Contracts Awarded for Air Force Base
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) The U.S. government on April 16 awarded a $195 million contract to build research facilities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the largest single contract in the $332 million construction program.
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Model Homes Offer National Indoor Air Quality Impact Results
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Engineers at NIST have developed a database of U.S. residential housing to help conduct nationwide analyses of ventilation, air cleaning or moisture control strategies to reduce indoor air pollution. The new database of over 200 residential dwellings, representing 80 percent of the United States housing stock, can be combined with a computer simulation technique to determine the impacts of indoor air quality interventions.
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Panel Says Work Must Consider Air Pollution
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SACRAMENTO (AP) State authorities said Nov. 24 that highway, rail and port improvements funded through a voter-approved transportation bond must not worsen air pollution.The 8-1 vote by the California Transportation Commission marked a reversal by the panel and the Schwarzenegger administration in deciding how to spend $2 billion in bond funds.
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