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VAC & R is a national building industry – going ahead, without HVAC in any application will be next to impossible. HVAC has become a part and parcel of everybody’s life. So, going with consumption rate, probability of Indian HVAC market to cross $7 Billion by 2022 is definitely very high. As the boom is happening in front of us in every industry, we would definitely witness development in the areas of hospitality, residential, commercial and industrial applications which will rise the need of of specialized allied building services like fire & safety and plumbing, air-conditioning & ventilation with a higher level of engineering and coordination between all the services. Moreover, rising disposable income, construction in residential and commercial sectors, extreme climatic conditions giving rise to focus at improving and enhancing energy efficiency, which could be a major contributor to boost Indian HVAC market for the coming years.

India got a good lot of manufacturers in HVC equipments, but the industry experiences a lot of imports from neighboring countries with cheaper prices. So, this industry definitely needs an equilibrium in equipments and products which could be manufactured with huge skilled manpower at all levels.

HVAC Industry Analysis and Needed Trends

Current challenges HVAC industry face is that all manufacturers started using technology from abroad, it created a gloomy atmosphere for local markets and also they have forgotten to focus on the life cycle cost (which is installed cost, operation and maintenance cost).

So, energy efficient products can do wonders, though they are marginally expensive to start with, by one unit saved is two units produced. Projects need to be better executed in a well-planned way, deputing right resources and dedicating the time required. A well executed project will always maintain equilibrium without overcooling and will always have lesser failure rates With respect to the issues of Ozone Depletion and Global Warming, studies on refrigerants are n full form, but fulfilling both the conditions is difficult, only few refrigerants strike a fairly good balance.

HVAC systems aid in maintaining air quality in commercial and residential establishments by effectively ventilating and filtering it, and ensuring thermal balance. Significant policies on stringent and eco-friendly norms, refrigerant use, advances in technology, safety pre-requisites, and efficient use of products and services have inclined the market players to advance and expand their business strategies and product offerings. These factors in turn play a noteworthy role in forming a pertinent demand for efficient HVAC system.

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Age of Robotics

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Driving Technology

Assured Motion for any Vehicle

The Proliferation of Complexity

Shifting towards The New Age of Distribution and Personalization Platforms

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Striking Emergence of Solar Power in U.S.

Advancing Intelligences The Advanced Diversity Due to Super Intelligent Machines

Why Do You Need to Advance your Discrete Manufacturing Solutions?

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MG Cooling: Leading HVAC Consultants and Engineers

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Maheshwari Consultants: Optimum PMC & MEP Design Provider.

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VAC systems are essential in a number of industries. Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems function to maintain the comfort and safety of building occupants. Most consumers and building owners recognize better installations mean better costs savings, comfort, occupant productivity, and safety; however, cost is always a concern for HVAC contractors. So, to go with the right solution is necessary.

Insights Success recognizes The 10 Most Prominent HVAC Solution Providers, in order to assist our readers to choose their right HVAC solution provider. Assessing the scenario in versatile perceptions has brought our magazine to mark the companies, who have flaunted some excellent HVAC services. This examined list will eliminate the search of enterprises to have perfect HVAC solution provider.

On our Cover, we have Comfort Engineers which is true comfort to their customers through their Design Engineering, Project Management & Project Execution expertise.

We have chosen Ensavior Technologies as it is a Comprehensive Solutions Provider engaged in Design, Engineering, Sales, Marketing and Service of following Services/Systems: HVAC Products & Services, Plumbing products & Services, Fire Fighting Equipments, Ventilation & IAQ Services, Acoustics, Noise & Vibration control.

Then, we have Maheshwari Consultants which has exceptional services for HVAC & MEP consultancy firm.

Finally, MG Cooling Solutions, which is a fast growing HVAC Company in India providing Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning Solutions.

ARCTIC TEAM, Blue Star Limited, Carrier Airconditioning And Refrigeration Ltd, Nova Group, Subros Limited, Zamil Air Conditioners India also got shortlisted for their phenomenal services.

Our in-house editors have come up with some adroitly written articles such as, “Add perfect feeling to your robot and boost your production with IoT” and “Why Do You Need to Advance your Discrete Manufacturing Solutions?”.

And The Proliferation of Complexity and Shifting towards the New Age of Distribution and Personalization Platforms has been Contributed by Rana Gujral and Venkat Prasad.

Hope you are ready to start off !

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Comfort Engineers Delivering An Array of Top-notch HVAC Services and Solutions

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omfort Engineers is a multi-disciplinary projects company with HVAC being a part of the repertoire of services. Infact, they are multi-disciplinary within HVAC as well when it comes to the types of technologies they work with & the various market sectors they serve. Every technology requires a specific skill set & approach &so does every market sector.

The various HVAC technologies which CE work with are: VRV/VRF, Chilled Water System, Evaporative Cooling System, PHE Systems, Geothermal Cooling, Radiant Cooling, Precision Air Conditioning, Constant Temperature Systems, Process & Machine Cooling & Ventilation, Fume Exhaust Systems, Furnace Exhaust Systems, Ductless Ventilation System, etc.

They serve the following sectors:Industrial, Automotive, Healthcare, Clean Rooms, Residential, Hospitality, IT/ITES, Electronic Industries, Manufacturing Plants, Offices & Commercial Building, Food & Beverages.

A deep understanding of the combination of job type & technologies in HVAC helps the company tailor design & execute the solution for the customer.

Journey of CE with Its Dynamic Duo Comfort Engineers is a Pvt Ltd firm with two Directors namely Mr. Vineet Seth & Mr. Rajesh Katyal.

While today startups are preferred over the conventional 9 to 5 jobs, the scenario was totally different in the past. Back then, quitting your jobs and starting your business was not cool and attracting talent to a new firm was tough. It was a tough time for both – Vineet Seth and Rajesh Katyal to start as none of them belonged to a business background. They slowly built a name for themselves by delivering each job on time and with utmost honesty and complete dependability. Gradually, the size of the jobs kept getting bigger and today they have done over 350 projects.

The biggest problem with the HVAC industry is that it has become over commoditized. The management at CE need to constantly convey to their customers that they need to view HVAC as a solution and not a product. It is important that the journey from the day they undertake a project to final delivery is smooth and hassle

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“At Comfort, we strive to give our customers n hing short of the best and expect all our employees to reflect the ideology of our founders which emphasize on a ‘Customer-First’ attitude“

Rajesh Katyal Director

Vineet Seth Director

“We value our people and can go an e ra mile to ensure that our employee's needs are being met”

free. Today, it is a big challenge to make the customer realize that not all HVAC service providers are the same and while the services provided may be the same, the importance of the processes followed should not be overlooked.

to take corrective action proactively. Each one of their employees has Transparent KRAs which are in line with their vision and the system keeps them updated of their tasks in hand.

Right Technology for Flawless Work While people are core to Comfort Engineers, they look forward for the right Tech which could enable them with faster, better & more accurate outputs to serve their clients better. The software & tech they use across their company includes:

CE, Keeping Itself Abreast with Newer Technologies With regards to technologies, Comfort Engineers try to remain ahead of the learning curve by keeping themselves abreast with newer technologies that are being introduced in the market by attending training and seminars of various kinds across the world. For example, the company is amongst a handful of HVAC Solution providers in India to be able to do BIM modelling. Also, they are investing heavily to make themselves stand out. Each of their processes are completely digitized with the help of Promasch , a Cloud Based Software, they use to manage every project REAL TIME with respect to every information regarding every project and every department of their company.

• AutoCad ---For 2D drawing work • REVIT---BIM Modelling • Autodesk Navisworks for Dedication • HD PsyChart 2.1 for design • Duct size 6.1 for Duct Design Tools • Promasch---Project, Material & Schedule Management • Greytip HR---Attendance, Payroll & Compliance Management

The company feels that in order to answer their customer’s questions instantly, they need access to every piece of information anytime and anywhere. Also, the software helps them understand the slowest part of the chain in order

The Comfort Experts Comfort Engineers alongwith hiring experts according to technologies or sectors, also train their existing workforce to update their skills in order to find newer ways of doing

the same work to deliver a better, faster & safer output at their Project Site. The company also Cross Train their talent in terms of giving them a feel of their Non Core Departments in order for them to understand the system as a whole. They want to be a collection of Experts & Jack of all trades such that they are focused but without Blinkers on.

Altering Industry Scenario with Smarter Approach Comfort Engineers with over the past few years of competitive environment realized that the way forward is DIFFERENTIATION. They are changing the narrative of the industry just like smartphones did when Mobile Phones started becoming a Cheap Product. They are a Smart Solution Provider with the necessary technologies in place which helps them to higher probability to repeat their success. Their motto is to learn from their mistakes & algorithimize their success such that they can repeat the success over & over again.

The company does a lot of Data Analytics from Promasch in order to understand where they are heading right& where they shouldn’t. They then try to eliminate such paths so that it never gets repeated. Clients get a transparent process of Project Management when they align with Comfort Engineers. There are two costs associated with HVAC

projects. These are the cost which is when a project is finalized & the cost of the journey between start & end of a project. They minimize the second one for sure. They aim to make their systems maintenance free.

CE : Being Accountable to Final Output HVAC is an over commoditized market wherein knowledge & the process of project delivery have taken a backseat.

Another missing facet of HVAC projects is the absence of transparency between the HVAC solution provider and the client. Everyone has an opinion on how to solve the various issues that the HVAC industry faces but only a very few are doing something about it. At Comfort Engineers, they have an overall vision “To be the most admired company amongst whoever we deal with, namely, Clients, Consultants, Architects, Employees, Suppliers, Vendors & the Community at Large”. And in order to achieve this, Comfort Engineers work on Guiding Principles across their departments which are in line with the overall vision.

HVAC industry suffers from another phenomena, which is called the Product Selling Phenomena. Every person is trying to sell a product and does not take ownership of the ultimate result. But, Comfort Engineers take pride in being accountable to the client for the final output.

“To be the most admired company amongst whoever we deal with, namely, Clients, Consultants, Architects, Employees, Suppliers, Vendors & the Community at Large” HVAC Industry is at It’s Best Future of HVAC solution industry cannot be brighter than this. People have stopped imagining any place without HVAC, be it trains or buses, food preservation, nuclear bunkers, bus/ truck cabins, even toilets. Comfort being an engineering company with concentration on giving what customer needs rather than what they want to offer. Excellent products are available in market but each product fits for particular requirements. For example, an in-line fan in a meeting room is required of very low noise irrespective of cost, whereas in a generator room noise may not be criterion but air delivery and balance is must. Comfort Engineers does not want to restrict themselves to a service or a plan in this growing market but are looking forward to associating themselves with entrepreneurs who want to work independently as business unit owner under CE comfort umbrella.

Bring the Change, Advice to the Young Entrepreneurs “ One needs to bring a Fresh perspective to work, it is better to not see what has happened before. Youngsters should change the way HVAC industry works now and write new narratives. However the age old principals of honesty and transparency will always be in fashion. Be brave. Be fast. Be bold.”

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ARCTIC TEAM arcticteam.com

Prasad G Tonse Founder

ARCTIC is a company and was formed in 1998 with our core business centered on Design, Sales, Installation, Preventive & Corrective maintenance.

Blue Star Limited. bluestarindia.com

Suresh Iyer COO

Blue Star is India’s leading air conditioning and commercial refrigeration company.

Carrier Airconditioning And Refrigeration Ltd carrierindia.com

Arun Bhatia Managing Director

Carrier is committed to supporting local Harvey and Irma recovery and restoration efforts.

Comfort Engineers comfortgroup.in

Rajesh Katyal Director

Comfort Engineers true comfort to their customers through their Design Engineering, Project Management & Project Execution expertise.

Ensavior Technologies Pvt. Ltd. ensavior.com

Dinesh Semwal Managing Director

Ensavior Technologies is a Comprehensive Solutions Provider engaged in Design, Engineering, Sales, Marketing and Service of following Services/Systems: HVAC Products & Services, Plumbing products & Services, Fire Fighting Equipments, Ventilation & IAQ Services, Acoustics, Noise & Vibration control.

Maheshwari Consultant mcaircon.co.in

K. L. Maheshwari Founder

Maheshwari Consultants is a HVAC & MEP consultancy ďŹ rm.

MG Cooling Solutions mgcs.net.in

ML Sharma Founder

MG Cooling Solutions is a fast growing HVAC Company in India providing Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning Solutions.

Nova Group novainitiative.com

Ajit Panicker Founder & CEO

Nova has been innovative time and again exploring newer and wider horizons in the market spectrum, dealing in international brands of HVAC/R (Heating, Ventilating, Air-conditioners and Refrigeration), providing accomplished sales, services and solutions.

Subros Limited subros.com

Manoj Sethi Director

Subros manufactures compressors, Condensers, Heat Exchangers and all connecting elements required to complete AC loop and caters to all segments viz. Passenger Vehicles, Buses, Trucks, Refrigeration Transport, off- roaders & Railways.

Zamil Air Conditioners India zamilacindia.com

Hemant Bhange Director

Zamil India is a pioneer in the contracting industry serving across all verticals in MEP contracting.

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n order to build effectual robots that can carry out useful work in unstructured environments; the robotics companies are focusing towards new approaches and extended services to build the intelligent systems. They indulge in providing and applying the robots in the industrial sector for replacing the workers and also enhancing according to the new technologies. The industrial robots have the incredible dexterity to match their brute strength and can actually learn on the job. These expert systems take highly practical forms, all on their own—that can walk, talk, save lives, and perform critical jobs in extreme environments, or simply take care of household mundane tasks. In fact, there are over a million of these types of robots found in auto, medical, manufacturing and space industries.

Innovation Is Balanced Against Scale and Profitability The engineers are coming up with incredibly innovative robots that look really impressive and achieved the challenge to turn it into a physical product that can be manufactured for profit. In time, the use of robotics is likely to spawn billions of dollars revenue business. The future driverless cars, 3D

printing, chat bots or the home robots like the vacuum-cleaning and floorcleaning robots have driven this good amount by the sales.

From the military use and emergency response to health care and home care, robots are fast becoming a fixture in our everyday lives. Over the next decade, the

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number and variety of robots in the workplace will soar, taking over many jobs that are too dirty, too dull or too dangerous for people to do. Already, robots are taking charge in hospitals, medical centres and nursing homes.

Their mechanical aids will improve lifting and repositioning of patients, delivering medications to patients’ rooms, delivering lab samples and reports and conducting routine monitoring of patients — taking temperatures, blood pressure, glucose and so on.

Another sector that has extremely increased its adaptation of robotics is the defence sector, where robots will be used more and more for surveillance, battlefield support, and sentinel duty. In addition, they would be commonly associated with the detection and disposal of explosive devices, or radar tracking and missile defence. These robots are expected to act as a force multiplier and will operate close to the military personnel in the field.

Automation, the next phase of Robots Robots have evolved from electric machines to automotive “smart” machines. The traditional electric machines were programmed to perform specific tasks but the automated ones can directly interact with the real world. However, the robots follow a line painted on the ground by the automation software foist on it. The Collaborative Robots (named as “Co-Bots”) have taken automation to a higher December 2017|

S Super uper IIntelligent ntelligent M Machines achines level by the autonomous robots. These robots support human beings as a collaborator or as an assistor for a specific task. These software robots are programmed to use computer programs in the same way as a human operator would for the task. They might not complete the task in the most efficient way, but are easier to accommodate into the actual business processes and are used as a flexible way to automate physical tasks. It is the growth driver and the most affordable way to automate in robotics.

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ustri al purposes, household purposes or providing small business services.

But such robots are not proven to be ideal for the higher levels of the defence and security sectors.

The problem-solving is simply done by introducing Artificial Intelligence in robotics. It is the recreation of the human thought process, a man made machine with the intellectual abilities of a human. Robotics is nowhere near to achieve a new level of progress with AI. This would include the ability to learn just about anything, to reason, to use language and to formulate original ideas. The AI robots or computers gather details about a particular phenomenon through their sensors or the input is transferred manually and then the robots compare this information to their stored data and decide the significance of the information. The computer runs through various possible actions and predicts and according to that it decides which action will be most

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succe ssful based on the collected information.

Obviously, the computer cannot solve the problem on its own, it should be programmed to solve as they don’t have any generalized analytical ability. They even can’t absorb any sort of information like a human until it is programmed in the system.

The real challenge of AI lies on the hypothesis of how the robot would learn and think, and how all of these connections would add up to higher reasoning, or even low-level operations in the critical situations. A number of robotics experts are focusing on humanoid robots because they feel that being able to experience the world like a human is essential to developing human-like intelligence.

The Services provided by the Robotsspecialized companies Robot manufacturing companies are the innovative actors in the robotics market. Keeping in mind the demand and needs of the future market, they are continuously researching and developing highly-sophisticated intelligent service robots. The companies are known for their unlimited passion for technology, content and services and relentless pursuit of innovation that drives to deliver groundbreaking, novel and exciting solutions in their ways.

They provide the ultimate solution regarding industries and technologies. They are indulged in scrutinizing and experimenting with new mechanics and products. They look after the interest of the industrial companies and design according to their needs. The after-support of the robots is also taken care by them.

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Crafting Innovations

About TiZE TiZE optimizes operations for formula based manufacturing firms such as coating companies through its flagship product RealWork™. The company is passionate about solving real operational issues and enable real work. Its mission is to reinvent the drab and archaic world of ERP systems by building modern, usable business software.

Rana Gujral Co-founder, CEO TiZE

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nterprise software has failed us! For decades, vendors and consultants have claimed a savings of 20-30% with the implementation of MRP, CRM, ERP .. or a plethora of other offerings over the years. Far too many of these systems fail to realize the benefits that justified the initiative to begin with. Most companies embark upon the enterprise software implementation with big fan fare, company wide town-halls, memos and armed with an army of consultants. After several months of implementation and hundreds and thousands of dollars spent, the majority of the workforce figures out a way to ‘bypass’ the system and its use is relegated to a handful of poor souls in the back-office departments.

Why does this happen? A study by Sand Hill Group shows that only 1 percent of potential users of the system, cited the cause as a lack of software functionality. An overwhelming 70 percent cited usability and complexity as the main obstacle. Former NYTimes Design Director Khoi Vinh captured this common frustration in his seminal 2007 article, If It Looks Like a Cow, Swims Like a Dolphin and Quacks Like a Duck, It Must Be Enterprise Software, saying: “If you work at a big company and you’ve ever had to do something that should be simple, like file an expense report, make changes to your salary withholdings - or,.. if you’ve ever tried to apply for a job at a big company - then you’ve probably encountered these confounding user experiences. And you probably cursed out loud.”

The problem is that enterprise software has to support very complex tasks, but software companies design it for a general audience, not for specific users. Since it has to work for a variety of companies, it’s designed as a one-size-fitsall solution that doesn’t actually fit anyone well.

quality experience, but with many existing customers, it’s difficult for enterprise software companies to do a complete redesign. And with little competition, customers don’t have much choice.

There is also a darker, ulterior motive behind this mess.

Having many features allows enterprise software sales professionals to engage in a conversation that allows for incremental increases over time. Often enterprise software is tiered in a variety of ways in order to extract maximum revenue.

Because it’s so challenging to fix problems with enterprise software, companies find that it’s easier to change their work processes. Through training and documentation, they try to alter their employees’ behavior to fit the flaws in the software. This is wrong and it needs to end.

Enterprise software used to be about making existing work more efficient. Today, the opportunity for software is to transform the work itself. Here at TiZE we are passionate about this goal. We are embarking on this journey with our industry specific solution for the speciality chemicals industry based on an entirely new approach to software.

The approach based on providing the simplest fit and function, combined with ease of use. As Bessemer Venture Partners state in their industry focus, occasionally technology is so revolutionary that it can transform the way an entire industry works. This is perhaps the most compelling opportunity ahead of us.

Software complexity kills its customer’s profits. We are here to kill complexity itself. One industry vertical at a time.

A lot of enterprise software was created a long time ago when there wasn’t as much concern for the user experience. Now, customers are more demanding of a

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All-Embracing HVAC Solution with Complete Transparency The more you engage with customers, the things become clearer, and it is easier to co-relate to his requirements.

It is our constant endeavour to make every aspect of the customer requirement a little bit better, since we know when a customer comes first, the customer lasts.

VAC business faces a number of challenges which proliferates replacement of existing installations, where HVAC contractors are often required to retrofit systems and switch to newer technologies without compromising system performance or safety. Ascertain to these observations, Ensavior Technologies which is a comprehensive solutions provider company - engaged in design, engineering, sales, marketing and service of HVAC products, Plumbing products, Fire Fighting equipment, Ventilation & IAQ products and Acoustics-Noise-Vibration control products that are commensurate with the growing environmental awareness and energy efficiency standards.

and Rotary. He has been instrumental in promoting energy conservation concepts and system in the field of Pumping, Hydronic Balancing, Thermal Energy Storage, Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) with overall work experience of nearly two decades. Dinesh, was conferred “Entrepreneur of the year in Trading Business in 2015.

Erudite of HVAC Dinesh Semwal is Managing Director at Ensavior Technologies. He is an Electronics Engineer and Member of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE), Indian Plumbing Association (IPA), AIACRA

Hydronic Balancing: It is the process of optimising the distribution of water in a building’s heating or cooling system – so that it can provide the intended indoor climate at optimum energy efficiency and minimal operating cost.

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Innovative Products for the Indian Market Pumping: Ensavior brings Xylem pumping solutions, which are constantly developing and fielding new HVAC systems that work efficiently, making buildings more comfortable, productive and healthy.

Thermal Storage System: It helps lower Operational Costs by enabling the shifting of energy consumption of chillers

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from high cost hours to low cost hours by utilising stored energy during high cost periods and storing ‘cooling’ energy by running the chiller during low cost hours. Further, as lower capacity chillers may be used, the chiller can run at optimal capacity, thereby raising its efficiency level.

Some key features of Chilled Water TES System are: • Shaves off peak load, resulting in significant reduction of installed chiller capacity.

• Chilled Water backup for Mission Critical Facilities like; Control Rooms, Data Centers and High Tech. manufacturing.

• Demand Side Management.

UVGI System: It leads to electrical energy savings to the tune of 10 to 15% by improving heat transfer efficiency of AHU cooling coil, which in turn results in reduction of chilled water requirement from the chiller.

UVGI systems irradiate the AHU coils with UV-C rays, destroying the ability of the organisms to reproduce and multiply thus maintaining the indoor air quality of the air-conditioned spaces.

Sensors and Transmitters: Providing advanced technological solutions to meet and exceed today’s HVAC challenges, with a wide range of high quality sensing, measurement and transmittal of data products related to temperature, humidity, pressure, current, air quality and hazardous gases.

Electrostatic Precipitation System: Commercial kitchens now require pollution control equipment in their exhaust systems for the removal of grease and smoke from commercial cooking applications, (as well as smoke, fumes, and oil/coolant mists from industrial processes).

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Rising Awareness among Customer for Energy Efficiency is what Inspires ETPL The customer today is well aware of the latest things and realise the importance of energy efficiency and a better indoor environment. End users are trying to reduce their energy requirements and looking for ways and means to address consumption needs, there is a significant shift in the mindset of people to promote energy efficiency and improve indoor air quality. Therefore, energy efficiency and better indoor environment becomes a necessity more than a voluntary policy.

At Ensavior, they promote the concepts and products that largely address the issue of energy efficiency and indoor air quality. Their strategic tie ups with FTENE Korea, Xylem, Flowcon International, Aeropure and recent addition of Greystone Energy, forms a well mix of products that cater to the need of the hour.

Infusing Technology into Energy for Better Efficiency World needs to implement progressive policies that encourage the use of available, proven energy-efficient technologies, low-energy building design, and building renovations that can achieve 25-50% reductions in energy demand from new and existing buildings. This includes technologies like variable speed pumping and air circulation, energy recovery, combined heat and power, and renewables.

In the long-term, the greatest potential for improving energy productivity will come from smart and sustainable cities with connected infrastructure where water, wastewater, heating, cooling, and electricity are integrated into one system.

via big data and analytics. Be on the lookout for simple-to-use, software solutions that make the job of delivering indoor comfort easier and more effective.

Adequacy in Employees Bring More Clients to Company ETPL engage on the project right from the conceptualization stage and thereby help in right selection, optimum design and implementation of most energy efficient products. Besides that, the company ensure on site job trainings to project managers, facility managers and operators so that the systems are operated in most efficient and simplest manner. Based on need of the project, they also undertake operation and maintenance of the system for which they have back up in terms of spare parts and manpower.

Government Role in HVAC Progress With government initiatives to promote the “Make in India” concept has heightened manufacturing activities and infrastructure development in the country and with the growth in FDI (Foreign Direct Investment), several international players are starting operations in the Indian industry, which will further fuel the country’s HVAC market. Economic tailwinds combined with a business-friendly government at the centre should accelerate the growth of the HVAC business as well.

Urge for Practical Functioning with Testing Labs There is a need for testing labs and Centres of Excellence across India which can provide an opportunity for students and faculty to relate theoretical knowledge with practical functioning and better understand applications of equipments that find application in the HVAC space.

There are more points of data than ever, allowing for better measurement

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he famous British Inventor, industrial designer and the founder of the Dyson Company, James Dyson once said, “Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It’s coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.”

yet the productivity is not up to the expectation, it is when the advanced discrete manufacturing solution comes into the scene to help you integrate your existing tools and systems.

Advanced System Can Help You to Monitor Effectively

Experts define Discrete Manufacturing as the production of discrete items. Anything from automobiles, furniture, toys to airplanes can be an example of discrete manufacturing.

Discrete Manufacturers are defined to be the one who seeks to run the operations on a slim model that can take some practice. Manufacturing pioneers have talked about the challenges, importance and the necessity of advanced discrete manufacturing resources. This could be the time you should the know these facts and invest the resources in improving your business.

Integrational Lack May Cause Drop in Business Revenues Industry scenario suggests that most discrete manufacturers have a mix-and-match set of tools. The room for improvement is created with the lack of integration of these tools. It is when the doors of opportunities for advanced discrete manufacturing solution open up. This advanced solution can help businesses to grow with leaner resources, leaving minor pieces to integrate and a better running system. When you have a high-quality existing set of tools,

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For any entrepreneur, the most important task is to know what is happening in its business, how its products are getting manufactured, delivered in proper time and everything else. In short, for any manufacturer, the crucial part is to monitor his manufacturing business entirely.

Apparently, if the managers are not able to visualize the entire manufacturing and distribution operation within the real-time, it becomes almost impossible for them to prioritize the needs. Experts have stated that manufacturers can know what is happening in their business and monitor their resource in real-time with the help of an advanced discrete solution. The latest technological advancements can improve to modify your existing systems and deliver products better and faster to meet customer demands.

Maintain Proper Levels of Inventory It is the list which stands as the key performance indicator, and as experts say, without proper monitoring, one may watch their inventory levels go high up. For any large project or manufacturing order that your company has taken

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up, the right number of stockpiles is of prime importance.

Neither too less, nor too high is right for your business. Too much of inventory can lead to a wastage of space, resources, and funds, but with the latest technology offerings to advance discrete manufacturing solutions, you can quickly fill in the gap created by the imbalance in the levels of inventory.

Only Proper Forecasting Can Help Your Business Grow For any business, forecasting plays an extremely critical role, and it is what can save a company from drowning or take the business forward. Apparently, it is a crucial part to know what is coming forward and take the necessary actions precisely to run a lean manufacturing operation as an improper forecasting might give rise to overproduction, underproduction, wastage of materials and other serious issues. Foreseeing is one such significant quality a manufacturer or any entrepreneur must have to take his/her business forward.

With the advancements in the discrete manufacturing tools, the forecasting can be improved and refined to be more accurate. Manufacturers will hence get to know more about the demands of the customers and will be able to develop its products to maximize the use the resources within their grasp and meet the customers’ needs. While advancing the solutions and tools, businesses can stay in the race and win

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the hearts of customers by delivering even more than expected.

Most businesses are struggling with hundreds of hurdles daily. Challenges can range from anything, from managing stakeholders’ expectations, estimating work and schedule sharing, to managing inflexibility of processes to make scheduling tool dynamic. Manufacturing business can belong to any sector, and in every sector, technology plays a vital role in its growth, irrespective of the type of the product they make.

The significant technological advancements which are going to modifying the world of manufacturing can be named as IoT and Big Data. These are helping production companies to deliver a better product at consistently highquality standards and help them to navigate end-to-end supply chains and manage a strict time-to-market deadline which is often driven by seasonal and customer demands.

Experts said that it often becomes tricky for manufacturers to fulfill the stakeholders’ unreasonable demands within an unrealistic deadline. The advancements in the discrete manufacturing solutions and tools will help the business to be more adaptable and dynamic in nature as flow and adaptability enable manufacturers to deliver better products in a faster pace and end up generating higher revenues.

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Maheshwari Consultants:

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Optimum PMC & MEP Design Provider We design with a turistic approach to pr ect and enhance the environment.

by following latest international standard and ASHRAE guidelines.

Mr. K. L. Maheshwari Founder & Principal Consultant

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he HVAC system selected by Rule of Thumb for your home or office can turn out either insufficient or highly expensive. In order to acheive comfortable conditions at optimum costs, efficient HVAC design for indoor space is critical.

When a new HVAC system in your home or office is selected, it is important to select the air-conditioning system of proper tonnage and right specifications along with necessary control options. Many Engineers these days tend to select Air conditioning system haphazardly without considering the various sources of heat generation in indoor space, number of hours HVAC system will be used and life cycle cost analysis.

Maheshwari Consultants, since 1977 are in consultancy business, provides MEP and PMC design which are efficient and cost-effective.They have designed all type of project namely: Hosptiality, Realty, Hospitals, Green Buildings, Commercial Spaces, Pharmacuticals, Clean Room appications, Industires etc. Each project is designed

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Visionary Behind Maheshwari Consultants Mr. K. L. Maheshwari is the Founder and Principal Consultant of the Organisation. His educational qualification is B.E in Mechanical Engineering in 1973 followed by P.G.D.I.M. He has vast experience of 43 years to his credit and is associated with Air Conditioning & Refrigeration field for over 40 years. Mr. Maheshwari is well versed with various statutory requirements of Government agencies, Indian Standards etc. He is a life member of ASHRAE, ISHARE, IPA, FSAI. Being a vetran in this field, K.L. Maheshwari is regularly invited for his wisdom by various organisations and architectural schools. Before inception of Maheshwari Consultnat, he has served various well known HVAC Companies in India like like M/s. Kirloskar Pneumatics Ltd., M/s. Blue Star Ltd., M/s. Utility Engineers Ltd and M/s. Vadilal Industries Ltd. Problems Faced at the Beginning Stages Being a closed economy in 1977, India was not open for new investment oppurtunity. Hence, the availability for avenues for Consultancy was restricted to Industry only.

Major thrust in Commercial, Hosptality, Entertainment came after 2001-02.

In its inception Maheshwari Consultants used to redesign existing system with new design and new equipments like

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screw chiller, centrifugal chillers, new transformers etc apart from new Projects. The company has redesigned many HVAC system for Pharma units, Process Industries along with new projects.

Present portfolio of Maheshwari Consultants comprises of Commercial complex, Residential town ships, Hosptiality, Sports arena, Pharmacuticals, Process Industires and Hosptials.

HVAC Software and Tools that Displays Company’s Uniqueness Company uses latest software for load calculation and Energy modelling.

Engineers working in company are well versed with Autocad and Revit and other relevant softwares.

Updating the Employees with Latest Technology Maheshwari Consultants is proud to have well experienced staff who are working for the company for the last 15 to 20 years. Having designed all the type of system and having practical field experience, engineers attend client query and problems promtly with utmost attention.

Maheshwari Consulants regulary depute their staff in seminars and international events to update their knowledge. Staff is well aware of Latest International standards, on Indoor Air quality, Comfort zone, Low Power consumption and water saving equipment selection.

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Advantage of having HVAC & MEP Consultants As an inline person, consultant is aware of all the development in the field hence he can give valuable inputs for design of a project. As services are hired by the organizer, consultant is available from the beginning of the project and will suggest all the necessary provisions needed in very intial phase of project. This will expedite project execution with minimum rework on civil front which will ultimately save project cost and time.

Organizer and Architect are very much clear from day one about area available space for utilization. Since consultant draws specification for each and every item, scrutinizination of offers becomes easy. Moreover bidders quote proper prices because of competition and in turn client gets best price.

There will always be check on contractor workmanship and speed of work. With the help of consultant client can finalize placement of order at appropriate time and plan for proper fund flow.

An Effort towards Safe Earth At onset of rapid industrialization, MEP requirements are growing at unprecedented rate. It is very essential to harness this services in proper and sustainable manner. Maheshwari Consultants strives for self upgadation of latest green practices all over the world. Most optimum and greenest design practices are used by them to

save Earth from Green House and global warming effect.

Providing Best-in-class Services HVAC: Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) is the technology of indoor comfort. Its goal is to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality.

ELECTRICAL: Electrical design entails planning, creating, testing, or supervising the development and installation of electrical equipment like lighting equipment & power systems.

PLUMBING: Plumbing design entails supply of water for a wide range of applications via a distribution system, and designing of public health system.

FIRE: The design of any fireprotection system is an exact science that takes into account a buildings use, occupancy, footprint, and even its other installed systems.

IBMS: A single front-end interface is provided in the IBMS through which all the subsystems are managed. To optimize usage and power consumption.

PMC: Project management Consultant that focus on scheduling of project tasks, estimated time to complete, quality of work, and resource assignments.

Giving Best Shot at Requirement Analysis of Project Understanding clients’ requirements before staring the designing is the main criteria of Maheshwari Consultants.

This reduces the repetition of work, hence project completion is never a big task.

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Highlights

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oday, Solar power is the most reliable and affordable source of electricity implementing countrywide development to reduce global warming pollution, which makes country cleaner, saving fuel costs as well. Usually small-scale Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, focusing on building roofs, whereas large-scale PV systems and Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems represent the majority of Solar’s complete electricity-generating capacity. Solar Power has the capability to provide a significant amount of electricity in both environmentally as well as economically attractive.

Solar Power is increasingly affordable It has been observed that the prices for rooftop PV systems have declined markedly in recent years. The rising profit is a result of decrease technology prices, innovative financing, and developed networks of Solar installers and financial partners. However, Solar consumers are paying very little; Tax credits, rebates, and other support in leading states could cut the total costs of a rooftop system to under $10,000, which will supply electricity with a fixed rate for a longer period of time. Largescale PV project costs have fallen more than household systems, 60 percent less than residential Solar on a per-watt basis. And about CSP system the costs are not reduced as like small scale PV or Large scale PV, but it’s capable of being storage of sun’s energy as heat, so that it can utilize when there is no sunlight.

Feasible Solar Power in Northern Climates PV generation requires the amount of sunlight, which differs by less than 30% for a few countries, still making Solar power feasible in northern climates. Whereas in sunny locations like Los Angeles or Phoenix a five-kilowatt home rooftop PV system produces an around 7,000 to 8,000 kilowatt-hours per year, which is approximately similar to the electricity use of a typical U.S. household. These same systems in Portland, Maine (in northern climates) would produce 85 % of what it would in Los Angeles, 95 % of what it would in Miami, and 6% more than it would in Houston.

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Rapid growth of Solar Power According to the Solar Energy Industries Association and GTM Research, the U.S. Solar power grew by 6.2 gigawatts in 2014, a 30 percent increase over the previous year and representing nearly $18 billion in new investment. Before 2014, the United States had more than 480,000 Solar systems installed, adding up to 13,400 megawatts (MW), sufficient to generate 2.4 million typical U.S. households. In 2013 the U.S. Solar industry hired more than 140,000 people that is a 53% raise over 2010, and almost $15 % investment in the U. S. Economy yearly. Today, there are more than 6,000 Solar companies in the U.S, penetrating over all 50 states.

Rooftop Solar, not only improving the environment of the company, but also reduces the operating costs and PV systems create electricity without water, unlike coal, nuclear, and other power plants. Similarly, Solar panel creates electricity without air or carbon pollution, solid waste or resources other than sunlight.

Few steps to support Solar power accelerated growth What is the important focus now on this rising situation? First and most important is each state should maintain and need to increase the strength in their key policies for operating the renewable energy investments, including Solar. The next important thing is the federal investment tax credit for Solar’s move is set to reduce at the end of 2016 from 30% to 10%; Each state need to clinch about Solar that plays a vital role in their plants to lessen emissions to follow with the Environmental Protection Agency’s new carbon standards. Rooftop Solar will help policy makers to elect the most suitable way to help other people for Solar adoption. Storage of energy will assist you at the time of the blackout.

Companies should provide shelter from rooftop to large-scale projects so that it could reshape their business models and get benefited by reducing costs through substantial economies of scale, increasing cell and module efficiencies, enhanced inverters and mounting systems, fine heat transfer, and streamlined transactions.

Solar prevails over wind and coal According to Researchers, it has been mentioned that coming five years in the U.S. PV market, which does not include concentrated Solar plants has indicated by four times more developed than Wind Energy and Coal. The natural gas added greater share of new generating capacity. It has been expected a monumental growth in California and Arizona market where Newly implemented regions include Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and Louisiana. Retail rate parity is also being increased from last year and expanded beyond California and followed by Nevada, Massachusetts, Arizona and New Jersey, made an organized Solar market. New Mexico, Missouri and Maryland are also rapidly growing in Solar implementation. New Mexico’s 88MW gain in Solar capacity made it top 10 state for Solar development last year. New York, Texas and Hawaii added more than 100 MW of Solar capacity. In the regions of Southeast, Georgia and Tennessee observed increase in utility-scale Solar, at the same time Louisiana and South Carolina achieved continuous growth in the residential Solar sector. From last year it has been observed that Residential PV continues to be the rapidly growing market segment in the U.S. Solar sector, managing three continuous years a successive annual growth.

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MG Cooling:

‘‘ M.L. Sharma

Leading HVAC Consultants and Engineers We are pleased to introduce ourselves as one of the best Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning, HVAC Contractors with considerable experience in the field to provide turnkey solution for HVAC works meeting our customer’s requirements.

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lmost any business or government agency has the potential to realize significant savings by improving its control of HVAC operations and improving the efficiency of the system it uses, to avail this MG Cooling Solution offers HVAC as their core service.

It's an MEP Company and they are HVAC Consultants & Engineers and take care of Design, Consultancy, Supply & further execution. They are also an EPC Company and take care of complete turnkey HVAC solutions. EPC stands for Engineering, Procurements & Construction, hence, they take care of complete EPC work for all of their HVAC projects all across India.

Visionary Behind the MGCS Mr. M. L. Sharma is the Director at MGCS. He is a mechanical engineer by profession. He started MGCS with an aim to provide solutions which are technically advanced.

With his guidance and mentorship, he has earned and achieved many prestigious awards in the same field.

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MGCS Made Clients Understand ASHRAE’s Importance Previously, Indian market was not well versed with HVAC guidelines taken from ASHRAE. Indian market was not aware of HVAC system and they would always talk about split or window air conditioners where centralized air conditioning solutions are required. And few people who would know about it, used to work only on the basis of thumb rule.

ASHRAE stands for American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioners Engineers and this handbook is followed worldwide. MGCS’s marketing team went to major corporates and other companies and made them understand about international global guidelines.

Company’s team has made various presentations to show the reduction on high power bills by replacing the existing air conditioning system with HVAC i.e. Centralized Air Conditioning. Company’s extremely professional

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consultants showed their clients that there is a huge energy saving by making precise and accurate calculations as per ASHRAE’s guidelines.

MGCS got Highly Proficient Team MGCS proudly declare that their HVAC Consultants are extremely professional, experienced and qualified. Since design is the backbone of any kind of construction project, their consultants make sure that their engineering help their clients in saving money for a longer run. To achieve this, the company follows ASHRAE guidelines to calculate on tonnage, cfm etc. for all the HVAC equipments. This helps the client in purchasing HVAC equipments which are relevant to their project only, otherwise, it will lead to higher capital expenditure and operating expenditure.

MGCS’s engineers, draughtsman, quality engineers, safety engineers, technicians and foreman are highly talented and qualified in their respective fields. Backed by highly proficient Project Managers, the company makes sure that all their projects are completed within stipulated time and with a satisfactory note from their clients. MGCS has received several satisfactory work completion certificate that too, from clients like Reserve Bank of India and applauded the company's work.

Making HVAC Industry Environment Friendly HVAC Industry is flourishing because HVAC is required in all the types of industries that we can think of. MGCS is contributing to make it more environment friendly. They always use refrigerants which are environment friendly and do not cause any harmful

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impact to the nature. Some refrigerants still prevailing in the market are extremely bad for nature as they have chlorofluorocarbons which causes global warming. MGCS's quality team made sure that no such refrigerant is used.

MGCS also contribute in sharing exact tonnage capacity machine to their customer which helps both client and nature. For example, in case a bigger tonnage machine is purchased than the desired one, it will lead to higher power bills which is detrimental to our natural resources which are limited.

The company also make periodic audits to make sure that all the machines, pumps etc. are running at their utmost efficiency to save on energy. This is how they contribute to society and save Mother Earth.

Maintaining Uniformity Among Employees First and foremost, MGCS never use any thumb rule calculations. All of their calculations are scientific based with maximum inputs to make the design and project super successful.

All the employees are well versed with ASHRAE guidelines and strictly follow them staring from beginning of the project till its complete execution.

All of the employees subscribe to latest HVAC technologies through blogs, magazines, seminars, webinar, workshops etc. to keep their knowledge updated and thereby, passing on the same updated knowledge and information to all of their clients.

MGCS, Always there to Assist Client MGCS is a progression company.

Following a client centric approach, company’s financial charts are growing year by year. The company firmly

believes in delivering extremely quality work to all their clients and always ready to cooperate with their clients.

MGCS never follows traditional policies and customized machinery, they do detailed engineering and analysis depending on what their client’s industry portfolio is. According to the industry type, the company has vehement approach and analyze all their suppliers or OEMs requirement to customize the design of AHU’s, Air Washer, etc. depending on what could be the best solution for their clients’ to make sure that MGCS has got an edge over others.

MGCS Plans for Venture into Energy Reducing Consumption Projects HVAC industry promises a good future. This is evident from the fact that MGCS gets call from various MR companies much frequently, almost every month. They are approached by many international companies for setting up a manufacturing plant for HVAC equipments. Through MR (Marketing Research) companies, they have seen many companies from Japan, China, Korea and Europe wants to venture in Indian HVAC Market as the scope is huge.

Now, MGCS looks forward to capture more market share and more evolving technologies which can help their clients in saving huge money. The company would also venture into a project which can significantly reduce the energy consumption of HVAC system to save on natural resources.

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Driving Technology

Shifting towards The New Age of Distribution and Personalization Platforms

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he global entertainment media landscape is undergoing a major change primarily due to shift in consumer behaviour driven by technology. This is highly evident in the online video industry where viewership is shifting from linear (such as TV) to on-demand (YouTube, Netflix) consumption with social networks like YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter etc. are becoming the new age distribution and personalization platforms.

Today, smartphone has become the new personalized TV with primetime becoming anytime. Video consumption is on multiple screens (TV, phone, tablet, game consoles etc.) and content types such as short, long, live, 360 degrees & VR videos supported by shifting biz models (OTT, inventory, subscription, branded content etc.)

These trends are rapidly fragmenting and shaking up existing media business models based on traditional cable and broadcast networks. In this new world content success requires not only the right insight, but also an ability to create content scalable for these platforms in a low cost fashion. This is where technology comes as the enabler and plays a key role in determining the relevant content for the right audience. Content was the king in an era of linear television with limited distribution. In today’s on-demand, hyper connected, personalized world, it is not just content, but data about the content is equally important. Technology not only enables global distribution, but also helps to curate and personalize content tailored for audience interest and engagement.

The key to engage audience successfully on digital platforms, is to show them relevant content that is personalized. Platforms like YouTube and Facebook use algorithmic curation and machine learning to show relevant and personalized content to audience.

In this new era of unlimited distribution outlets and personalized content consumption the key to success is to know what ‘content to create’ for the target consumers and to ‘create it at scale’. Culture Machine’s intelligence platforms helps to identify the right content to create & Video Machine platforms help to ‘create at scale’. As new types of short form content such as silent videos, listicle, how-to, cover songs, recipes or curated news, are becoming increasingly popular in the social video world, technologies such as Video Machine is an attempt to solve the scalability problem. At Culture Machine, analytics and scalable video creation is a core part of our DNA. An intrinsic study of the exponentially growing Virtual Reality (VR) world showed that Facebook is the preferred

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choice for content creators with very high viewership and engagement in sports and video games categories. It’s a powerful insight for sports creators to go bullish on 360-degree content and create content which provides a richer experience to their viewers or for fitness brands to launch a whole new format of 360-degree commercials to showcase their products, gain multi-fold reach and engagement using this popular format.

Personalisation has to be prioritized from the moment content is created. It must be created with the ability for consumers to navigate, explore and customize it to their personal preferences and interests. Emerging content technology is the key to creating a new kind of customer-centric experience that also allows marketers to glean deep analytics from the content, understand its effectiveness, and optimize it for better performance.

In the next 5 years, it won’t be strange to see the marketing’s function becoming more integral with technology teams giving birth to marketing-tech teams. CMOs and CIOs will collaborate on greater projects. We are in the early phase of this major tech driven revolution and not long from now we may see a world with personalized 1:1 media for every consumer.

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About Venkat Prasad Venkat Prasad, Co-founder, COO/ CTO - Culture Machine Venkat is an entrepreneur with deep interest in business incubation, new ventures, operational scaling, emerging business finance, product and technology commercialization in new media, digital video, consumer internet, Saas, enterprise software, emerging markets and analytics space.

His Specialties include Executive Management, Product Development & Commercialization, Consumer Internet Business Launch, Scale, Finance, Fund Raise, Online Media, Network and Content Syndication, Distribution, Analytics, Information Engineering/Architecture, Enterprise and Cloud Technologies.

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nder the Environmental Responsibility of the Corporates, it is expected to operate in a manner that protects the environment. Going beyond business activities and taking care of the environment can bring business beneďŹ ts. Now corporate companies have realized that business activity in an environmentally responsible way is not only a legal duty but also a responsibility. Over the past few years, stakeholders increasingly require corporate organizations to become more environmentally aware and responsible. CSR activities of corporate organizations affect their bottom line and the long-term success of their business.

The environmental aspect of Corporate Social Responsibility had been debated over the past few decades and it's a hot matter of any business house. Earlier in the traditional business model, environmental protection has been considered only in relation to the “public interest�, but now it's a part of business.

Governments of all over the world have maintained the principle of environmental responsibility for ensuring environmental conservation and management as well.

Business Organizations Should Consider these Environmental Points Business organizations should store waste safely and securely, make sure it is treated appropriately and also be ensured that it is collected by an authorized body such as your local authority or a licensed waste

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contractor. You can also manage waste for recycling by separating paper, plastic, metals and glass and for those organizations that are in the food businesses they need to separate food waste for recycling.

Be sure that your business activities do not cause a statutory nuisance like producing smoke, noise, gases, odor, fumes, accumulating rubbish or light pollution which could affect someone's health. If your business activities pose an imminent threat to the environment, then notify the relevant enforcing body to take steps to prevent the damage and if your activities also cause actual environmental damage then you must take a remedial action to repair the damage. Before directing efuent detergent and waste chemicals into sewage, you should get permission from relevant body.

Take care of Hazardous substances before throw-outs The business organization needs to think about the risks posed by chemicals or hazardous substances to the environment. Hazardous substances include oil, chemicals, pesticides, ozone-depleting substances, radioactive materials, electrical or electronic equipment solvents and biocides. You must ensure that your organization is aware about the environmental risks for every hazardous substance which you store, use, produce or dispose of at work.

If you are in manufacturing business then you must comply with the restriction of the Use of Certain

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Hazardous Substances such as lead, mercury and calcium. Manufacturers are prevented from placing products on the market with more than a certain amount of hazardous substances.

If you work with equipment containing ODS or uorinated gases then there are requirements that you must ensure prevention and repair of leaks, checking for leakages and record keeping recovery for the purpose of recycling.

Store of Wastage and Recycling Business organizations must ensure that any waste they produce as a result of their business operations is stored safely and securely, treated appropriately and collected for disposal or recycling by an authorized body to do so. The regulations of waste management require all businesses to separate the following forms of commercial waste for recycling plastic, paper, metals, and glass.

Conservation and Biodiversity to be protected by the business organizations Biodiversity refers to all species of animals and plants. The increasing human activities cause the loss of biodiversity in the world. All types of business organization operating near these types of the area should be aware, and take responsibilities for conservation and protecting biodiversity.

This not only applies to land-based industries such as farming and forestry but also to all factories, industries, ofďŹ ces and other business activities based on or near biodiversity areas.

Protected areas like UNESCO biospheres include local nature reserves, areas of natural beauty that needs conservation, the heritage of wildlife habitats and national parks of the country.

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David Bruemmer CEO, Co-founder 5D Robotics

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PS has been a boon for the world of transportation in general and for the robotics industry in particular. Despite this, robots have failed to permeate our world. They still lose track of where they are and as we see in the news both military and commercial drones fall out of the sky. After years of using robots to solve difďŹ cult, real world problems such as landmine detection, mapping out the hazardous chemicals and detecting radiation, 5D came to realize that reliable, useful behavior is dependent on accurate positioning.

GPS lacks accuracy and doesn’t work indoors. For instance, GPS systems often still think you are on the highway, even after you take an exit.

Vision and laser systems can be used to aid in localization and 5D has incorporated a great deal of those technologies to aid in navigation.

Unfortunately, neither lasers nor cameras can see around corners and are easily disrupted by dust, rain, snow, and dynamic environments. This lack of reliability reduces value of mobile robots across the board and impacts hopes of more efďŹ cient, autonomous driving.

To address this problem, 5D created and patented a technology that provides reliable, centimeter level

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Assured Motion for any Vehicle accuracy and reliable behavior in any environment. The 5D module embodies this technology, including an innovative Ultra-Wideband necessary to provide accurate position, orientation and behavior software for safety and autonomous navigation. The reliability and accuracy have been proven for landmine detection, squad support missions and hazmat environments for both ground vehicles and drones in the military. Now we are bringing the technology into a variety of commercial environments starting with heavy equipment and moving towards intelligent transportation. The technology can go onto people, robots, drones, automotive systems and anything else you might want to track.

There are two complementary ways to use the 5D module. The first uses relative positioning to allow safe motion, obstacle avoidance, follow, wagon training and a host of vehicle to vehicle applications. In this relative frame of reference the modules link to each other without any dependence on GPS or a global reference frame and no modules are necessary in the infrastructure. Like neurons in the brain, modules that support a particular function work together and specific clusters of modules can dedicate themselves to a particular function while still maintaining recursive awareness to a larger ecosystem.

The second way to use the technology is as an absolute position reference where modules in the environment can be a GPS enhancement. In this model, applications designed around GPS can work as intended, but with much higher reliability and accuracy. With the 5D module it is possible to accurately judge follow distance and perform predictive braking. Within minutes, it is possible to add the modules to just about any environment. We anticipate building modules into light fixtures, traffic lights and roadside equipment. We are already contracted to move the technology into a variety of heavy equipment applications for forklifts, scissor lifts and other equipment. The technology has the ability to impact construction, mining, logistics and energy sectors. In the burgeoning drone world, 5D has shown that we can replace or enhance existing GPS dependency, allowing drones to provide more accurate surveying, mapping and data collection for surveillance, security and inspection.

One of the most exciting future opportunities is smart mobility applications. Beginning in closed environments like campuses and resorts, off-highway personal mobility systems can meet you wherever you need a lift and drive you on dedicated routes to your destination using existing paths. You never have to go somewhere to pick it up or drop it off.

It just goes on to the next closest person who needs a lift. Across all these applications, the 5D modules provide a crosscutting, interoperable solution and help us create intelligent ecosystems where everything is safer and more efficient. The benefits extend not only to robotics, but also include big data analytics where the 5D modules provide the ability to collect and accurately position a variety of data. The precision of this data allows for both analysis and prediction at a level never before possible, allowing increased efficiency and awareness across countless applications.

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