American cities are jumping on the green roof bandwagon, passing into law ways to increase sustainability, become ‘greener’ and combat climate change by enforcing that buildings have green roofs. Is your city on the list?
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Love Your Lakes
July 1, 2019
July is Lakes Appreciation Month. Besides being great summer recreational locations, lakes are also important ecosystems for the organisms, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals that live in, or around them.
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One Roof, Two Roof, Black Roof, Green Roof (Part 1)
June 17, 2019
This blog post is all about green roofs: what they are, how they work, and how they drive sustainability in urban areas. Bonus points for you if you know which children's book inspired the title of this post...
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HOBO Celebrates American Wetlands Month
May 15, 2019
The United States is home to coastal and inland wetlands, both salt and freshwater, and they can be found in all 50 states. But first, ask yourself a relevant, albeit strange, question: Do you like your kidneys?
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Measuring the Effects of a Hydropower Plant on Macroinvertebrates
May 6, 2019
Onset ran a HOBO photo contest on Facebook, calling for customer photos. A winner was chosen and awarded a HOBO data logger. This post highlights his cool application and BEAUTIFUL photo. Follow us on social media - we'll be running the contest again this year!
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April is National Volunteer Month
April 29, 2019
Onset does good. Do you? By good, we mean volunteering as part of its company culture. If you do volunteer, you're one of 63 million Americans who take part in this "do-good" activity every year.
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Earth Day Helps to Protect Endangered Species
April 19, 2019
Do you have a grudge against sea turtles? No, of course you don’t! They are peaceful and beautiful ocean-dwelling reptiles that play a special part in our ocean ecosystem, but they are on the most-endangered list. So what are people doing about it?
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Improve Your IAQ and Monitor CO2
March 25, 2019
Most people think of outdoor air pollution when they think of CO2. So you’re probably picturing smoke stacks or car exhausts filling the air with noxious black smoke. But increased CO2 inside is also a big deal.
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Making Breweries More Efficient with Data Loggers
March 15, 2019
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we shared a cool customer application highlighting some clever engineering students who tackled their master’s thesis and simultaneously became the heroes of a local brewery!
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Groundwater Awareness Week
March 4, 2019
Every March, National Groundwater Awareness Week reminds us that groundwater, as it turns out, is pretty important. Did you know only 1% of the water on Earth is useable, and 99% percent of that is groundwater?