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Carrier introduces product to help keeping indoor spaces safe

Details: Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 04 June 2020 04 June 2020

Carrier Global Corporation, a US based heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) specialist, said it has introduced its Healthy Buildings Program, an expanded suite of advanced solutions to help deliver healthy, safe, efficient and productive indoor environments across key verticals including commercial buildings, healthcare, hospitality, education, retail and marine.

In support of this, Carrier today also launched Corporate.Carrier.com/HealthyBuildings to help customers consult with Carrier’s experts to take advantage of the broad range of industry-leading healthy building technologies.

“COVID-19 has reinforced the important role that buildings play in ensuring and protecting public health,” said Dave Gitlin, President & CEO, Carrier. “As people return to work, hotels greet guests, schools welcome back students and stores reopen, indoor air quality and safe buildings are of paramount importance. For the economy to successfully recover, people need to have trust in the safety of the buildings they are entering. New technologies like microscopic filtration systems and touchless building controls have gone from nice-to-have conveniences to must-have protections. The Carrier Healthy Buildings Program can help enable healthier and safer indoor environments as we get back to our new normal.”

As a founding member of both the U.S. Green Building Council and the International WELL Building Institute, Carrier has long been an industry leader in enhancing building health to promote personal health. Now, it’s essential that the world have the solutions and services that enable healthy environments.

“The company that invented modern air conditioning is uniquely positioned to deliver healthy building expertise,” said Rajan Goel, who leads Carrier’s Healthy Buildings Program as the head of Carrier’s Building Solutions Group. “Through the Healthy Buildings Program, Carrier’s experts will work closely with customers to not only design but operate, maintain and upgrade buildings that protect what’s most important – the health of those inside.”

Carrier’s Healthy Buildings Program will draw from a comprehensive suite of solutions and services designed to help improve indoor air quality (IAQ), increase outside air ventilation and enable touchless interactions. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

Carrier Healthy Building Services

Carrier offers expert services such as consultation, implementation and continuous monitoring. These services can enable customers to restart, operate, maintain and upgrade their buildings safely and efficiently. These include:

Safe Start Service helps ensure that buildings are ready for occupancy through a rigorous recommissioning of HVAC equipment and the implementation of best practices, which may be executed remotely.

IAQ Assessment to test air quality and develop and implement upgrades to help ensure optimal filtration, ventilation, airflow, controls, etc. Carrier experts can also develop and implement corporate-wide IAQ engineering standards.

Remote Airside Management provides continuous validation of IAQ parameters, periodic checks of equipment health and continuous airside commissioning, enabled by a 24x7 Command Center.

Wellness Services include helping customers to achieve the International WELL Building Institute’s WELL building standard certification, which implements strategies that can help improve a building’s features – air, water, thermal, lighting, acoustics, etc. Carrier also conducts WELL performance testing to help ensure continued high-performance operations and to upgrade certification levels in support of companies’ increased concerns regarding public health.

Remote Energy Management connects HVAC and other building systems to provide advanced cloud-based analytics that help optimize energy efficiency, equipment uptime, occupant comfort and operational productivity.

Emergency Assets support building needs with a wide variety of HVAC equipment on demand to meet building system upgrade requirements to reopen quickly and safely in the current environment.

Advanced Access Services helps to improve control site density by setting limits on the number of people allowed in a specific space and can prevent access once that number is met. Customers can also set up alerts for attempts to access blocked areas or generate reports for contact tracing. Carrier also provides remote monitoring and other custom solutions to meet the new challenges of today.

Security Services provide solutions and upgrades to help ensure increased resilience and a healthier and safer working environment. These solutions include contactless management, temperature screening and video analytics supported by connected services, remote monitoring and remote diagnostics.

Carrier Healthy Building Technologies

In addition to Carrier’s comprehensive HVAC, fire, security and controls product offering, Carrier’s Healthy Buildings offering includes:

Filtration technologies, available in new equipment and for retrofits, include various MERV filters, HEPA filters for particulate matter and the Infinity™ electrostatic filters for airborne pathogens. Carrier also offers devices using UVC light, which are intended to target viruses, and UV photocatalytic oxidation to help remove volatile organic compounds and improve IAQ.

OptiClean™ Negative Air Machine cleans contaminated air and creates pressure to prevent air from spreading to different sections of a building. If negative pressure is not required, the machine can be used as an air “scrubber” to pull air in, remove contaminants and discharge cleaner air back into a room.ActivAir™ hybrid hydronic air terminal delivers increased ventilation and outside air – key infection control strategies – in an energy-efficient way with low noise.

Environmental Index in our building automation platform enables building operators to manage temperature, humidity and CO2 levels in a way that identifies and addresses healthy building performance issues.

DirectKey™ mobile access solution has empowered millions of hotel guests to safely access their hotel rooms without contact by bypassing the front desk check-in and eliminating many traditional touch points in the process.

BlueDiamond™ touchless access enables building occupants to eliminate a significant number of access touch points through implementation of industry leading mobile credentialing technology, making their environment safer.

MyWay™ building services platform integrates HVAC and other system controls, touchless access, indoor location and other services for a safe and personalized occupant experience.

Carrier can help upgrade and operate facilities with the appropriate package of solutions based on our customers’ industry applications and requirements. Learn more about Carrier’s Healthy Buildings Program at Corporate.Carrier.com/HealthyBuildings.

Simwave and EYOS Expeditions team up to offer Polar Code and expedition operations course

Details: Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 02 June 2020 02 June 2020

Simwave, Europe’s world leading independent maritime simulator centre, and EYOS Expeditions, a leading provider of private vessel expeditions, have joined forces to create a new Polar Code and Expedition Operations course that addresses the urgent need for polar-experienced bridge officers.

“This innovative curriculum satisfies ice navigation training for nautical officers wishing to meet the requirements of the IMO’s International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code – Basic & Advanced), which came into force in 2017. The Polar Code is mandatory under both the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL),” the two organisations said in a joint statement.

The Polar Code covers the full range of design, construction, equipment, operational, training, search and rescue and environmental protection matters relevant to ships operating in the inhospitable waters surrounding the two poles.

“The participants will be equipped with comprehensive skill sets that are required under the Basic & Advanced Polar Code training, including proficiency and competence in safely planning, navigating and monitoring, international & local regulations, covering the STWC code and IMO model courses. The course will take place at Simwave’s facilities outside Rotterdam, which is well known for its excellent hospitality, modern facilities and leading technology,” they said.

Simwave CEO & Founder Marcel Kind said in the statement: “At Simwave we are at the forefront of improving safety at sea. With the increase in expedition travel over the last decade, we have been focusing our attention on the polar regions. To protect the environment, the vessel and its crew, we need to raise the bar and create best-practice guidelines. Customized training is an essential part in this and together with EYOS we were able to create a new standard in polar water operations.”

EYOS Expeditions CEO Ben Lyons said: “We set out to create something different with this course. We didn’t want to just have a ‘tick the box’ exercise with scenarios that expedition ship officers would never experience or learn anything from. Throughout, we’ve put an emphasis on practical topics and realistic simulator learning combined with actual expedition operations.”

As an example, Simwave’s team modeled actual passages and landscapes that expedition ship officers are certain to navigate, including Antarctica’s famous Lemaire Channel, Paradise Bay, Port Lockroy and Palmer Station, along with fjords in Svalbard and the Canadian Arctic, including Bellot Strait.

This is one of the first times Antarctica has been successfully developed in a simulator exercise, and by combining that with EYOS’ insight on expedition operations, a unique concept has been developed that will allow Simwave to define a new set of standards.

While receiving Basic and Advanced Ice Navigation training through a combination of presentations, tabletop exercises and in-depth scenarios utilising Simwave’s state-of-the-art 360o bridge simulator, with floor projection and docking stations, participants will simulate conduct operations with small boats (Zodiacs & tenders), control their vessel near sensitive wildlife (polar bears and whales) in line with IAATO and AECO guidelines, interact with an Expedition Leader, and conduct emergency scenarios with a range of authentic weather conditions.

The Polar Code and Expedition Operations course is one of many available to cruise ship officers at Simwave. Just as in other Simwave courses, including Bridge Resource Management and Ship Handling, custom models for specific ships can be built upon request and used in the simulator to give officers the most realistic training possible on their own ships. Companies can also choose from a wide variety of other models including conventional to azimuth propulsion, allowing officers the opportunity to practice techniques on a wide range of platforms.

EYOS Expeditions’ CEO Ben Lyons said: “We are seeing unprecedented growth in the expedition cruise sector, combined with a desire for vessels to visit remote and harsh polar waters. It used to be that junior officers learned by osmosis from long-serving captains with decades of experience. Today, there is so much demand in the cruise sector for expedition bridge officers and so many more regulatory and environmental considerations than ever before that there needs to be a new approach to training. This course will just as much prepare an officer for ice navigation as it will for the practicalities of expedition ship operations.”

Norsepower rotor sail installed on Scandlinews ferry

Details: Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 26 May 2020 26 May 2020

Norsepower Oy Ltd., the leading global provider of auxiliary renewable wind propulsion systems, and Scandlines, a market leader in green ferry operation, today announced the successful installation of Norsepower’s Rotor Sail Solution. This was completed in just hours during a scheduled overnight stop on board the Scandlines’ hybrid ferry Copenhagen.

The Copenhagen, a hybrid passenger ferry operating between Rostock, Germany and Gedser, Denmark, was retrofitted with a Norsepower Rotor Sail unit measuring 30m in height and 5m in diameter. The installation was completed in a matter of hours, following meticulous preparation over the past few months.

The Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution – which can be installed on new vessels or retrofitted on existing ships – is a modernised version of the Flettner rotor, a spinning cylinder that uses the Magnus effect to harness wind power to thrust a ship. The installation, the fourth successfully completed by Norsepower, is estimated to reduce emissions by an estimated 4% to 5% on average without compromising pre-retrofit speed and voyage times.

Commenting on the installation, Tuomas Riski, CEO, Norsepower, said: “We are delighted to announce this latest successful installation of the Rotor Sail, which demonstrates that retrofitting can be achieved without any interruption and downtime to day to day commercial operations. Scandlines has a strong track record of investing in new clean technologies that save emissions onboard its fleet. The addition of Norsepower’s Rotor Sail makes the M/V Copenhagen one of the world’s most energy-efficient ferries.

“With increasing international regulatory and public pressure on the maritime industry to decarbonise, it is essential for the industry to recognise the value of one of the oldest forms of propulsion - wind. The market for wind propulsion is increasing, and this installation demonstrates how combining all methods of vessel optimisation is key to broader progress.”

Scandlines CEO, Søren Poulsgaard Jensen, added: “We see huge value in investing in technology with the ultimate goal of reducing emissions. Working with Norsepower on this innovative solution was a perfect fit with our values and ambitions regarding sustainable shipping. On our modern, hybrid ferry, this solution will sit alongside hydrodynamic hull optimisation, and a hybrid electric propulsion system with a battery powered energy storage system, improving not only our efficiency but also profitability. We look forward to seeing the instant benefits of this technology.”

The Rotor Sail is the first data verified and commercially operational auxiliary wind propulsion technology for the global maritime industry. The solution is fully automated and detects whenever the wind is strong enough to deliver emission savings, at which point the Rotor Sails start automatically.

“Staying sane in sanitized world” topic of TDoS Webinar 2 on 28 May

Details: Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 27 May 2020 27 May 2020

The TDoS Feel Safe at Sea approach on design and collaboration continues with the second TDoS Webinar, Tillberg Design of Sweden (TDoS) said in a statement.

The event will take place at 3.00 PM CET on Thursday, 28 May.

Keeping the distance while staying the distance and care about your fellow traveler are among the topics to be covered.

There will be three panelists - Lars Bang Pedersen, Vice President, ACT, Susan Sadolin CEO, Shores and Carl Lesvoix, Signage Director TDoS.

“With small means and innovative minds, staying sanitized onboard a ship is a possibility even by today’s standards. As you will discover there are products and protocols already out there to take care of you, your family and your fellow travelers so we can continue this wonderful voyage to discover and connect by cruising at sea,” TDoS said.

Adonis develops software to help cruise industry to resume operations

Details: Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 26 May 2020 26 May 2020

Adonis AS, a Norwegian software house that has established itself as a leading supplier of integrated HR and payroll systems to the international shipping and offshore industries, said it is working on software that will help the cruise industry to resume operations in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

As maritime companies are planning the return to operations Adonis are working in collaboration with the industry to add new functionality to help ensure the health and safety of crew and passengers.

The Adonis Time Clock©, the electronic time and attendance module will be developed to include infra-red facial temperature scanning. The Adonis Time Clock is extensively used onboard vessels with larger crew numbers. It is an integral part of the security check-in/check-out procedures at embarkation and throughout onboard activities.

If a person’s body temperature exceeds pre-set levels, operational crew will be alerted and immediate action can be taken to address any potential health issues.

In addition, Adonis are introducing pre-boarding check lists as part of the Adonis Employee Portal©. With this new feature, the company can ask questions such as: "Have there been any Covid-19 cases in your family?" "Have you been in quarantine in the last four weeks?" And so on.

Based on the answers given, notifications and warnings can be generated and sent to crew planners and shipboard managers etc. Using the customisable workflows, each company will be able to tailor make the re-boarding processes and check lists to ensure they are in line with their policies and procedures.

“We understand that the pandemic has put severe pressure on the maritime sector to introduce new policies and procedures to restore the confidence of both crew and passengers. That is why the team at Adonis are working hard to introduce new features and functionalities throughout our platform. Helping our customers mitigate the impact Covid-19 has had is our top priority,” said Product Director Erick Meijer.