Comcast entered into an agreement with EcoFactor to create a new service that optimizes the heating and cooling patterns of a home and integrates with the Xfinity Home platform.
Monte Guerrette estimates that his firm will face at least a 10 percent increase in its gas at the pump costs this year as compared to 2011. And that is a conservative guess when it comes to volatile gas prices, which go down and up, but mostly up, depending on geography, season, refinery problems, oil supply, world politics and speculators.
Ironically, “in this tight business economy, we have to more often drive longer distances to get business and service accounts,” points out Guerrette, senior project manager with Mid State Electric of Ocala, Fla.
So what’s an integrator to do these days to better manage his or her fleet fuel expenses? Here are seven ways numerous firms use and that can apply to fleets from a handful of vehicles to thousands.
Custom Alarm, Rochester, Minn., was one of 75 companies across the country named Blue Ribbon Small Business Award® winners on March 1 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The 2012 application for CSAA’s Excellence Awards Program is now online at: www.csaaintl.org/csaacsawards.htm. Be sure to download the application today.
Tri-Ed / Northern Video Distribution’s North American IP Video Technology Tour is now in its third year, and continues to attract thousands of security dealers and integrators looking to compete in the growing IP arena, the company said.
How do you make an impression during a convention attended by thousands of people? Do something different. Do something personal. Do something fun while still doing business. Why not play golf at the 9th annual Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation (AIREF) golf tournament on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at the Revere Golf Club in Las Vegas.
Linear LLC, Carlsbad, Calif., a supplier of electronic products for a host of residential and commercial applications, re-organized its outside sales representatives into the new System Sales Group.
Mark your calendars for the annual ESA Day on Capitol Hill, April 17-18, in Washington, D.C. After a long day of walking the hill, participants will enjoy the cosmopolitan ambience and the exceptional service at the St. Gregory Hotel.
Quantum Secure, a provider of enterprise software to centralize physical identity and access management across disparate physical security systems, announces that Laurie Aaron, Quantum Secure’s vice president of business development and marketing, was elected to the board of directors of the Security Industry Association (SIA).
SIA (www.siaonline.org) protects and advances its members’ interests through legislative initiatives, market research, development of industry standards and educational and trade show events.
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