aids. Deep learning already powers technologies we use every day and in controlled lab settings, it can perform impressive feats of sound denoising. But progress may move more slowly in the world of hearing tech.

Everybody would love to have a breakthrough technology, but even breakthrough technologies tend to be based on incremental changes, said Todd A. Ricketts, a professor and vice chair at Vanderbilts department of hearing and speech studies. He added: What we might see from the first generation of deep neural networks is maybe small incremental improvements.

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Dont tell that to Dwight Crow, the CEO and co-founder of Whisper, which launched its hearing system last fall. The three-year-old company has its eyes on the kinds of quantum leaps that Ricketts says are incredibly rare.

Whispers approach is intriguing both because of its unconventional design and its Silicon Valley roots. Its founders worked at Facebook, its executive ranks are peppered with recruits from Google, and the company is fueled by funding from Sequoia and other well-known venture capital firms.

Where traditional hearing aids are constrained by the batteries and processors that can be stuffed in a tiny capsule tucked behind someones ear, Whispers hearing system uses a small external processing box the company calls the brain. Microphones on the hearing aids send audio wirelessly down to the brain hundreds of times a second, where its processed and sent back at a similar latency as other products.

According to Crow, skirting the size limitations of a traditional hearing aid allows the company to run algorithms that require far more computational power to complete in real time. The result, the company claims, is the ability to better isolate desirable sounds, like speech, and to elevate them more precisely than what was possible without deep learning.

So far, Whisper can only describe the benefits in terms of computing potential, claiming the Whisper brain can perform 300 billion operations per second, compared to around 1 billion in competitors.

While Whispers hearing aids work without the brain, one crucial question is whether people will invest top-dollar for a system that needs a box to work optimally.

People with hearing aids have a history of adopting accessories in order to hear better, said Crow, pointing to Bluetooth technology. Before it was built directly into hearing aids, many people wore an electronic necklace to make wireless connection with phones possible.

I would see at least a decade where having an auxiliary device is going to transform your ability to hear clearly, he said.

In another potential advantage, the box also makes it possible for the company to issue software updates. Whisper announced its first such update Tuesday, which the company claims improves the brains sound separation engine. For now the upgrade must be performed by an audiologist, but Crow said the company hopes future updates can be done by the user.

Shortly after Whisper started rolling out its system last fall, the Oticon More launched using a similar deep learning algorithm trained on 12 million sounds, the technology crammed into the hearing aids themselves.

The goal behind the [deep neural network] here is to take the sounds in and essentially make them balanced and accurate, so that they actually sound the way that theyre intended to sound within that environment, said Annette Mazevski, a technology assessment manager at Oticon.

In a clinical white paper, the company describes a research study with 18 subjects with hearing loss and an average age 68.5: The More improved speech understanding by 15% compared to the preceding model, the Opn S, when using the most common default fittings for each.

Tracy Hagan Winn, a clinical audiologist at Northwesterns Center for Audiology, Speech, Language, and Learning, started practicing around the time Oticons first digital hearing aid was released 25 years ago. She said popular features in recent years include Bluetooth and rechargeable batteries.

In the context of general consumer electronics, Bluetooth and rechargeable batteries might seem humdrum additions but theyre relatively novel developments in the slow-moving world of audiology where miniaturization is half of the art.

Winn said though hearing aid sound quality has come an incredibly long way and that the skys the limit with technology, she cautioned that the latest developments may have a more limited impact than marketing would suggest.

Each individuals hearing loss can be very different, she said. And so just because its a great new technology doesnt mean its going to work for everybody and that we do have to set realistic expectationsSometimes the marketing makes it sound like this brand new product is going to be perfect for everyone. And everyones going to hear like they were 18 years old again. And we just know that thats not the reality.

And that hints at a challenge for Whisper. Audiologists are a crucial piece of any high-end hearing aid system because they perform tuning, maintenance, and sales. Whisper has opted to lease its system through a monthly subscription. For $179 over three years, a customer gets the hardware plus all the regular service. The overall price of about $6,500 is similar to what a person might pay for a competitive product from an audiologist. Despite some loss protections and introductory pricing, the overall math may not add up for all users.

Moreover, though the concept of Whispers system might be alluring, its still only available through some 20 audiologist offices across the country, and the company will need to battle the inertia of established players like Oticon that are widely available. Audiologists and consumers alike grow to trust certain brands.

Winn said that given hearing aids are long-term investments people should plan to keep for five to seven years, going with an established company guards against the possibility of a company going out of business relatively soon after a consumer bought their device.

I would be reluctant to try a new manufacturer until I saw some pretty good stability, she said.

Crow acknowledges the risk and insisted that Whisper is here to stay as a force to be reckoned with.

In the end, what may sway consumers to the startup is Whispers promise of a learning hearing aid system that gets better and better over time, especially if it cracks the problem of trying to filter out background noise with AI.

Whether its possible, whether its actually happening right now with some of these products on the market, I dont know, said Bailey from Hearing Tracker. But if it does prove possible, he said, it would be an absolute game changer.

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Scientists named the object Oumuamua, Hawaiian for scout, and conceded it was unlike anything previously seen.

It took four years, but two Arizona astrophysicists have come up with an explanation for the interstellar pancake-shaped disk that ignited fears of alien technology in 2017.

The object which resembled the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars hurtled past Earth at 196,000 miles per hour and was confirmed to be from another solar system, according to The School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University.

Scientists named the object Oumuamua, Hawaiian for scout, and conceded it was unlike anything previously seen.

The lack of certainty quickly led to speculation it was a piece of alien technology, but the new research proves otherwise, according to a news release from the American Geophysical Union and Arizona State University.

Everybody is interested in aliens, and it was inevitable that this first object outside the solar system would make people think of aliens, Steven Desch, an astrophysicist at ASU, said in the release. But its important in science not to jump to conclusions. It took two or three years to figure out a natural explanation.

So what was it?

A massive chunk of ice, or more specifically, frozen nitrogen, scientists say.

However, thats just one of the surprises discovered by Desch and astrophysicist Alan Jackson, who co-authored two papers on the object in the American Geophysical Unions Journal of Geophysical Research.

Oumuamua was small, about half as long as a city block and only as thick as a three story building, but it was very shiny, the scientists wrote.

The shininess is about the same as the surfaces of Pluto and Triton, which are also covered in nitrogen ice. We suggest Oumuamua was probably thrown out of a young star system about half a billion years ago. Bodies like Oumuamua may allow us to see what the surfaces of a so far unknown type of exoplanet ... are made of.

It was spotted in 2017 by an astronomical observatory in Hawaii and quickly labeled the first known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, the report says.

Oumuamua was believed at first to be a comet, but experts then noted features that were just odd enough to defy classification, the scientists said. The object didnt have a tail, which is created when gases evaporate off comets.

Their research contends orbital instabilities caused giant planets to collide, which resulted in large numbers of small pieces of nitrogen ice like Oumuamua to break off and shoot into space.

It was likely knocked off the surface by an impact about half a billion years ago and thrown out of its parent system, Jackson said in the news release.

This revelation is important, because it means other solar systems have at least some planets like those in our own solar system, Desch said.

Until now, weve had no way to know if other solar systems have Pluto-like planets, but now we have seen a chunk of one pass by Earth, he said.

Oumuamua changed shape as it traveled, the report notes. It likely wasnt flat when it entered our solar system, but melted away to a sliver as it got closer to the sun. It eventually lost more than 95% of its mass."

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WINTER SPRINGS, Fla., March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Dicapta Corporation announces their app Access4All that allows everyone to experience "Feeling Through." Thanks to Dicapta's participation in providing their Access4All technology platform, all audiences with sensory disabilities can access the movie's accessibility features at any time. This is a unique film in that it casts for the first time a lead actor who is deafblind in real life.

Dicapta Corporation's founder and owner, Maria-Victoria Diaz, states "Doug Roland, the director of Feeling Through, has been outstanding in dedicating his talent to meet the needs of the viewers with disabilities. Our community with disabilities is interested in all kinds of movies, like everybody else, but this is the first time a movie about ourselves is offering all kinds of features to accommodate our needs. From captions adapted for easy reading to Spanish language tracks, Access4All accommodates to the needs of the viewers. I invite filmmakers and media producers to always consider audiences with disabilities among their target to reach."

"Feeling Through" has won 15 film festival awards across the globe. Currently this film is one of five in the Live Action Short Film category to be nominated for an Oscar on April 25, 2021. A total of 174 films qualified in this category, "Feeling Through" has made it to the final five nominations.

Thanks to the funds from the Office of Special Education-OSEP from the US Department of Education, accessibility for the film "Feeling Through" is available on the Access4All app. The app (1) allows participants the ability to automatically synchronize the film captions, audio description in English and Spanish, American Sign Language (ASL), and other features with the film.

Thanks to Dicapta Corporation's technology, viewers who are deaf and/or blind can have the same movie watching experience that people without disabilities enjoy. They have access from their Braille displays, or the screen of their mobile device. Whether the film is watched online or in person, viewers will always have the ability to access the tools customized for the blind and hearing-impaired community.

For a limited time, "Feeling Through" is available at the following link :

Download Access4All from the Google Play store or the Apple store, and enjoy the movie.

Dicapta Corporation is a technology company focused on making media accessible for people with visual and hearing disabilities. It has been offering high quality description, captioning, language customization, and interpretation services since 2004. Dicapta has served the TV industry, media companies, educational institutions, and variety of organizations in making communications accessible to everyone.

For more information on Dicapta Corporation or their Access4All technology visit online at https://dicapta.com/tvaccess/ or call (407) 389-0712.

(1) All the accessibility features for the movie are stored in the Access4All Digital Clearinghouse of Accessibility Assets, administered by Dicapta Foundation, https://access4all.dicaptafoundation.org.

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CENTERVILLE Centerville police are looking to crack down on dangerous speeders as they roll out a new neighborhood program.

News Center 7s Ronnell Hunt spoke to people who live in Centerville who said they hope the program cuts down on speeding.

Sadie Powell, who lives in Centerville, said most drivers look like they are going nearly double the speed limit in a 25 mph zone.

I go out to take the trash out and someone is just speeding down the road. I can get hit and stuff, said Powell.

The new technology Centerville police hope will reduce speeding tracks the speed of cars and logs information such as time and location over a 24 hour period.

Itll also give us top speed, low speed, average speed. It will gives us all kinds of percentiles so that we can get a really good snapshot of whats going on, said John Davis with the Centerville Police Department.

The technology will help notify police so they know which areas to patrol with officers without wasting resources.

A lot of the times the public will see one car go through their neighborhood at a high speed, which is not good. We dont condone that, but should we be directing 15 to 20 hours of enforcement in an area because of that one car? Davis asked.

For Powell, she is looking forward to the extra police effort, but she still believes drivers must do their part.

Just take it slow, said Powell.

Centerville police said they will be posting results from its speed enforcement on the departments Facebook and city website.

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Like a lot of students these days, a lot of kids in Mason, Ohio, are sad and anxious. And theyre talking about it on the internet, saying things like this:

"I have no friends. How can I make friends?" Or "Im feeling alone. I am hopeless. I dont have a reason to live."

Mason started using technology to track students' online activity years ago. Mostly to make sure they werent looking at inappropriate content. Or talking about violence.

But now the schools are monitoring students to try to figure out who might be heading for a mental health crisis.

"It gives us insight into what the student's thinking that we otherwise would not see or hear," says Nicole Pfirman, mental wellness coordinator for schools in Mason.

Mason uses a company called Securly to track its students. Machine learning lets the company flag words that suggest a student is thinking about hurting him or herself, or otherwise in trouble, and then notifies the school district so it can intervene.

"It's not a magic wand, it's not going to prevent everything in a school, but it's going to give schools a lot more information than they ever had before and it's gonna be good information that they can go and have a conversation with a student about," says Mike Jolley, who is in charge of K-12 safety at Securly.

Jolley says that around the country, Securly's technology has been flagging more and more younger kids.

The mental health struggles of school kids mean a business opportunity for companies like Securly. More and more are marketing themselves as a way to track students' mental health. Here's one line from a promotional ad from the company Gaggle:

"[In the last school year,] Gaggle identified 64,000 student references to suicide and self-harm. Each reference is a cry for help."

It's a persuasive message. Gaggle says its customer base regularly grows between 20 and 25 percent a year. And grew even more than that last year.

On its website, Gaggle claims to have helped school districts "save the lives of 927 students." But it's hard to know what that actually means or how it gets counted.

Companies like Gaggle and Securly offer lots of anecdotes about kids they've helped. But even they acknowledge nobody really knows how well these programs prevent self-harm or suicide.

Ellen Yan directs Beacon. Thats the division that tracks student suicide risk at another monitoring company, GoGuardian.

"There is honestly not a lot of data at the national level around in terms of suicide prevention," she says.

One reason there's not a lot of data is that using the technology this way is still pretty new. And it's hard to prove that the technology tracking stopped a kid from hurting themselves.

Plus the companies don't see everything students are doing online. One company might not see posts on social media. Another could miss internet searches.

Programs can also trigger false alarms: a student who's writing a paper about Romeo and Juliet, say, or gun control. (For its part, Securly says its technology is able to differentiate between a search out of curiosity and a genuine crisis.)

The cost of this kind of surveillance varies from company to company and district to district. Jolley says Securly's services range from a dollar a student for the basic model to more than $15 a student for the higher end.

Nicole Pfirman says that in Mason, it's money well spent. She says there have been times at the Mason schools that an alert saved a kid's life.

"Had we have not been able to get the alert, respond to the alert, and put the appropriate supports in place, say on a Friday night," she says. "It is oftentimes difficult to think about what may have happened before Monday."

Mason partners with therapists from Cincinnati Children's Hospital. And over the last year, Pfirman and her team have ended up connecting a lot more students to that program.

Meanwhile, the technology companies continue to position themselves on the front lines of student mental health. The latest example? This fall, Gaggle announced a new product line. It will now contract with school districts to connect them with therapists for students who need mental health care.

This article first appeared on American Public Media and has been adapted for online.

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Texas Medical Technology, a leading medtech company, launches its iNitrile disposable glove dispenser to combat infections in businesses and organizations. The machine utilizes an automated process to help organizations streamline tedious daily tasks, minimize waste, and improve cost-efficiency.

Infections can often come from places people seldom consider, and with COVID-19, simply washing your hands or wearing a mask isnt enough. Many infections today, for instance, are transmitted as a result of wearing disposable gloves incorrectly, or leaving the glove box open so that germs are transmitted through them. Following the 2016 regulation prohibiting the use of disinfecting powder in gloves, their sterility became compromised and their efficacy waned. Additionally, close to half of the dispensable gloves used worldwide are discarded even before use, as a result of wearers tearing a glove while putting it on or accidentally taking out several at a time. With a viral pandemic in our midst, the need for a smarter and safer approach is more urgent than ever.

Texas Medical Technology tackles this challenge with its state-of-the-art iNitrile disposable glove dispenser. The machine first verifies an authorized user through its check-in function, utilizing radio-frequency identification to scan their badge or tag. A compartment then opens, allowing them to insert their hand into an inflated glove. Each iNitrile device is connected and submits information to a cloud-based network, allowing users to maintain a clear overview of operations, requirements, and usage statistics. The machine is suitable for both latex and nitrile non-powdered gloves.

iNitrile glove dispenser ensures organizations substantially improve upon their own safety protocols amidst a pandemic. An easily accessible and plentiful supply of disposable gloves will greatly improve sterilization rates, as well as prevents inadvertent infection from being transmitted within a workplace or venue. The ongoing use of the device helps organizations achieve significant savings in operating costs, reducing up to 40 percent in glove waste over the first year of operation. iNitriles built-in, cloud-based, management software enables business to streamline stock management by managing the usage process and supply levels.

Its been our mission since the get-go to get organizations back to operational capacity, says Omri Shafran, Founder & CEO of Texas Medical Technology. iNitrile will really help companies gain the initiative to begin implementing safer protocols, where employees are protected, resources are saved, and peace of mind is afforded.

About Texas Medical TechnologyTexas Medical Technology, one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S., has taken the supply challenges and placed them on its shoulders by shifting attention to COVID-related PPE. Providing an array of advanced tech and non-tech equipment to empower administrators to monitor potential medical crises and protect employees.

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Dublin, March 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Markets for Environmental Remediation Technologies" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This report analyzes the worldwide just as territorial business sectors for innovations utilized in the remediation of ecological tainting. The report delves into the subtleties of the market for ecological remediation, comparable to the soil, water and air remediation.

The advanced technologies considered to shape the market for remediation innovations are those that are considered as the "Remediation Technologies"" segment of this report. Any innovations that are excluded from the previously mentioned area are excluded from the market evaluation, except if in any case explicitly expressed. Likewise, excluded inside the extent of this report or in the market size and development gauges, are advancements that are material exclusively for treatment (like wastewater treatment) and not for remediation; notwithstanding, advances that can be dually applied and have seen critical use for remediation reasons for existing are incorporated.

Any administrations or gear that don't straightforwardly uphold the facilitation of a site remediation project or those that require just broad information with the end goal that most organizations in the economy could give them similarly well have not been remembered for the market assessments. Direct hardware, materials, reagents, and deals and rentals of remediation innovations have been incorporated just as the expert administrations needed to survey a defiled site; to build-up a remediation plan for a particular site; and to actualize, introduce or ceaselessly work the remediation gear throughout a characterized existence. Remembered for complete dollar figures for market gauges are immediate expenses for plan, creation and get together of remediation gear; costs for materials and synthetic compounds, for example, surfactants and co-solvents that are utilized in numerous remediation techniques (electro-dynamic remediation, for instance); and expenses for on-location proficient administrations in evaluation and remediation project plan and progressing observing of remediation projects.

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Many of the advanced technologies applied to remediation of polluted destinations are innovative frameworks or cycles (a considerable lot of which hold patents in different locales) as opposed to a solitary piece of equipment. Thus, while thinking about the technological process, the whole cost of the process has been considered. It is additionally essential to take note of that number of remediation innovations utilize a critical bit of standard gear, for example, off-the-rack siphons or hefty development hardware (for removal) that are then incorporated into a general framework, bundle or cycle explicitly for site remediation that clients can apply to their particular requirements.

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53 data tables and 18 additional tables

A brief general outlook of the global environmental remediation market

Analyses of the global market trends, with data from 2019, estimates for 2020, and projections of compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) through 2025

Estimation of the actual market size and revenue forecasts for environmental remediation technologies, and corresponding market share analysis on the basis of environmental medium, technology type, and end-use industry with major regions and countries involved

Highlights of the importance of remediation of resources - essentially water, soil and air - to make life comfortable by studying the various methods available to remediate these resources

Discussion of the environmental industry structure, opportunities and trends, government regulations, and penetration of emerging environmental remediation technologies within the industry

Assessment of the technological categories in their current state as well as future developments, and applications of these categories, including soil remediation, groundwater remediation, and surface water remediation

Competitive landscape of the global environmental remediation market providing a valuable insight into the major market players and their global rankings

Company profiles of major players including AST Environmental Inc., Bechtel, CH2M Hill, Dorton Group, Ecosphere Technologies Inc., FMC Corp., Hydrus Technology, and Kurion Inc.

Key Topics Covered:

Chapter 1 Introduction

Overview

Study Goals and Objectives

Reasons for Doing This Study

Scope of Report

Information Sources and Methodology

Intended Audience

Information Sources

Methodology

Geographic Breakdown

Analyst's Credentials

Custom Research

Related Reports

Chapter 2 Summary and Highlights

Chapter 3 Technology Background

Environmental Remediation Technologies

Overview

Water Pollution

General Causes of Water Pollution

Effects of Water Pollution on Humans

Effect of Water Pollution on the Environment

Various Types of Water Pollution

Contamination of Ground/Surface Water

Sources of Water Pollution/Contamination

Steps to Reduce Water Pollution

Soil Contamination

Soil Pollution

Causes of Soil Pollution

Impact and Effects of Soil Pollution

Possible Solutions to Reduce Soil Pollution

Air Pollution

General Causes of Air Pollution

Types of Air Pollutants

Effects of Air Pollution

Steps to Reduce Air Pollution

Environmental Remediation

Expected Outcome from Environmental Remediation Processes

Environmental Remediation: Source Materials

Water Remediation

Groundwater Remediation

Surface Water Remediation

Remediation Technologies for Groundwater and Surface Water

In Situ Biological Treatment of Contaminated Water

In Situ Physical/Chemical Treatment of Contaminated Water

Ex Situ Biological Treatment

Ex Situ Physical/Chemical Treatment

Containment

Soil Remediation

Sediment Remediation

Remediation Technologies for Soil, Sediment and Sludge

In Situ Biological Treatments

In Situ Physical/Chemical Treatments

In Situ Thermal Treatment

Ex Situ Biological Treatment

Ex Situ Physical/Chemical Treatment

Ex Situ Thermal Treatment

Other Types of Treatments

Air Remediation

Elimination/Reduction in Air Pollutants

Remediation of Existing Pollutants.

Air Remediation Technologies

Biofiltration

Steps to Decide on Environmental Remediation Process

Steps in the Environmental Remediation Process

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Herkimer County Community College has upgraded its infrastructure to ensure the health and wellness of students, employeesand campus visitors, according to a news release.

The project included the installation of ultra-violet germicidal irradiation technology in the colleges heating, ventilationand air-conditioning system.

UVGI is a disinfection method that uses short-wavelength ultraviolet (ultraviolet C or UVC) light to kill or inactivate microorganisms by destroying nucleic acids and disrupting their DNA, leaving them unable to perform vital cellular functions.

HCCCcontracted with Eastern Energy Solutions, Inc. (EES), an energy contracting and consulting firm focused on increasing profitability for clients by identifying and implementing Design-Build solutions that reduce operating costs, improve the working environment and resolve power quality issues negatively effecting operational and production cost.

EES has been working with UVGI technology since 2008, primarily in the hospital, dairy and laundry sectors.

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According to EES President Bob Granger, UVGI has been around for more than 75 yearsand was primarily used in the healthcare industry where microbial disinfection is a major concern.

With the recent pandemic, the use of UVGI is being implemented throughout market sectors and even in the home.

UVGI lighting systems are designed to provide air purification, reduced maintenance and increaseenergy efficiency within the air handling units in which they are applied.

As air passes through the UV-C light spectrum/wavelength, airborne infectious pathogens that can cause respiratory sickness, disease and infection (including COVID-19) are rendered inert, in turn providing high-level, facility-wide disinfection of the air supplied to occupied spaces.

What Herkimer College has accomplished is outstanding. The upgrades they have made are delivering many real advantages to all on campus, said Granger.

According to Nicholas Laino, senior vice president for administration and finance at HCCC, the nearly $100,000 investment in UVGI technology was 100 percent funded by federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)Act funds granted to Herkimer College.

First and foremost, the health and wellness of our campus community is our top priority, and we are committed to maintaining a safe environment for our students, employees, and visitors,Laino said.

Added benefits to protecting the health and wellness of the campus community may include reduced absenteeism and increased employee and student performance.

EES also recently implemented their custom designed and fabricated lighting system in Herkimer Colleges indoor swimming pool area.

The college needed help in implementing a new lighting system that would be energy efficient, provide higher and more uniform light levelsand be able to utilize the existing electrical system.

The new lighting system is providing targeted light levels at an energy savings of 73 percent. In addition to saving on energy cost, the college also was able to receive a utility rebate.

We are extremely pleased with the innovative ideas and superior work of EES. Recent investments made to update the campus infrastructure with energy efficient solutions will have a long-term payback well-worth the initial investment, not to mention the added benefits to our community and the environment, Laino said.

Over the past many years, we have been very aware of our carbon footprint and have made many efforts to reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions, said Tom Stock, interim director of facilities at the college. He said about 80 percent of the campus lighting has been upgraded to LED lighting.

LED lamps are approximately 75 percent more efficient than incandescent bulbs and last 5-10 times longer. According to EES, most applications with LEDs offer a payback period as low as one to four years. Herkimers transition to LED is estimated to save 801,870 kilowatt-hours annually. Emissions saved from this project are equivalent to 481 trees planted or 71 cars driven per year.

Herkimer College is currently working with National Grid on a street lighting conversion project along the roadway leading to campus. Although the College does not own the lights, it does pay a monthly fee to National Grid, and therefore an upgrade to LED would result in cost savings to the college. Additionally, the Herkimer County College Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation that owns the property on which the student housing is located, is planning a lighting upgrade on housing property.

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