SAM Coverage
Energy
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Eco Tip
Wood boiler heating system. In 2004 the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation awarded Bridger Bowl Ski Area $20,000 in grant money for…
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Control Hazardous Energy
Lockout/tagout saves lives, and is required by OSHA. Mike Mechanic has done his morning safety check of lift A and found the brake needs…
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Vermont’s Great Snow Gun Round-Up
In the name of energy conservation, Efficiency Vermont accelerated resorts’ move toward low-e guns with a massive subsidy program. For such a basic and…
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Eco Tip :: Heating Timers
Use only what’s needed, while minimizing human error. As all resort operators know, lift terminals house the mechanical systems that operate the lifts, and…
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Switching To Natural Gas
Once considered the fuel of the future, over the past five years, natural gas has become the transportation fuel of the present. As a…
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Shopping For Natural Gas
There is one immutable fact we have all learned to endure: energy is one cost that is always on the rise. Because of this,…
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Propane: It’s A Blast!
On Wednesday, January 20, shortly after two in the afternoon, and in the middle of a raging Sierra snowstorm, a propane explosion ignited a…
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Pump Control Systems
When people in the ski industry discuss pump systems, they are talking about a matched set of mechanical and electrical components. These include pumps,…
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Tower Power
Herman K. Dupre is going public; he has put his initials on his snowmaking system and his son-in-law, Charles Santry, heads up Snow Economics,…