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Webinar: Fundamentals of Operating and Maintaining Chillers
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Chillers operating on open cooling towers are significantly more efficient than air cooled chillers or other simpler chiller systems. However, open cooling towers require more maintenance than other systems.
Unless cooling towers are properly and regularly cleaned and maintained, the efficiency of the chiller will decline significantly and the added investment in a high efficiency chiller may not produce the expected economic returns.
In this webinar, we review the basics of cooling tower maintenance from daily through annual maintenance to see what is needed to maintain the efficiency and the life of the cooling tower system.
PRESENTER
William A. Ryan, Ph.D. PE
GTI Consultant, Clinical Associate Professor, Director of the Master of Energy Engineering Program, University of Illinois at Chicago
Available on-demand 24/7
Free to view, or $95 for credit
Length: 68 minutes
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Save-the-Date: 4-County Legislative Day
Set For Wednesday, February 3, 2016
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The economic development corporations (EDCs) and chambers of commerce from the Greater St. Croix Valley will travel to Madison on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 to promote the legislative priorities for Dunn, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix counties.
The event is free and open to citizens, businesses, and business groups who are willing to travel to and from Madison to meet with key legislators, cabinet secretaries, and policy advisors.
Citizen-led advocacy groups like the Greater St. Croix Valley Partnership are popular ways to engage individuals and businesses in grassroots lobbying. The events serve multiple purposes, including awareness building for a region and advocating key legislative priorities in hopes they will be approved or accelerated. La Crosse, Superior, and the Chippewa Valley regions are examples of other areas that travel to Madison with legislative issues.
The preliminary agenda for February 3rd calls for the St. Croix Valley advocates to arrive at the Capitol by no later than 11:00 a.m. for an orientation on the issues. A box lunch will be provided during the orientation. Appointments in groups of two or three people will occur throughout the afternoon. By 4:00 p.m. the event will conclude and the citizens/business owners may depart for home or spend the night at their own cost.
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New Wisconsin Whey Protein Plant to Make Cheddar
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A new Cheddar barrel plant here is set to begin production in early December and will process up to 2 million pounds of milk per day to be made into Cheddar, says K Kachadurian, owner of Wisconsin Whey Protein (WWP), Darlington, Wisconsin, and Stainless Technologies, Menomonie, Wisconsin.
The new Cheddar plant was built to supply WWP with its own source of whey for its whey processing facility, also in Darlington. The firm also owns a whey processing plant producing instantized and regular whey protein isolate and whey protein concentrate-80 using only sunflower lecithin in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin.
Construction on the new cheese plant began in February and took only 10 months to complete. Kachadurian notes that his companies' ability to do everything in-house - including design, engineering, fabrication, installation, programming and automation - kept the investment cost very low and made completion of the project move very quickly.
"Ten months is unheard of for a plant this size," he says. The 2 million pounds of milk to be made into Cheddar daily will come from producers in Wisconsin and the surrounding areas.
The company has hired additional employees for the new Cheddar plant and plans to hire more.
"It's a great thing for the state, the county and the town of Darlington," Kachadurian says.
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Something Special From Wisconsin
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| | Teyanna Loether, 68th Alice in Dairyland and Wisconsin's Agriculture Ambassador |
With the most wonderful time of year just around the corner, many shoppers are gearing up for the gift-giving season. As you shop your local stores for your holiday ingredients and gifts this year, keep an eye out for the Something Special from Wisconsin™ sticker.
"Giving the gift of Something Special from Wisconsin goes beyond the traditional department store," says Teyanna Loether, 68th Alice in Dairyland. "When your loved ones see the Something Special from Wisconsin logo as they unwrap their gift, they'll know it comes along with an extra special touch."
It's easy to spot: this oval logo has a bright red background and white and yellow lettering, allowing you to easily identify a Something Special from Wisconsin product. This sticker carries a meaningful message - when you see it you can be assured that at least half of the product ingredients, production, or processing has come from right here within our state.
The Something Special from Wisconsin logo can be found on everything from meats and cheeses, sweet syrups and candies, to soaps, candles, lotions, wreaths and more. With more than 480 participating companies, you can add local flavors into your holiday celebrations and there is bound to be holiday fun for everyone. "By purchasing Something Special from Wisconsin products today and every day, you are supporting local producers and processors, and the Wisconsin way of life by keeping those dollars in the local economy," adds Loether.
Since 1983, the Something Special from Wisconsin program has been trademarked through the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection. For more information, visit www.somethingspecialfromwi.com and you can give thanks to our local farmers and agribusinesses all year long. Alice in Dairyland is Wisconsin's agriculture ambassador, and works with media professionals to educate consumers about the importance of agriculture to Wisconsin's economy and way of life. To learn more about the work Loether is doing, visit her travel blog at www.wisconsinagconnection.com/alice, or keep in touch with her on Facebook and Twitter.
Find background information on the Alice in Dairyland program at http://datcp.wi.gov/Business/Alice_in_Dairyland/.
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Governor's Northern Economic Development Summit
Governor's Northern Economic Development Summit "Sharing Success & Learning Together" was held December 1, 2015 - Heartwood Conference Center, Trego. A contingent of participants from Polk County were in attendance to engage with Wisconsin's leadership team in community and economic development! The theme of the event was how can Northern Wisconsin build on success and maximize its assets in collaboration with state government resources to fuel economic development for today & tomorrow?
Highlights included: - Visits from Governor Walker and Lt. Governor Kleefisch
- Conversation with their choice of a Cabinet Secretary
- Break-out sessions on workforce tools, access to capital, broadband expansion & recreational trail development
- Cabinet Secretary Panels focused on exchanging ideas about success, as well as new programs & tools
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| | Picutred L to R Steve Healy, Executive Director Polk County Economic Development Corporation (PCEDC); Bob Kaczmierski,Trustee, City of St. Croix Falls, Clerk,Treasurer Village of Clayton and PCEDC Board member; Scott Domagala, Bremer Bank; Brian Blesi, Mayor, City of St. Croix Falls; Larry Jepsen, 1st Vice Chair, Polk County Board of Supervisors; Paul Schaffer, Amery Economic Development Corporation; Tammy Twedt-Close, Bremer Bank; Germaine Ross, Executive Director, Osceola Chamber of Commerce; Nancy Beck, Osceola Chamber of Commerce; Doug Johnson, State Trails Representative; and William Johnson, Chairman, Polk County Board of Supervisors. |
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