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2009-05-23: Recovery Act Limited Competition (C06)

Mouse Care?s President and Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Germain Rivard, has partnered with a major US university to upgrade and expand their animal facilities in an effort to make their operations more efficient and sustainable. Dr. Rivard submits to the Recovery Act Limited Competition (C06) a grant proposal titled: Green Vivarium Expansion.
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2009-04-30: Dr. Rivard presents at AALAS District 8 on April 30th, 2009 about Green Technologies for Adequate Ventilation, Less Energy Use, and Lower Operating Costs
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2008-12-09: Dr. Rivard presents at the 2008 TRADELINE conference on New Technology for Greater Ventilation, Less Energy Use, and Lower Operating Costs.

He concludes the forum: "The only way to solve the energy challenge is through technologies and innovations. In the rodent housing industry, the right order of things to do to reduce energy use is: first, reduce the demand for plug-ins and air changes; second, recover conditioned exhaust air energy with heat recovery system; and finally, use renewable strategies.
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2008-09-25: KickOff Meeting

Dr. Rivard meets with the officials from NYSERDA to start the project titled: Barrier Facility and Engineering Controls Improvements for Rodent Production.
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