Photo credit: José Noventa – Facebook Germany-based DJ and producer José Noventa has unveiled his latest mix now available on EG’s SoundCloud and Mixcloud platforms This set showcases Noventa’s ability to blend diverse genres reflecting his deep connection to music as a form of self-expression Noventa describes the mix as “an electronic self-expression that keeps rolling however also touches a soft and gentle realm full of harmonies and messages.” He further notes “I also used the chance to promote our family label and some unreleased work of myself to give something distinctive to this experience and honor the institution that is Electronic Groove.” The mix features a selection of tracks from renowned artists Jeremy P Caulfield & Cesare vs Disorder blending raw energy with soulful precision From the world’s biggest festivals to underground sanctuaries he creates immersive sonic experiences that forge lasting connections Listen to EG.1018 José Noventa below and click here for more information Online Trade MagazineAlternative Energy from Solar If you do not have an AltEnergyMag partner account, please register - it's free With wastewater being prevalent in every city across North America the market for WET systems exceeds $24 billion WET systems provide meaningful carbon reduction for dense urban centres where other technologies like Geoexchange are not viable or practical Q&A with Dennis Fotinos, CEO & Founder | Noventa Energy Partners I founded Noventa Energy Partners in February 2018 with a mission to decarbonize our world through disruptive innovation I quickly identified wastewater energy as an untapped source of renewable energy and forged a business arrangement with Huber Technology of Germany to be their exclusive distributor of the Huber ThermWin® technology.  With the support of our major shareholder we have expanded our operations across Canada the US and UK where we are operating WET systems and pursuing other WET System opportunities which will be announced in the coming months.   Noventa is my second venture in the renewable energy sector.  In 1999 I founded Enwave Energy Corporation through the privatization of a faltering non-profit district energy business I led the growth of the business achieving a CAGR over ten years of 36% I initiated and led the development of the renowned Deep Lake Water Cooling system which provided cooling to over 25 million square feet of built space by 2013 when we sold the business to Brookfield I was a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.  I lead a talented group of industry leaders and professionals who are reshaping the energy sector by executing on our mission of disruptive innovation Sewer heat recovery is not new.  Our technology partner has been using their proprietary ThermWin technology to harvest the thermal energy in wastewater since 2008 in Europe and since 2017 in North America.  With our wastewater energy project at Toronto Western Hospital (“TWH”),the largest raw wastewater energy project in the world Noventa has taken this proven technology to a different scale.  Rebranding it as “Wastewater Energy Transfer” or “WET” to reflect our projects’ ability to provide both heating and cooling Noventa is delivering thermal energy without Scope 1 GHG emissions.  the market for WET systems exceeds $24 billion.  WET systems provide meaningful carbon reduction for dense urban centres where other technologies like Geoexchange are not viable or practical WET systems can provide meaningful carbon reduction at cost competitive prices Noventa’s WET systems are delivered through an Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) delivery model with no up-front capital contribution required by the customer and with a contractually guaranteed efficiency that provides greater budget certainty and peace of mind Noventa’s WET Systems are consistently monitored to ensure that any fluctuations in sewer flows or temperatures do not affect the energy supplied to the end user.  The patented Huber RoWin® heat exchangers ensure that any odours are contained in the vessels and that handling of wastewater is avoided.  Our WET System at Toronto Western Hospital is the largest raw wastewater energy project in the world It will provide over 19MW of heating and cooling to the hospital and displace 8400 tCO2e annually.  The Wetwell and the connection to one Toronto’s large interceptor sewers is an impressive engineering accomplishment which has set the standard for other such projects We are also developing  WET Systems for other sites in Canada the US and UK - including WET systems for the heat networks we recently acquired in Glasgow Our successful delivery of our WET System at Toronto Western Hospital has garnered the attention of district energy companies across North America and the UK.  We are technology partners for Markham District Energy who is building a WET System to rival the size of our TWH System.  We expect other DE companies to follow suit.  We are also pursuing opportunities which will combine several sources of waste heat in addition to wastewater.  You must be logged in before you can post a comment. 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reducing carbon emissions from heating by more than 70%.” Noventa says: “Each Noventa WET™ system is designed to satisfy specific customer needs and to address the unique challenges inherent in each project.” Indicative diagram of Noventa WET technology Noventa founder and CEO Dennis Fotinos said: “This acquisition complements our plans to grow our operations across the UK and Europe It also provides us with a new opportunity to further evidence the transformative impact of our innovative decarbonisation technology “We’re looking forward to helping more organisations deliver on their energy transition journeys while also providing lower-cost heating “I’m excited to enhance our relationship with Scottish Water Horizons and other partners in the UK as we continue on our mission to decarbonise our world through disruptive innovation.” Ancala partner Lee Mellor said: “This is an important milestone in Noventa’s international expansion plans “Ancala is committed to providing Dennis and his team with the capital they need to acquire more complementary sites and fund new developments so that Noventa can provide more customers with industry-leading decarbonised heating and cooling solutions.” Scottish Water Horizons managing director Paul Kerr said: “This sale enables us to accelerate the development of renewable energy technologies “We remain deeply committed to Scotland’s low-carbon heat market “This aligns with our strategy of incubating and divesting at the right time Like what you've read? To receive New Civil Engineer's daily and weekly newsletters click here. 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The Noventa range is designed for the modern player chasing modern sounds but who may feel more at home on a vintage spec’d guitar The entire range features Fender’s classic and comfortable body contours If you’re a fan of Fender you’ll find a body shape and design a guitar that is spec’d to fit your needs whether it be offset or more classic electric stylings Here we’ll be discussing the Noventa Stratocaster a two-pickup equipped Strat available in Crimson Transparent Red Daphne Blue or this finish specifically: Surf Green Beneath the gloss polyester is an alder body bolted to a maple neck with a maple fretboard The neck has a 9.5” radius so it feels more vintage than anything and the vague aged maple of the neck and board is also reminiscent of older Fender guitars The back of the neck features a nice satin finish so your chords won’t stick like when sliding around on lacquer and the board offers the classic bright punch that maple provides The pickups are “Fender Noventa Single-Coil” and they provide that impossibly fat so there’ll be no wailin’ on a two-point tremolo done here but the 21 medium-jumbo frets feel nice beneath the strings so you can do your vibrato and bends comfortably The 25.5” scale length is standard Fender Strat which is offset nicely against the Surf Green The Noventa Strat features Fender’s classic vintage style tuners and a synthetic bone nut that helps keep the guitar in tune even while bending and tremolo picking the “Modern C” is comfortable and a welcome relief from some less comfortable vintage neck shapes The neck is thin enough for you to get shreddy if you need to but there’s still enough for you to grab ahold of for rhythms and big riffs Riffs are probably where this guitar shines the most the Fender Noventa Single-Coils offering a dark compressed tone whether you’re in the neck or bridge position or both if you’re in the middle of the three-way switch formidable lead presence across the frequency spectrum The neck position pushes the low mids a little further and the attack of the notes seems to shift slightly The Noventa Stratocaster feels like a workhorse guitar The Fender Noventa Single-Coils provide a wide array of sounds dependant on your picking and playing style offering a myriad of tones and colour even before the signal reaches your pedals or amp The Noventa is a tribute to Fender’s ability to build high quality instruments at very affordable prices that highlight features their audience has been asking for and moving towards whether it be a three-pickup Jazzmaster or single-pickup Esquire-esque Telecaster provide a tool for a sound that can’t be achieved with every instrument The range provides a specific tonal colour and texture P-90s were some of the first pickups ever used in electric guitars in the 1940s and there’s a reason they’re still being used in modern guitars and provide girth and ‘oomph’ where standard single coils lose out enabling a sound that’s not quite single-coil nor humbucking This Noventa Stratocaster specifically represents the best of the Ensenada Fender factory in Mexico and begins to bridge a gap into quality control far beyond the price tag For fans of classic style and a massive palette of sounds to choose from – the Noventa Series as a whole may be just the new guitar for you Shop the Noventa range over at Fender’s website today Tele and Jazzmaster models come equipped with all-new pickup configurations but P-90s are comparatively rare in its designs That changes in 2021 with the launch of the new Noventa Series which equips iconic outlines with new single coils akin to the classic ‘middle-ground’ pickup Stratocaster and Jazzmaster all feature Fender's new Noventa single-coil design – the company is promising “midrange bite smooth lows” and a wide dynamic range from the new format – of which you’ll find one in the Telecaster the made-in-Mexico guitars all feature alder bodies there are different neck shapes for each model: the Strat packs a modern 'C' while the Jazzmaster opts for a thick soft V Hardware comprises a ‘cut’ Telecaster bridge (on the Telecaster and an Adjusto-Matic bridge with floating tremolo system for the Jazzmaster Offset fans will note that the Jazzmaster’s rhythm circuit and three-way pickup selector have been ditched in favor of a five-way Strat-style blade switch while the one-pickup Tele has no selector at all The Strat possesses a single volume and tone alongside its three-position blade selector Prices (including gigbags) and very-nice-indeed finishes for the models are as follows: “One of the most genuinely unique guitar tones I’ve ever heard”: Submarine Pickups Subsix review “Classic aesthetics with cutting-edge technology”: Are Seymour Duncan's new Jazzmaster Silencers the ultimate Jazzmaster pickups “There's something really magical about it”: Bon Jovi's Phil X on why he prefers single-pickup guitars – and his one-of-a-kind neck pickup 'mods' The Noventa Strat delivers a lot of bang for the buck and could easily be a go-to axe for players who gig in a variety of situations and need one guitar that can do it all Fender has gone down the P-90 road in the past beginning with the Strat-O-Sonic from 2003 which featured two Black Dove “Soapbar” pickups and a wrap-around-style Tech-Tonic bridge and there have been various Custom Shop Teles and Strats carrying P-90s over the years But the pickups haven’t been offered on recent production-line S and T models until the Noventa series Telecaster and Jazzmaster landed in 2021 (accompanied by the Player Mustang 90) All feature Fender Noventa single-coils – one two and three respectively – as well as other elements that make them quite different animals from their classic-style counterparts The Crimson Red Transparent Strat on review here immediately gets the point across when you see its twin pickups truncated control complement (two knobs and a three-way selector) and a chrome-plated hardtail bridge on which the strings load Tele-style into metal ferrules on the back The bolt-on maple neck has a very smooth satin finish and is carved into what Fender calls its Modern C profile an inviting shape that practically begs you to play for long stretches pau-ferro fingerboard carries 21 nicely crowned medium-jumbo frets that are trimmed on the ends for a smooth ride when sliding along the fretboard and the synthetic bone nut received similar attention so that it feels like part of the neck – only the top corners of the nut are a little sharp The spot-on factory setup provides excellent playability and practically zero string buzz At 7.28 pounds the guitar feels light and nimble The Noventa is louder and meatier than a standard Strat and it also reminded us a bit of the Reverend Gristle 90 in the sense that the bridge position is girthy sounding and has that slightly quacky-but-cutting texture that makes a good P-90 so cool for lead playing The Noventa pickups also sound great combined for a full crisp tone that’s less biting than the bridge pickup by itself and the neck position is balanced and has plenty of top-end for solos yet easily cops a cool jazz vibe with a downward twist of the tone knob This streamlined Strat has a lot of tonal vibe and it’s a gas to play thanks to its nice setup and overall attention to detail As a do-it-all guitar that can cover a lot of bases the Noventa Strat delivers a lot of bang for the buck and could easily be a go-to axe for players who gig in a variety of situations and need one guitar that can do it all in many ways this new Fender fills that need less can be more when it comes to the Stratocaster Art ThompsonSenior EditorArt Thompson is Senior Editor of Guitar Player magazine He has authored stories with numerous guitar greats including B.B Prince and Scotty Moore and interviewed gear innovators such as Paul Reed Smith He also wrote the first book on vintage effects pedals Art's busy performance schedule with three stylistically diverse groups provides ample opportunity to test-drive new guitars many of which are featured in the pages of GP “They’re well-built guitars and sound great The real surprise is why more guitarists don’t know about them today.” This 1965 budget axe is a vintage gem that’s becoming a hot commodity — and for good reasons “A guitar with a wonderful history and many stories to tell”: Robert Plant is selling gear for charity and only one guitar remains – a golden-era Strat with a storied history “We turned the Marshall up all the way That’s the sound.’” In a rare interview Barry Goudreau talks creating Boston’s smash debut and his ongoing rift with Tom Scholz Heading up Fender’s quirky new Noventa range this three-pickup offset is all about blurring boundaries But does it have the tones to back up its rebel attitude The Noventa Telecaster only has one, so it’s really more of an Esquire, while the Stratocaster and Jazzmaster have two and three respectively suggesting some sort of curious role-reversal… except that the pickups themselves look a lot like P-90s Clearly these are not guitars for traditionalists is pretty much a Jazzmaster in name only: it has the offset body shape and the familiar floating tailpiece but the bridge is a fixed tune-o-matic type and the only switch is a five-way blade for accessing those Strat-like in-between sounds We’re curious to find out just how Strat-like that will be. Fender isn’t saying much about the construction of these Noventa pickups, which are common to all three models, but it’s surely no coincidence that they look a great deal like Gibson’s single-coil soapbar design. A recipe for chunkier tones? Anyway, the black covers make for a striking contrast with the mint pickguard of our Surf Green sample. This model is also available in Fiesta Red as well as a natural Walnut finish, complete with a black ’guard and pau ferro fretboard that will make time-travellers from 1974 feel right at home. The first thing we notice when picking up this guitar is that we’d quite like to put it down again – just under 4kg is maybe only a little above average for one of Fender’s big-bodied offsets, but it’s heavy if you’re used to Strats or Teles. At least the C-shaped neck is comfortable, staying resolutely ‘medium’ all the way up to the body join (which, incidentally, looks a little gappy on the bass side of our guitar). Then we plug in… to be greeted by a constant buzz that only stops when we touch the end of the lead, not the bridge or strings. That clearly indicates a grounding issue, which is unlikely to take much fixing but is hardly a reassuring start. Ploughing on, we make our way through the five pickup settings without encountering any surprises – but that’s not a complaint. Fender has aimed for a genre-hopping crossover zone and hit the mark with a useful blend of classic tonal ingredients. If you like Stratocasters, you’ll find plenty of that famous clucky clarity here. And if you like P-90s, you’ll savour the throaty thickness that these pickups add to the formula. Clean, crunchy or properly scuzzed up, it’s a decent ‘best of both worlds’ solution that still allows for something close to the full suite of pure Strat tones simply by dialling the volume back to seven or eight. And if you like Jazzmasters? Well, there’s not a great deal of that famous midrange sweetness to be found in this guitar, and you don’t have the option of combining bridge and neck pickups for ultimate chime in the middle position. Dare we say it, you’re probably better off with the Strat model. However, if you appreciate offset stylings but have never got on with the tones or complex switching typical of vintage-style models, the Noventa Jazzmaster is well worthy of investigation. The world’s leading authority and resource for all things guitar. inspiring reimagining of classic Fender guitar design and might just convert those who feel regular Strat and Tele single-coils are too thin for their needs Fresh tones that sound different but not too weird Both offer versatility from a stripped-back format A synchronised tremolo on the Strat would have been a cool option Here we have one Telecaster in Vintage Blonde – butterscotch by another name – and a Strat in Daphne Blue The single-pickup format of the Telecaster a minimalist might call back to its pre-Tele model covering just the lower horn of the guitar there’s something even more primal about it reimagined with a pair of Noventa soapbar pickups at neck and bridge positions The pickups of course draw attention to themselves and we do wonder whether they would have looked better with plastic coverings to complement the three-ply mint green and black pickguard but maybe this is what Fender was wanting all along – all eyes on the pickups we are looking at a relatively conventional build otherwise with bolt-on maple necks and maple fingerboards.  Both have satin-smooth finishes and while the Strat has a slightly slimmer ‘Modern C’ profile than the Tele’s more palm-filling ‘60s C’ there’s not that much difference in the feel between them and a very uncontroversial 9.5mm fingerboard radius The throw-and-go hotrod vibe continues to the hardware; the Strat is fitted with a six-bent-steel-saddle hardtail bridge the Tele with a cut-down ashtray-style bridge with three compensated brass saddles Tone-wise, played unplugged before those Noventa pickups are engaged, the bold ring of the Telecaster sounds very much on-brand, and it is intriguing how this will translate through a guitar amp These Noventa models come fitted with the same vintage-style six-in-line tuners we have seen on the superlative Vintera series while the Telecaster borrows a little design flourish from vintage P-Basses housing its volume and tone pots on a metal control plate.  the Strat’s volume and tone controls are joined on the pickguard with a three-way pickup selector switch with black knobs and switch tips matching the pickup covers The satin-smooth necks ensure there won’t be any gumming up when you perspire but Fender keeps this matte effect in the back office so to speak; both the headstock and the fingerboards have a gloss polyurethane finish.  the Telecaster’s neck hints ever so gently at a V profile and is exceptionally comfortable While the Strat does feel a little more modern benefitting from a more-than-playable factory setup Where things get weird – and by design – is when the amplifier comes into play These might have familiar names on the headstock but good luck getting a sound of them that would betray their designation in a blind sound test The Noventa series seems to dare you to go straight for the overdrive pedal and that’s a good place to explore the Telecaster’s charms.  It has always been the great primitive guitar design but with the extra meat of the Noventa soapbar pickups it has a density and a weight to its sound The curled lip of rock ’n’ roll twang but there’s a brawny heat to the Telecaster that deserves a double-take of the headstock it’s all but a carbon copy of the Tele but the extra two positions greatly expand your options.  Everything we could say about the bridge pickup’s versatility should you go looking for it can be reprised for the neck pickup and the mix position it’s difficult to tear yourself away from the neck position and shows up very well with a little drive on the amp The middle position has a little more of that chewy nasal midrange that really comes alive with a gritty tube amp Clean things up and you have the benefit of single-coil definition with extra heat and width – tones that can only be enhanced with spring reverb and tremolo or by the three-dimensional voodoo of slap-back echo.  Punks, indie players, classic rockers and off-script blues players will love these two. Fender fans will love the feel, and the familiar touchstones – 25.5” scale, bolt-on maple necks, playability – but everyone will surely get a rush from hearing something so unexpected yet so musical coming out of the speaker.  MusicRadar: The Noventa series presents a fun It was unbelievable”: The making of Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love One man spent an entire year recording a pine tree Hear the results as FOUR album epic is released and if you ask me how I did it I don't know because I think I was in a flow process”: Rihards Zalupe on composing the music for the Oscar-winning animated movie definitely has its fair share of cult heroes While this might immediately bring to mind images of Kevin Shields or Robert Johnson (guitarists whose reputation and significance to the culture continues to percolate outside the mainstream but whose contributions can never be underestimated) this same ‘cult’ status can also be applied to important and influential icons within the gear space itself This goes for all the coveted parts and components Mastery bridges and quite possibly the biggest cult hero of them all What makes the P-90 such an interesting case study has as much to do with it’s gestation as it does with the politics and inherently DIY nature of its rise to prominence Originally developed in the 1940s by Gibson for their jazz guitars and hollowbodys the P-90 was a slightly more mellow take on the single-coil pickups of the day the obvious evolutionary mid-point between Gibson’s traditional chirpy single coil ‘blade’ pickups and the thick humbucking tones that came to define the brand throughout the ’60s and ’70s Gibson relegated the P-90s to their budget models like the ES-330 and Les Paul Jr but the shortage of P-90 equipped options and the uniqueness and desirability of the tone itself inadvertently set the wheels in spin for a whole manner of aftermarket P-90 installations and custom jobs with guitarists chucking the beloved pickup in any body (or brand) that took their fancy This brings us to Fender’s new Noventa range and its significance in the space Cleverly using the Spanish word for the number ninety the Noventa range is undoubtedly inspired by these kind of Frankenstein creations with the Jazzmaster sporting three P-90 inspired Noventa pickups It’s the Fender Noventa Telecaster that most instantly brings to mind these awesome home-builds of yesteryear with its instantly vintage vibe vintage hardware ( including a “Cut” Telecaster bridge with brass saddles) the Fender Noventa single coil bridge pickup specifically designed for this release This beauty in Vintage Blonde has a gorgeous slightly transparent finish It boasts a uniqueness in appearance with its not-quite-Cabronita style pick guard and almost tear-drop shaped knob plating I noticed and appreciated the ’60s “C”-shaped maple neck with a satin finish as it has an incredibly sturdy feel really filling the palm for a tight grip of the neck but a breeze to glide along thanks to the satin finish I felt far more comfortable in playing heavier styles than I normally would on a Telecaster generally the block cut body caters to the sturdy feel Its 9.5” radius maple fingerboard is described as “an ideal balance between vintage and modern playability” and it does show feeling comfortable for chording and equally for more intricate work The 21 medium jumbo frets allow for easy bending and neck mobility to really creep up the fingerboard and the bulked neck allows it to take a bit of a beating as the Noventa is very responsive to how hard you play one tone and one volume knob this guitar is mind-blowingly versatile offering a huge range in tones with a noticeable saturation that only becomes greater the harder your attack This translates to an extremely characterful voicing but thanks to its intuitive tone pot and aforementioned touch sensitivity allows for plenty of control as to how much of this character is imparted on your clean sound gain and saturation endemic of the Noventa pickups reminded me a lot of the kinds of gain dependent saturation that you are more likely to find in hi end studio preamps and compression workflows Whereas standard single-coils may lean towards harshness when played like this saturated and compressed the harder they are struck in turn making for a driven sound that is both full bodied with enough clarity and chime to still appease the single coil fraternity This ability to tame harsh transients also means that the Noventa Tele takes to effects (especially mid heavy ones like overdrive and chorus) it’s bridge position providing ample clarity and definition dulcet voicing being ideal for thick driven tones Another really nice touch is the fact that its classy classic “cut” Telecaster bridge with brass barrel saddles allows you to string through the bridge or you can string through the body of the guitar especially with its Fender standard bolt-on neck It’s not crazy to say that every recording guitarist should have at least one P-90 equipped guitar in their quiver You never know when it will get you out of a creative corner or prove the perfect compromise for when traditional single coil and humbucker tones just aren’t cutting it It’s this application that is the Noventa Telecaster’s natural habitat excellent ergonomics and high quality components making it both a highly valued point of difference and the perfect middle ground for anytime the garden variety tones just aren’t cutting it don’t be surprised to see the Noventa Series garner their own cult following in the not too distant future Find out more about the Noventa Series via Fender Music Australia. It may lack the iconic tones of the Stratocaster or the workhorse appeal of the Telecaster but the Jazzmaster might just be the quiet overachiever out of Fender’s 1950s electric designs distinctive tremolo system and intricate switching system may have garnered its fair share of naysayers when marketed towards jazz guitarists in the ’50s and ’60s the Jazzmaster has been bestowed with a much cooler identity thanks to its association with seminal alternative indie and grunge outfits of the ’80s and ’90s They now look to keep the ball rolling even further with their new limited edition Noventa Jazzmaster: a triple P-90 equipped model that serves as one of the most practical no-fuss Jazzmasters ever produced by the brand Fender have obviously designed the Noventa range with live performance in mind and that ethos is immediately apparent when you’ve got the Noventa Jazzmaster in your hands The offset contours of the guitar’s alder body make for a comfortable ergonomic playing experience whether you’re seated or standing while the maple neck features a Modern C neck profile with a slight taper down towards the high frets ensuring your wrist remains fatigue-free and ready to shred at any given minute the Noventa range makes use of either maple or pau ferro for a fretboard tonewood the latter of which possesses a similar look This is complemented with a 9.5″ fretboard radius and 21 medium jumbo frets both of which help give the guitar a much more contemporary feel without compromising on the classic aesthetics you’d expect from a Jazzmaster bending is a breeze on this neck and the size of the frets gives you a no-choke guarantee while the tapered neck and fretboard radius ensures that chords and lead lines are easily manageable If there are any two aspects of the Jazzmaster’s design that are deemed as contentious among some players it’d surely be the guitar’s tremolo and switching system Despite playing a pivotal role in the birth of shoegaze the floating tremolo system is prone to causing a nuisance when pushed too hard by making the strings pop out of the saddle while the roll-off Lead and Rhythm circuit controls located on the top bout of the guitar can be confusing for some players who are uninitiated with its function Fender strategically remedy these quirks to make for a guitar that’s far more practical for those players seeking to enjoy the Jazzmaster’s slick design without navigating the nuances of the original The tremolo system is paired with a study Adjust-o-Matic style bridge for superior tuning stability whereas the finicky switching controls are subbed off in favour of a simple five-way pickup selector switch while not exactly a groundbreaking development from Fender definitely benefit the overall playability of the guitar and help make the Noventa Jazzmaster an instrument that everyone can enjoy Shoegazers will be stoked to hear that the tremolo arm is still very capable of all the flutter-strumming you can throw at it while the inclusion of a five-way pickup selector switch makes for a logical modification to suit the needs of the modern player Another of the Noventa Jazzmaster’s biggest draw-cards is the inclusion of three Noventa M-P90 pickups in the neck These pickups are designed to deliver extra output and boast some rather impressive touch sensitivity that can really benefit the dynamics of your picking technique and they sound absolutely glorious when saturated in a thick fuzz or treated with warbling modulation pedals The neck pickup features similar sonic characteristics to that of the Stratocaster’s first pickup position delivering crisp cleans that lend themselves to slippery leads and soulful rhythm playing see the middle pickup come into play and inject some fat warmth into your tone and it’s these two positions you’ll likely opt for when playing single-note runs or jazzy chord voicings For those seeking a little more grit and twang from your tone you’ll be immediately rewarded when you flip over to positions four and five aggressive rhythm playing and twangy leads alike It’s worth noting that these MP-90 pickups are hotter than your typical Fender single-coils so you might need to reach for your tone or volume knob to tame some spiky tones on occasion Another key feature of the Noventa range is the exciting array of finishes each guitar comes with and it’s arguable that the Jazzmaster boasts the best looking colours of the bunch The particular model that we reviewed came out of the box in a classic ’70s-inspired Walnut finish to accompany its pau ferro fretboard but if that’s not quite up your alley there’s also Fiesta Red and Surf Green options with maple fretboards to choose from Even when stripped down to its bare essentials the Jazzmaster is a guitar that continues to impress and inspire and the new Noventa model functions as clear proof of this It’s a killer hybrid of vintage and modern packing red-hot tones via its three MP-90 pickups and exuding sophistication and class thanks to its sleek design making for a wonderful choice for a players on the hunt for a gigging workhorse guitar The Tele is bonkers good with a small set of pedals into a simple amp And if you’re not a neck-pickup person it’s all you could ever need – especially if you’re canny with the controls But with the superb extra tones the Strat delivers Strat arguably not as happy visually as the Tele Fender continues to mine the well of potential so brilliantly presented in its most famous models These guitars are made in Fender’s Mexican plant in Ensenada with the range’s name translating as Spanish for ‘ninety’ since the guitars come equipped with P-90-style pickups But why would you buy a Fender guitar with a Gibson-style pickup?  Well, putting a Les Paul Goldtop’s P-90 in a Telecaster isn’t going to make it sound like a Lester There’s too much going on with the construction and materials for that to be so.  But it does make for a new and interesting sound The simplicity of the Telecaster means it’s the perfect vehicle for all kinds of experimentation as we’ve seen with the earlier Cabronita series.  The Stratocaster is a trickier proposition: its design is so perfect that you mess with it at your peril And we feel that those large black P-90-style pickups (the neck one is a bit too big for that space) look rather Cream would perhaps have been a less drastic choice aesthetically With our stalwart Blues Junior and a small but tasty set of pedals at the ready let’s give the charms of both guitars the opportunity to win us over We’ve remained highly impressed by guitars built at Fender’s Ensenada facility Fit and finish are rarely less than flawless and they are generally playable straight out of the box with the Tele’s polyester Vintage Blonde gloss as flat as glass newest banknote into the neck-body gap – and you couldn’t say that for many 70s USA Fenders Deemed to give a less springy or bright sound than ash you can clearly see its grain through the finish here Alder Fenders with rosewood ’boards are generally believed to sound fatter than their ash and maple counterparts so this alder P-90 maple combination could be interesting.  Fender has chosen maple for the Noventas’ necks and here we see a glued-on maple fingerboard A certain well-known Fender user from the 60s played a Strat with this construction at Woodstock and this writer once owned a beautiful Sunburst ’68 Tele built this way this means no walnut skunk-stripe or headstock fillet and truss-rod adjustment is done at the body end is much more of a palaver than locating it at the headstock The neck itself is finished in satin urethane with only the headstock facing done in gloss we have six-a-side tuners in the classic Kluson style early P-Bass-style control plate with chromed plus a cut-down Telecaster bridge with three intonation compensated brass saddles This will go down well with Tele aficionados who generally prefer the tone of brass over steel but often complain about compromised intonation This arrangement fixes both issues at a swipe with its top curve in the opposite direction to that of a regular Tele ’guard A single Noventa P-90-style pickup and single volume and tone controls are all you get with regards to electrics the Noventa’s look is a triumph of perfectly executed simplicity Whether it’s the overly large neck pickup compared with the slimmer the fact that we’re not used to the look of a two-pickup Strat or simply the fact that we’re not yet visually attuned to it the Noventa Strat is not quite the happy marriage that we see in the Tele it’s clearly the more versatile instrument of the two since the next person might love this and abhor the basic-looking Tele the two instruments have the same body and neck woods and finishes and the glossy Daphne Blue of the Strat certainly looks smart against the translucent Vintage Blonde of the Tele the pickguard is regular three-ply mint green and black while the bridge is the vintage hardtail style with through-body stringing and carrying half a dozen bent steel saddles All the other usual Strat attributes apply such as the recessed jack and contoured body The pair of Noventa soapbar pickups is mated to single volume and tone controls given that both guitars fall under one Noventa umbrella that the necks would feature the same carve the Tele has a ‘60s C’ and the Strat a ‘Modern C’ profile the Strat’s is slightly more slender front to back although both share the same fingerboard dimensions: 42mm at the synthetic bone nut Both instruments also boast the modern 241mm fingerboard radius it’s 24mm for the Tele and 23mm for the Strat While the Tele has the merest hint of a ‘V’ section Fender states it fits Noventas with 250R 0.10-gauge strings but these instruments feel loose and easy under the fingers even with the 648mm (25.5-inch) scale length the Tele’s neck seems at one with the guitar as a whole and with that slack feel it’s as smooth as syrup The big frets and flatter fingerboard add up to a contemporary feel on a guitar that looks to be from another era With that millimetre 12th-fret difference and the marginally more slender feel overall the Strat feels like an even more modern beast its body shape is so much more streamlined so perhaps that’s subliminally adding to the vibe With the Blues Junior’s valves and transformers fully warmed up Try as hard as you like and you won’t make this Noventa sound like a Telecaster This single-coil pickup with its considerably bigger footprint offers a different kind of twang when turned down to 6 or 7; back this off to 2 or 3 and big open strums sound almost acoustic in nature but pull back even a touch and it’s a bit more subtle but perhaps more SG as it remains highly expressive but a little less dense Knock the tone back to 7 and we’re in our element. Add some Keeley-modded Boss DD-3 delay and it’s sonic heaven We’ve not had this much fun in ages The Strat’s bridge pickup is much of a muchness so we’ll concentrate on the neck and both units together Keeping the Fulltone OCD on and starting at the neck the old clichés such as ‘flutey’ and ‘woody’ come tripping out it’s almost liquid under the fingers play with the tone controls and you’ll find ‘woman’ tone the Money For Nothing sound and so much more Off with the drive and a flip to middle position – rockabilly lives here Chuck on the slapback and hours of fun are to be had Bring back the gain and it’s Jimmy Page and Brian May territory Both players chose ‘honky’ sounds for certain things But for pure versatility the Strat wins – and one can begin to forgive that bulky neck pickup due to what it brings Fender Mexico’s excellence and consistency in build and finish added greatly to the expectation But it was plugging in that made us realise just how good these guitars are.  Neville MartenIn the late '70s and early '80s Neville worked for Selmer/Norlin as one of Gibson's UK guitar repairers before joining CBS/Fender in the same role He then moved to the fledgling Guitarist magazine as staff writer He remained editor for 14 years before launching and editing Guitar Techniques magazine Although now semi-retired he still works for both magazines Neville has been a member of Marty Wilde's 'Wildcats' since 1983 it has the substance to match its good looks": Squier Limited Edition Paranormal Offset Telecaster SJ review Fender Japan assembles all-star group of elite Masterbuilders for its most ambitious builds yet – the Deck O’ Cards Stratocasters Free Eddie Van Halen mini-documentary explores the origins of Eruption and his two-hand tapping technique – and it’s partly narrated by the man himself These stylish new Mexican-made models are all outfitted with Fender MP-90 pickups Fender has released its latest Mexican-made line of electric guitars the Noventa guitars are built with alder bodies and – most notably – Fender MP-90 pickups Each of the Noventa guitars features a different neck shape – a '60s C for the Tele the Jazzmaster packs an Adjusto-Matic bridge with a floating tremolo system while the Tele features a "cut" Telecaster bridge Controls for the MP-90s are: a single volume and tone plus a three-position blade selector on the Strat a five-way Strat-style blade switch on the Jazzmaster Fender Noventa Stratocaster in Surf Green(Image credit: Fender)Fender Noventa Telecaster in 2-Color Sunburst(Image credit: Fender)Fender Noventa Jazzmaster Walnut(Image credit: Fender)The Fender Noventa Telecaster is available now in Fiesta Red and Vintage Blonde finishes for $949; the Fender Noventa Stratocaster is sold in Surf Green and Crimson finishes for $1,049; while the Fender Noventa Jazzmaster is available in Surf Pearl and everything that falls under its massive umbrella you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now it’s completely out of tune!’ ” Samantha Fish names the one thing that can ruin every gig Click here to see Canada's most comprehensive listing of projects in conceptual and planning stages An innovative German-developed wastewater-to-energy technology system is coming to Toronto in a very big way and the cited benefits include reduced air pollution and a cleaner climate In what is being described as “delivery of the world’s largest raw wastewater energy transfer,” Huber Technology’s patented ThermWin system will be installed at the University Health Network’s Toronto Western Hospital Delivered by Toronto-based Noventa Energy Partners an alternative energy provider which is the exclusive North American distributor the ThermWin system will supply the hospital with 1.8 billion kilowatt-hours of low-carbon energy from raw wastewater over the life of 30-year agreement Noventa says that amounts to approximately 90 per cent of the hospital’s space heating and cooling requirements Other benefits include the reduction of the hospital’s carbon dioxide emissions by 250,000 tonnes and savings of more than 141 kilowatt hours of electricity by a $3.3 million federal government grant Bird Construction is the contractor overseeing the $38-million project which is just getting underway and is expected to take a year to complete The project encompasses the construction of an underground vault which will house 16 of Huber’s RoWin heat exchangers the excavation of a 45-metre-deep wet well that will be connected to the sewers and the retrofit of the hospital’s existing steam system to a low-temperature the coarse solids will be retained and sent back to the sewer while the screened wastewater will be transported to the heat exchangers A major feature of the air-tight heat exchanges is a self-cleaning system “Wastewater is an untapped renewable energy source that is underutilized in North America This is one of the first projects of this scale to use raw municipal wastewater from a sewer to provide low carbon heating and cooling to a building,” says Noventa’s CEO and founder Dennis Fotinos After learning about the technology a few years ago he conducted research into it and then finalized the exclusive distribution rights with Huber and then we submitted an unsolicited proposal to the (Toronto Western) hospital,” says the company’s chief technology officer and head of operations “After doing its due diligence the hospital gave us the go-ahead.” Noventa took the design to the 30 per cent stage with the design being finalized by project partners MCW Consultants and Stantec Operational savings will be further enhanced by Noventa’s own patent-pending Domestic Feedwater Supplementary Cooling a process improvement that will provide cooler condenser water during the summer months by rejecting additional heat to the domestic hot water pre-heating system the Noventa system will be fully backed up with natural gas generators to allow a continuous supply of hot and chilled water through the distribution network A number of other operational safeguards have been designed into the 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This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Fender has unveiled the made-in-Mexico Noventa series which comprises three modern electrics fitted with the brand’s own MP-90 pickups unfiltered sound” that stays articulate while also providing bite that’s probably because you’ve seen them on the Player Mustang 90 The Noventa series launches with three models: a Stratocaster The Noventa Stratocaster features two MP-90 pickups along with a simplified control section with a master tone and master volume knob It’s an alder-bodied guitar with a maple neck and 21 medium jumbo frets The latter two models have maple fretboards The Noventa Jazzmaster is equipped with a trio of MP-90s that route to a five-way blade selector as well as master tone and volume controls This model has an Adjust-o-Matic bridge with a vintage-style “floating” vibrato tailpiece The guitar has an alder body finished in gloss polyester and comes in three colour options: the Fiesta Red and Surf Green models are paired with maple fretboards while the Walnut one comes with a pau ferro fingerboard there’s the single-pickup Noventa Telecaster which offers a single MP-90 in the bridge position This model features a 60s-style maple neck and a modified “cut” bridge with three brass barrel saddles It’s also an alder-bodied instrument that comes in three finishes The Fiesta Red and Vintage Blonde have maple fingerboards while the Two-colour Sunburst model has a Pau Ferro one Jazzmaster and Telecaster are available now at £799 Learn more at fender.com Fender Noventa Stratocaster Daphne Blue · Source: Fender Fender Noventa Telecaster Vintage Blonde · Source: Fender Fender Noventa Jazzmaster Surf Green · Source: Fender Can you do the plasma red sunburst with rosewood fret board Leave a Reply Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id" "a452194814f7dbb313691a2af12c4a71" );document.getElementById("e2a7d02a0b").setAttribute( "id" Hot PicksOXI ONE MKII Now Available: Get Your Hands on the Hot New Sequencer Polyend Synth Update 1.3 Brings Crazy Sample-Based Engine Frap Tools Magnolia – Superbooth 25’s Surprise Hit The History Of Neumann: A Legacy of Recording Ingenuity Which are the Best Mic Preamps for Home Recording The Best Condenser Microphones under $300 for Vocal Recording Sample Layering for Beginners: 5 Tips for Producers The 5 Best DJ Setups: Top Gear Combos for All DJs and Skill Levels The Best Drum Machines for Percussion Synthesis Figure It Out: How to Sound like Royal Blood The best Guitar for Beginners – Acoustic or Electric Great Songs made with Bad Gear – Featuring Audio Pilz Electronic Dance Pioneers: How To Sound Like New Order The History Of Sequential: Celebrating 50 Years of Sequential The Upsetter: How To Sound Like Lee Scratch Perry The Most Expensive Microphones used on Famous Recordings Recording At Home: The Best Vocal Microphones for Beginners Instruo Seashell: Semi-Modular Desktop Synth with Total Recall A complex oscillator alone goes for around 500-600 so for all the added features that's a fair price Instruo is on the high end of the modular .. Instruo Seashell: Semi-Modular Desktop Synth with Total Recall but that’s way too expensive (and I usually defend smaller manufacturers’ prices) Polyend Synth Update 1.3 Brings Crazy Sample-Based Engine, More 05 May · How does this even matter when they will abandon this as well and simply move to the next half baked “project” product That is what they have done with every release You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Facebook Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Instagram You are currently viewing a placeholder content from X OTTAWA — The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and Noventa Energy Partners have announced they have reached financial close on deal for retrofit projects in Ontario the CIB has committed a $100-million loan for upgrades to heating and cooling systems performed by Noventa using an energy-as-a-service delivery model Additional funding will be provided by Ancala Partners through Noventa The plan will help building operators manage capital and operating costs of upgrades its technology reduces building carbon emissions from heating by more than 70 per cent Noventa’s initial feasibility reports have targeted retrofits of hospitals universities and large commercial redevelopments across Ontario The retrofit projects will use Noventa’s Wastewater Energy Transfer Systems with HUBER ThermWin technology The system harnesses the thermal energy in wastewater to provide low-carbon heating and cooling to buildings Noventa’s programs also reduce emissions by using electricity more efficiently for cooling Ancala has invested $700 million in renewable energy companies the largest privately owned energy generator in Iceland food waste recycling specialist Biogen and biomass energy company Magnon Green Energy “Our $100 million investment with Noventa and Ancala enables greener and more energy-efficient buildings supports the deployment of innovative sustainable technologies and creates jobs,” stated CIB CEO Ehren Cory in my statement MONTREAL — An iconic shopping centre in Montreal’s east end is slated to undergo.. 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TORONTO — A new condo development along the Yonge and Finch corridor was recentl.. but the star of the show is Fender's new MP-90 single coil Fender has thrown a few curveballs in the past few years, its Alternate Reality and Parallel Universe Series shaking up the spec to create a number of high-end Frankenstein oddities that hinted at where the company might take its electric guitar designs in the future While the Noventa Series might not be quite as outré it nonetheless seems borne of a similarly experimental approach the Noventa models all come with a deluxe gig bag and have 9.5" radius maple or pau ferro fingerboards and the customary Fender bolt-on maple neck build But there are a few subtle differences between the guitars • NAMM 2021 is cancelled but we'll be covering all the big January gear announcements right here on MusicRadar (Image credit: Fender)(Image credit: Fender)(Image credit: Fender)Available in Vintage Blonde the Noventa Telecaster has a 60s C-profile neck 21 medium-jumbo frets with a single MP-90 in the bridge position With a "cut" 3-saddle Tele bridge and a half pickguard the Noventa Tele has a minimalist look – it's the sort of guitar that'll look better the harder you play it (Image credit: Fender)(Image credit: Fender)(Image credit: Fender)(Image credit: Fender)(Image credit: Fender)The Noventa Strat is available in Daphne Blue with MP-90 pickups in the bridge and neck positions and a three-way selector volume and tone controls to help find your sound (Image credit: Fender)(Image credit: Fender)(Image credit: Fender)(Image credit: Fender)If the Tele is the no-frills rocker the Strat offering fresh sounds from its classic bodyshape the Noventa Jazzmaster looks to be the most versatile in the series And what might well seal the deal is the Jazzmaster vibrato You can have the Noventa Jazzmaster in any colour you like so long as it is Surf Green an off-kilter sibling to the Vintera Series and it's nice to see some P-90 options in the Fender catalogue Jonathan HorsleyJonathan Horsley has been writing about guitars and guitar culture since 2005 and shamefully still struggles with rhythm figure one of Van Halen’s Panama "I switched to a Stratocaster - I got a really good deal in the middle of the night for $120 - and then in 1972 Lowell George showed me his MXR compressor pedal”: Bonnie Raitt on how she developed her famous slide guitar style “The melodies work so well in this CGDGAD tuning I’ve absolutely fallen in love with this arrangement”: Magic Mike Dawes is at it again – he’s turned a Sleep Token track into a work of solo acoustic guitar genius “You have everyone from senior citizens to little kids who like heavy metal music It's a very friendly community”: Scary Ghost’s Tobias Forge reckons you've got metal all wrong International financial services company Baird announced the addition of Luca Noventa as a director in the global consumer group and the appointment of Sebastian Daumueller as a managing director in the global technology and services group Developing Baird’s existing business team in Europe Daumueller and Noventa will help M&A origination and implementation for their respective industries They will also increase the size and capabilities of Baird’s worldwide team and both will work out of Baird’s London office where he served as a managing director and co-head of their technology His expertise spans the fields of software in addition to related industries such as GovTech and tech-enabled services Morgan as an executive director in the region’s consumer and retail coverage unit With experience in both North America and EMEA the scope of his coverage and transaction experience spans many consumer verticals Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis In order to service clients in all of Baird’s consumer sub-sectors Noventa will collaborate with the current senior consumer team head of Baird global technology and services investment Banking said: “Baird continues to cement our footing in the UK and throughout Europe We are thrilled to have Sebastian join our team Our European technology and services team continues to display transaction momentum and Seb’s notable transaction experience will complement our practice well as we continue to provide the best advice and service to our clients.” co-head of Baird global consumer investment banking added: “Luca is an excellent addition to the Baird team here in Europe He brings broad knowledge and experience to our consumer team further enhancing our already valued and differentiated offering to our clients Throughout its European investment banking infrastructure Baird strives to make sizable investments while attaining success managing director and co-head of global M&A and the company is continuing to broaden its coverage of Europe in the healthcare Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network will generate enough thermal energy using raw municipal wastewater from a sewer to supply 90% of the hospital’s heating and cooling requirements reducing its carbon emissions by a quarter of a million tonnes “Wastewater is an untapped renewable energy source that is underutilized in North America With the potential to supply over 350 billion kilowatt-hours of low carbon thermal energy wastewater energy transfer can be used to heat and cool our buildings to help us meet our climate change commitments,”  said Dennis Fotinos “We are delighted to partner with University Health Network to deliver the largest raw wastewater energy transfer project in the world at Toronto Western Hospital This is one of the first projects of this scale to use raw municipal wastewater from a sewer to provide low carbon heating and cooling to a building and serves as a testament to what can be done if we are prepared to challenge convention and reimagine energy to build a more sustainable future for all.” Noventa will use patented HUBER ThermWin®️ technology (for which it is the exclusive North American distributor) – and its own proprietary DFSCTM process – to harvest the energy in raw municipal wastewater flowing through a sewer to provide the hospital with a source of clean Noventa’s wastewater energy transfer technology is expected to:  Ryerson University will be working closely with Noventa and the University Health Network to conduct ongoing research surveillance and wastewater sampling on the raw wastewater energy transfer project The project has secured funding from both the public and private sectors The Government of Canada will invest $3.3 million from its Low Carbon Economy Fund while VCIB – a subsidiary of Vancity Group and the only Canadian bank focused on supporting emerging and built environment climate solutions under $50 million – will provide financing of $9 million Vancity Group announced its climate commitments including an ambitious target to make Vancity net-zero across all of its mortgages and loans by 2040 said: “The Government of Canada is pleased to support innovative projects that reduce emissions and create good jobs Today’s announcement highlights some of the important work Canadian businesses It’s leadership and good projects like the one announced today that will help Canada exceed its 2030 Paris Agreement target and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.” said: “This new wastewater project in Toronto is a great initiative that focuses on the need to address climate change in our everyday lives I want to thank everyone involved in this project that uses innovative technology to help lower our carbon emissions My hope is that the success of this project will see us implementing similar technologies and initiatives across the city as we continue to meet our climate change goals.” Managing Director of Corporate Development and Clean Energy Finance at VCIB said: “VCIB is at the forefront of financing clean energy projects across the country which includes supporting lesser-known technologies like the raw wastewater project delivered by Noventa It is exactly this type of project that will make a difference in our fight against the climate crisis long-term jobs for Torontonians and Canadians alike We’re therefore delighted to partner with Noventa on this innovative project to accelerate Canada’s transition towards a net-zero economy.” President & CEO at University Health Network said: “University Health Network has long been a leader in healthcare environmental sustainability locally and around the globe – which is why we’re excited to work with Noventa Energy Partners on the raw wastewater energy transfer project at Toronto Western Hospital we know climate change is a major threat to health This technology allows us to lower greenhouse gas emissions and make our hospitals more resilient while supporting our commitment to delivering A Healthier World.” Further details on the technology and project can be viewed via an informational video by Noventa here Fender has announced a new range of Stratocasters Telecasters and Jazzmasters: The Noventa series All of the guitars in the line come loaded with MP-90 P90 pickups: two for the Stratocaster three for the Jazzmaster and one for the Telecaster Other common features include 21 medium-jumbo frets and a 9.5-inch radius fretboard atop a maple neck All of the Noventa models will be available in May 2021 The Noventa Stratocaster comes with a modern C-shaped neck profile and a hardtail Strat bridge The Noventa Telecaster comes with a ’60s C-shaped neck profile with a small Tele bridge with compensated barrel saddles Present here is also a minimal take on the standard Telecaster control plate with a swoop ending it sooner in place of a toggle switch – which would be redundant thanks to the single MP-90 in the bridge position It comes finished in either Vintage Blonde The Noventa Jazzmaster comes with three MP-90 pickups a master volume and tone and three-way blade switch Fender is also celebrating 75 years since Leo Fender created the company with new editions of the Stratocaster Each of the four new models sees a standard 75th Anniversary model as well as a Commemorative 75th Anniversary model The Commemorative editions all come with gold hardware as well as a two-colour Bourbon Burst finish on an ash body while the standard editions come with a metallic Diamond Anniversary finish with matching headstocks and chrome hardware Other differences include Custom Shop pickups in the Commemorative editions rather than Vintera pickups in the standard Anniversary models and molded hardcases for the Commemorative editions rather than premium gigbags for the standard Anniversary models Fender has also expanded its American Ultra range for 2021 offering four new models: the American Ultra Luxe Stratocaster with and without a Floyd Rose and the American Ultra Luxe Telecaster with and without a Floyd Rose The non-Floyd Rose Stratocaster comes with three noiseless single-coils while the Floyd Rose edition comes with an HSS pickup arrangement The hardtail Telecaster comes with two noiseless single-coils while the Floyd Rose model comes with two wide-range humbuckers All of the new American Ultra Luxe models come with an Augmented D neck shape with rolled fretboard edges and a compound 10-14-inch radius fretboard Prices for the Luxe models are as follows: For more gear news, click here. A lot has changed since the Noventa di Piave Designer Outlet opened near the northeastern Italian city of the same name about 15 years ago what the mall formerly known as the Veneto Designer Outlet has shed the name of the region where it’s located the number of outlet shops and restaurants has grown substantially There are now more than 150 stores and a dozen restaurants nearly a tenfold increase in the number of vendors since the mall’s debut in 2008 It might be the place to go if you’re based at Aviano or Vicenza and you’re really into brand names New Balance and Puma are all within a few feet of one another Versace and Gucci top the list for shoppers looking for Italian fashion and accessories There’s also a number of brands familiar in North America Prices at many places there are discounted about 30% from what the same merchandise fetches at stores elsewhere in Italy Although I’m not the target audience for the mall window shopping and occasionally entering a store with the possibility of buying something Besides Americans and Italians living nearby the outlet mall also appears to be popular with travelers along the A4 the main east-west artery through northern Italy It’s always easy to spot cars from Eastern European countries on the highway and there is no shortage of them in the expansive parking lots at the mall which is operated by the British company McArthur Glen is unrivaled by either of the two competitors closer to Italy’s border with Slovenia The outlet stores here focus heavily on clothes and accessories but a few shops specialize in kitchen items There’s also a good assortment of restaurants and stands offering snacks Insider tip for shoppers: Stop by guest services and you’ll likely get a stamp for an additional 10% off that’s honored by many stores Cost: Parking is free in the mall lots; tolls on the A4 are 3 euros each way from Aviano and slightly more from Vicenza Info: Online: mcarthurglen.com/en/outlets/it/designer-outlet-noventa-di-piave CIB investments are powering neighbourhoods connecting communities and putting Canadians to work TORONTO – The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and Noventa Energy Partners (Noventa) have reached financial close on an investment towards sustainable retrofit projects Noventa’s EaaS model will help building operators manage capital and operating costs of upgrades Noventa’s solutions reduce building carbon emissions from heating by more than 70 per cent The retrofit projects will rely on Noventa’s customized Wastewater Energy Transfer™️ (WET™️) Systems which harness the thermal energy in wastewater to provide low-carbon heating and cooling to buildings Noventa’s solutions also reduce emissions by using electricity more efficiently for cooling This investment is part of the CIB’s Building Retrofits Initiative (BRI) which provides long-term investments for building retrofits to modernize and improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings With buildings currently accounting for 18 percent of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions modernizing these assets is critical to meeting Canada’s climate change goals Ancala is an experienced investor in critical infrastructure and has invested more than CAD 700 million into renewable energy companies the largest privately-owned energy generator in Iceland Our Building Retrofit Initiative targets impactful upgrades of buildings across the country which reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help Canada reach its climate change goals Our $100 million investment with Noventa and Ancala enables greener and more energy-efficient buildings supports the deployment of innovative sustainable technologies Increasing the energy efficiency of Canada’s buildings is key to reaching net-zero by 2050 Through this investment from the Canada Infrastructure Bank building operators will be able to access financing that will allow them to accelerate the implementation of energy-efficiency measures This funding commitment from CIB coupled with the financial support and resources of our major shareholder will allow us to execute on our Wastewater Energy Transfer™️ projects at the nine (9) sites approved by Toronto City Council last year Once commissioned over the next four years these projects will achieve meaningful GHG emissions reductions Dennis and his team at Noventa are uniquely placed to help building owners to significantly reduce their carbon emissions and heating costs while improving their energy ratings we look forward to working with the Noventa team to provide our capital and expertise to help grow the business We are actively looking to invest in and support more exciting renewable energy specialists like Noventa www.noventaenergy.com Subscribe now for the latest in infrastructure Tantalum miner Noventa (AIM:NVTA) announced this week that its sidelined Marropino mine in Mozambique will once again be churning out tantalum concentrate By Melissa Pistilli—Exclusive to Tantalum Investing News and Proactive Investors reported Noventa’s shares rallied about 18 percent after the news broke Monday of this week In 2008, the Marropino mine was considered the world’s second-largest tantalum mining operation, according to Tom Vulcan In May of 2009, Noventa placed the mine on care and maintenance to preserve cash resources in the midst of the worldwide economic downturn and said it wouldn’t be able to restart without more investment The company’s share price by this point had fallen 95 percent over the past year In July 2009 a new board took over the company “with the goal of implementing a turnaround strategy.” Based on the positive outlook for tantalum demand the new board decided later that year to reopen the Marropino mine in the spring of 2010 Noventa wants to avoid the mistakes made in the past this time around The current board “believes that the approach that was historically taken to bring the mine into production was incorrect and not as effective as it should have been,” Proactive Investors sub-editor Andre Lamberti reported in August of 2009 “Each element of the process from extraction through processing and distributing to clients is being examined to identify and eliminate losses and inefficiencies The reserves are being re-examined and assays of the open mine are being taken to verify the ore projections to compare historical assay data with fresh assays.” Noventa began implementing its three-stage process for bringing the mine back to its former glory The first phase starts with reprocessing mine tailings then processing previously mined oversize material in phase two before moving on to processing new material is slated to begin at the end of 2010 and will involve higher grade tantalum from the main ore body Noventa expects to present its shareholders with a newly developed 3-year plan sometime in the next few months and advancing its Mutala and Morrua properties Investing News Network websites or 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Please refer to the cookie policy for collected data After being teased to the public prior to NAMM 2021 earlier this year Fender have announced the official release of the new Noventa range a limited edition series that reimagines some of their most iconic models with decidedly modern appointments Read all the latest in Product News here. the Noventa range puts a twist on the tried-and-true designs of the Telecaster integrating hot P-90 pickups and simplified tonal controls to turn them into rough-and-ready rock machines First up, the Noventa Telecaster takes design cues from the popular Cabronita Telecaster with a single MP-90 pickup in the bridge position and two controls for volume and tone Other unique features include a ’60s C neck profile a simplified bridge and cut-down pickguard with finish and fretboard options including maple with Fiesta Red and Vintage Blonde and pau ferro for Two-Tone Sunburst Packing two Noventa single-coil pickups in the neck and bridge position as well as a hardtail bridge and modern C neck profile the Noventa Stratocaster offers players with a streamlined familiar design that packs simplified electronics Daphne Blue and Crimson Red Transparent finishes with maple fretboards being affixed to the former two and pau ferro being latched onto the latter the Noventa Jazzmaster will certainly appeal to you with its contoured body and classic Jazzmaster tremolo which is complemented with an adjust-o-matic bridge for added tuning stability The guitar also makes use of three Noventa pickups for a striking look and to deliver creamy middle position tones with a five-way pickup selector switch replacing the Jazzmaster’s typical roller controls for uninhibited ease of use  21 jumbo frets and a 9.5″ fretboard radius the Noventa Jazzmaster can be acquired in three unique finishes: Surf Green and Fiesta Red Check out the Noventa range in full over at Fender Music Australia. Elizabeth Acorn receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council View all partners At the heart of the scandal engulfing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government are allegations that it attempted to politically interfere with the prosecution of Québec engineering giant SNC-Lavalin We continue to learn more about the allegations. Both Gerald Butts, Trudeau’s former principal secretary, and Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council, have testified about the former attorney general’s allegations to the House of Commons Justice Committee denying Jody Wilson-Raybould was pressured to allow SNC-Lavalin to avoid criminal prosecution The prime minister also says he was unaware she ever felt pressured. But we should not reflexively impugn laws that many Canadians might now associate with SNC-Lavalin including those that could have terminated its prosecution The anti-foreign bribery law that SNC-Lavalin is charged with violating, and the remediation agreementthat Wilson-Raybould testified that she was pressured to pursue are both promising pieces of Canadian policy They’re aimed at combating corruption in international business and corporate crime While some have raised questions about why Canada prohibits its businesses from bribery overseas — particularly in countries where bribery can be common — Canada’s efforts to fight foreign bribery are not only required Foreign bribery prohibitions focus on only one side of a bribery transaction — the “supply” rather than the “demand” for bribery — but they’re needed to address corruption in international business Host states to international business can prosecute public officials for accepting bribes but institutional weaknesses and complicity of government officials in corruption can often make this difficult in practice Prohibitions of foreign bribery by wealthy OECD states like Canada that have both significant regulatory capacity and active engagement with the international economy can fill the void. They can curb “the export of corruption globally,” according to Transparency International a well-respected anti-corruption organization This is all the more necessary for Canada — a leading player in the global extractive sector, well-known for its high risk of corruption There is evidence that anti-foreign bribery laws are working. A recent study finds that “even minimal enforcement” of these laws makes a corporation less likely to pay bribes abroad Canada and all states stand to benefit if corruption in international business is reduced. The cost of corruption is estimated at five per cent of global gross domestic product Reducing corruption globally is also expected to advance the UN’s sustainable development goals and reduce security risks, not to mention improve the daily lives of citizens in two-thirds of the world’s countries with high levels of corruption The remediation agreements that the Prime Minister’s Office allegedly pressured Wilson-Raybould to consider were introduced into law in June 2018 A remediation agreement allows a corporation accused of certain criminal offences to obtain a stay of proceedings if the corporation agrees to specific penalties SNC-Lavalin was one of many businesses that supported remediation agreements, as did Transparency International Canada Looking at international trends can help us understand why remediation agreements may have been attractive to domestic organizations and the government As I’ve described elsewhere Canada originally implemented its international anti-foreign bribery obligations using exclusively criminal-law tools — criminal prohibitions and criminal investigations and prosecutions Other OECD states used a broader range of tools including civil or administrative prohibitions and diversionary resolution mechanisms like we see in the deferred prosecution agreements that are common in the United States the traditional criminal-law tools that Canada had relied upon pose real challenges Obtaining evidence to meet the high threshold of criminal guilt can be particularly difficult when the defendant is a corporation It’s even more demanding for a cross-border crime like foreign bribery where evidence and witnesses can be an ocean away The OECD has criticized Canada for its “lagging” enforcement of anti-foreign bribery laws. With a new round of OECD reviews under way Canada is likely to face more international pressure Ottawa was able to signal its commitment to fighting foreign bribery It also adopted a resolution tool — remediation agreements — that could ease some of its enforcement challenges The availability of remediation agreements provides an incentive to corporations to self-report wrongdoing and co-operate in any investigation Such agreements also encourage reforms to corporate policy that can prevent criminal wrongdoing in the first place it’s crucial that remediation agreements operate as one enforcement tool within a broader regime that includes traditional criminal prosecutions The Trudeau government appears to have been well aware of the need to use remediation agreements judiciously The government solicited input during public consultations and identified criteria in the Criminal Code that would allow a prosecutor to invite a corporation to negotiate a remediation agreement These criteria include conditions that would weigh in favour of such an agreement such as whether the corporation self-reported to authorities or made efforts to prevent future wrongdoing But other criteria — including whether the corporation faces allegations sanctions or convictions for other criminal offences —would add up on the other side of the ledger The Criminal Code also identifies criteria that “the prosecutor must not consider.” Specifically “the national economic interest” and “the identity of the organization” are not to be weighed if the corporation By adding remediation agreements to a legislative framework that sets clear criteria for eligibility Canadian law has the potential to improve upon deferred prosecution agreements and lack such explicit legislative guidance The eligibility criteria set out in the Criminal Code had been considered by Canadian prosecutors when they decided against allowing SNC-Lavalin to negotiate a remediation agreement Any political interference in this determination would undermine the law’s safeguards to ensure that remediation agreements are used judiciously and the promise made by such agreements to encourage good corporate behaviour And so political interference not only threatens prosecutorial independence and the rule of law but also the potential of the new enforcement tool for corporate wrongdoing that the Trudeau government created Fender is starting 2021 right. Ahead of the virtual NAMM 2021, Fender has unveiled a series of new guitars and amps There’s a lot to go over so let’s dive in — here’s a rundown of all of Fender’s new announcements Perhaps the headline announcement is an all new series from Fender Fender Noventa is a new line that makes use of the same P-90 pickups that have been used in the Mustang 90 and Modern Player models Noventa guitars also includ 21 medium jumbo frets there are three models in the Noventa series The Noventa Telecaster will be available in Vintage Blonde and Fiesta Red for $950 The Noventa Stratocaster will be available in Daphne Blue and Surf Green for $1,050 the Noventa Jazzmaster will come in Fiesta Red and Surf Green for $1,150 Fender is adding to the America Ultra series too with new Fender American Ultra Luxe models These guitars are expected to be released in April is the Fender American Ultra Luxe Stratocaster and features Ultra Noiseless Vintage pickups and advanced wiring options providing endless tonal possibilities–without hum,” according to Fender The guitar is available in 2-color Sunburst Next up is the Fender Ultra Luxe Stratocaster Floyd Rose HSS and has that classic vibrator system and a Double Tap humbucker in the bridge position Last but not least is the Fender American Ultra Luxe Telecaster which comes at $2,300 and is available in a standard Telecaster pickup configuration Fender is also celebrating its 75th anniversary in style The company has launched a number of 75th Anniversary Stratocasters The guitars should be available in February They’ll be available starting at $1,950 There are a number of Fender 2021 Artist Signature models too Headlining them all is the Mike McCready Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster which will be available in February for a jaw-dropping $15,000 Only 60 of the replica of McCready’s 1960 Stratocaster will be available and will be available for $1,400 in February The Ben Gibbard Mustang will be available for $1,100 in March The Joe Strummer Campfire will be available for $500 in March The Dhani Harrison Signature Ukulele will be available for $280 in May the Jason Isbell Custom Telecaster will be available for $1,500 in May Fender isn’t just releasing new guitars — it has also taken the wraps off some new Fender Vintage amps There’s a new ’68 Custom Pro Reverb ($1,300) You can check out all of Fender’s 2021 products straight from the Fender online store Christian de Looper was born in Canberra Australia and since then has lived in Europe and now lives in sunny California When he's not tinkering with the latest music gear Christian is devouring news on new consumer technology All Things Gear may make a commission on products sold through the links on this website This in no way affects our review of a product Despite claims processing being at the heart of the what insurers do legacy systems abound and some claims still arrive by mail up to to 80 percent of all premiums are spent on claim payments and associated charges which is important since pricing and the handling of claims are two of the biggest factors in customer retention [Also: Payers look to 3rd parties for claims processing, customer management] a principal with Strategy& in Chicago and an expert in the health payer practice said for insurers to be more efficient and to trim costs they should start by simplifying the upstream complexity to make the downstream process easier This means having clear contracts and medical policies for providers to send in the correct information and for the system to understand what it is being asked to do Claims come in electronically through an electronic data interchange channel especially in rural areas where providers may not be equipped with electronic channels The paper is scanned or entered into the system CEO Doug Klinger of the information technology company Zelis Healthcare recommends the use of electronic claim submissions to reduce the administrative burden and improves payment turnaround time for providers and payers the claim gets to the insurer at this point it has entered the payer value chain Best practice is to have an auto-adjudication rate upwards of 85 percent This is for claims to go through system without human touch An auto-adjudicated claim costs health insurers cents on the dollar while one that needs human intervention costs about $20 There's also stiff penalties in some states on claims that take longer than 30 days to process The claim goes through the first round of checks for data to see if key fields are missing Besides having claims come in electronically and on paper providers are also sending claims in different formats to their various payers though there is work being done to get there there isn't one universal way of sending the information," Noventa said or more precise information on the procedure are also reasons for the claim to be spit out Providers need to clean claims with no administrative or coding errors to improve payment turnaround time Insurers have a primary administrative platform and many also have separate platforms dedicated for government or retail claims "That can really complicate things further," Noventa said The platform tries to adjudicate the claim automatically  It retrieves the provider contract and agreed-to rates and checks these against medical policy rules many things can happen and things can go wrong," Noventa said because it will save time later when the same error rejects the claim further downstream is to enforce certain rules with providers at this point about what information is needed to continue processing the claim Klinger recommends payers use data scrubbing and clinical reviews to ensure proper billed charges using a claim system with routing intelligence and connectivity to vendors and one that references historical and geographic claim data ensure consistency in billed charges the claim goes into the pending file and needs to be looked at manually the system is programmed to kick it out as a pend claim so it can be viewed manually Noventa said insurers need to determine whether it's less expensive and more efficient to have claims processing done by a vendor but replacing a legacy system can cost upwards of $200 million payers still struggle with loading contracts into the system There's also the migration of data from the old platform that needs to be mapped in the correct way and accumulators that count the number of visits members have tallied in connected their benefits "For that reason a lot of payers stick to legacy platforms," Noventa said "Every time they try to improve the system Smaller Blue plans and other regional plans try to get together to build capabilities "It's a real challenge for small plans," Noventa said This brings the challenges to find like-minded plans."  insurers looked at claims after they were paid to catch waste or fraud "Today we are seeing in technology, the ability to do sophisticated analytics," Noventa said "Payers are looking at payment integrity to catch anomalies This is where we're seeing meaningful investments being made." The third level of decision-making involves working more efficiently, perhaps using digital lean techniques Toyota used lean to create a different way of working with suppliers in which the suppliers became part of the value chain to drive improvement Insurers can use lean techniques to give incentives for providers to be invested in claims process improvement "It's a little bit of what needs to happen," Noventa said Twitter: @SusanJMorse Fender have revealed a brand new range of Noventa guitars decking out three of their most popular solid body models with P90 pickups and eye-catching finishes The Noventa Series is a Made in Mexico line that sees Fender revise the Telecaster Stratocaster and Jazzmaster to unlock a wholly different range of tones including 9.5″ radius fretboards with 21 medium jumbo frets and maple necks and feature simplified appointments to offer something totally unique to the modern player the Noventa Telecaster seemingly takes cues from the popular Cabronita model offering a single MP-90 pickup in the bridge position and two controls for volume and tone Other unique features include a simplified bridge and cut-down pickguard resulting in a rough-and-ready workhorse that looks perfect for raucous punk and rhythm playing With a hardtail bridge and two MP-90s in the neck and bridge position the Noventa Stratocaster puts a distinctive spin on the classic Fender model to appeal to a different which features three MP-90 pickups to give it a striking aesthetic that’d be surely matched by its tonal versatility While Fender have done away with the usual Jazzmaster roller controls in favour of a three-way pickup selector switch and tone and volume knobs the Noventa Jazzmaster still retains the standard Jazzmaster tremolo albeit with an adjust-o-matic bridge for superior tuning stability Fiesta Red and the cool vintage Walnut finish Find out more over at Fender Music Australia.  Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson Minister of Environment and Climate Change announced approximately $3.3 million for Noventa Energy Partners to cut pollution at the Toronto Western Hospital using innovative technology Canadians want cleaner air and cleaner water for their children and grandchildren That’s why the Government of Canada’s strengthened climate plan is helping Canadians cut pollution in their communities while saving on energy costs and creating good jobs across the country The plan will create a cleaner and healthier future by investing in our communities with clean energy The new system will provide clean energy to Toronto Western Hospital using recovered heat extracted from wastewater and the sewage system This project will supply about 85% of the hospital’s heating and cooling needs and will help it save on energy costs the Toronto Western Hospital will see a cumulative reduction of about 169,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions — equivalent to removing approximately 52,000 cars off the road for one year The federal funding comes from the Partnerships stream of the Government of Canada’s Low Carbon Economy Challenge which invests in projects that reduce carbon pollution “The Government of Canada is pleased to support innovative projects that reduce emissions and create good jobs Today’s announcement highlights some of the important work Canadian businesses like Noventa Energy Partners Incorporated are doing to help build a cleaner “This new wastewater project in Toronto is a great initiative that focuses on the need to address climate change in our everyday lives “In addition to the significant energy and environmental benefits this project will provide meaningful operating cost savings for the hospital and over 500 person years of employment to help our economy recover from COVID-19 It will also be an early warning system to help us respond quicker to future pandemics as the wastewater will be monitored and tested for pathogens and other harmful toxins None of these benefits could have been realized without the support of the Government of Canada.” is an important part of Canada’s climate action plan helping put Canada on a path to exceed the Paris Agreement target for 2030 The Low Carbon Economy Fund is supporting energy-efficiency projects in provinces and territories across Canada which will help Canadians and businesses save money by lowering energy bills support is available for industries to put in place clean technologies that will help them be more efficient and innovative Moira Kelly Press Secretary Office of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change 819-271-6218moira.kelly@canada.ca Media Relations Environment and Climate Change Canada 819-938-3338 or 1-844-836-7799 (toll-free)ec.media.ec@canada.ca Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Twitter page Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Facebook page The budget electric market has has been booming over the last few years and with the quality and variety we’ve seen in 2021 it’s no wonder that they can’t make these guitars fast enough with its mixture of a full complement of Tele tones and convincing Strat quack in positions two and four Read the full review here. The Inspired By Gibson line had already raised the bar for Epiphone considerably but this budget take on the most storied Gibson of them all takes things to another level. With all the upgrades taken care of at the factory, this is not just a great guitar in its own right, but is a viable alternative to an entry-level USA-made Les Paul Read the full review here. Your ticket back to the 1980s in a Neon Pink time machine! The Standard is an homage to the Kramer EVH used in the mid-to-late 1980s including a compound 12-16 inch fingerboard radius and a deeper upper body curve This is bona fide 1980s rock pedigree at an affordable price Read the full review here. Guild’s Newark St Collection has long been a destination for those with vintage inclinations and a down-to-earth budget and this guitar combines the classic singlecut Starfire outline with a centre-block a trio of Guild’s Franz P-90s and a Bigsby-style vibrato tailpiece There are plenty of affordable semis but few possess as much character and charisma as this Read the full review here. The G300 Pro is the flagship model from the boutique-styled G series and provides further evidence that the company’s mastery of quantity has no detrimental effect on quality a gorgeously full neck and consummate sonic versatility the G300 Pro is a must-try – regardless of your budget Read the full review here. By adding P-90s to the centre-blocked G2622 model, Gretsch has made another move with itws budget Streamliner range to demonstrate that Gretsch guitars can cover a broader sonic palette – and it’s quite a bold one at that The result is a thoroughly likeable semi that excels in the mild-mannered area where Gretsch and Gibson crosses over Read the full review here. Epiphone’s Inspired By series represents a massive step up in looks and build quality for Epiphone and this ES-335 is a fine addition to the catalogue It’s a thoroughly enjoyable guitar with a build quality and standard of finish that exceed expectations at this highly competitive price point Read the full review here. If you appreciate offset stylings but have never got on with the tones or complex switching typical of vintage-style models the Noventa Jazzmaster is well worthy of investigation Read the full review here. The Soloist has been a staple of the shred world for over 40 years the it’s much more than a mere nostalgia trip For fleet-fingered modern technical players it provides the holy grail in terms of upper fret access Read the full review here. While the finish might polarise, the huge selling point of the KX300 is its EMG Super77 pickups These dynamically responsive premium pickups excel with distortion and are equally as characterful through more vintage-voiced overdrives but what’s truly unbelievable is how Cort has managed to squeeze these high-end pickups onto a sub-£500 instrument Read the full review here. Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information a sign of the streaming service’s growing ambitions in the region Netflix will consolidate executives who work on programming marketing and publicity across Latin America in the Mexico City office boosting its staff in an office opened just last year which has served as a Latin American hub for Netflix is retrofitting the Toronto Western Hospital with an energy-efficient system that will supply about 85 per cent of the hospital’s heating and cooling needs and help it save on energy costs The Canadian government is providing $3.3 million to Noventa for the project The new system will provide clean energy to the hospital using recovered heat extracted from wastewater and the sewage system Toronto Western Hospital will see a cumulative reduction of about 169,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions which is equivalent to removing about 52,000 cars off the road for one year The federal funding comes from the Partnerships stream of the Government of Canada’s Low Carbon Economy Challenge “In addition to the significant energy and environmental benefits this project will provide meaningful operating cost savings for the hospital and over 500 person years of employment to help our economy recover from COVID-19,” said Dennis Fotinos “It will also be an early warning system to help us respond quicker to future pandemics as the wastewater will be monitored and tested for pathogens and other harmful toxins None of these benefits could have been realized without the support of the Government of Canada.” Ground has been broken on an eight-acre mixed-use commercial development to be c.. 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VICTORIA - British Columbia's government has depicted the province on a battle f.. the technology company Noventa continues to grow as a development and manufacturing partner of established OEMs and innovative young companies we are looking forward to a promising year with new customers and pioneering products we could achieve sales of over CHF 100 million for the first time," says Patrick Besserer Projects for existing customers such as CWS Kärcher and Winterhalter will also contribute to this the company is also opening up career opportunities for new employees we are opening up opportunities for new talent to actively shape the future of our company," says Chief Business Administration Philippe Bürki the company will advertise numerous vacancies The Diepoldsau site is already looking for personnel reinforcement for business administration tasks The industrial products and sanitary and hygiene products segments in particular are developing positively but growth is also picking up significantly in the consumer goods all sites are operating at full capacity and Noventa AG is pressing ahead with its further development The site in Romania is being modernized and expanded with new office and production space as well as additional injection molding machines An expansion of production space is also planned at the Thailand production site the company is continuing to invest in its innovation center to create even more space for creativity and development With around 700 employees and production sites in Switzerland the technology company supports the development and manufacture of products for the future "We are proud to work with our customers to develop and manufacture innovative products to market readiness," says product developer Christian Frei "This also particularly benefits companies that want to work with a specialist for sophisticated product systems." One recent example is the Dokoki "Sandy" baby monitor integrated media player and two-way communication and can be conveniently controlled via a smartphone Noventa also illustrates its enthusiasm for new ideas with a world first: The hygienic and waterless toilet system Clesana for motorhomes and boats is to be launched as early as the second quarter of 2022 Noventa manufactures the high-quality shower toilet Aqiva especially for the Chinese market modern hygiene systems of the CWS PureLine product line the company has developed into a high-performance innovation and manufacturing center for sophisticated product systems that are realized and produced on behalf of customers With around 700 employees at three locations (headquarters in Switzerland the Noventa Group achieved annual sales of around CHF 82 million in 2021 It is led by a three-person management team which also holds a majority stake in the company Noventa has acted as a showcase company for lean management Following the introduction of lean production the company has significantly increased its sales on the same floor space The company's customers also benefit from this know-how The Noventa Group includes the subsidiaries Noventa (Thailand) Co. More information Celebrating the groundbreaking of the WET system at Toronto Western Hospital President & CEO of University Health Network (UHN) UHN broke ground Monday on the world’s largest raw wastewater energy transfer (WET) system bringing Toronto Western Hospital (TWH) one step closer to reducing its carbon emissions by the equivalent of more than 1,800 cars a year renewable energy company Noventa Energy Partners Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB) and Enbridge Gas were at the groundbreaking event to celebrate the start of construction on the innovative project The WET System will use thermal energy from wastewater flowing through a nearby municipal sewer to supply up to 90 per cent of the hospital’s heating and cooling needs significantly reducing use of existing electric and natural gas systems the site’s direct greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by about 10,000 metric tonnes each year – more than 60 per cent of UHN’s overall direct emissions and the equivalent of removing 1,811 cars from the road we know climate change is a major threat to health,” Kevin Smith said at the event across the street from TWH and in front of the Toronto Public Library where crews have begun digging the wetwell that will access wastewater from the sewer below “Today’s groundbreaking is a major milestone that furthers our commitment in delivering A Healthier World – through a sustainable environment.” Mayor Tory called the project “a great initiative that focuses on the need to address climate change in our everyday lives and the effort needed by both the private and public sector to work together to address the impacts of climate change “My hope is that the success of this project will see us implementing similar technologies and initiatives across the city as we continue to meet our climate change goals,” he said Construction crews – lead by Noventa and UHN’s Facilities Management – Planning Redevelopment & Operations (FM-PRO) Department – will continue to dig the wetwell so it’s 35-feet in diameter and 165 feet deep They will then install the WET System that separates solids at the sewer level allowing only sieved wastewater to be pumped up and into sealed before it provides heating and cooling to the hospital said the project is a “natural fit” for the organization “We have a strong culture of sustainability thanks to the tremendous efforts of our Energy & Environment team who have helped us become a top energy performer among our peers,” he said the team has completed 340 energy projects which has already reduced greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25 per cent “We’re excited to add the WET system to the roster.” Noventa’s WET System is expected to: This project is made possible by the financial support of many partners; the Government of Canada University Health Network (UHN) and Noventa This site uses cookies to provide you with a great user experience. 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For more information, please visit our privacy policy CLOSE Get daily business news from the region delivered straight to your inbox The invitation-only event will provide attendees with insightful content sessions interactive roundtables and integrated networking activities Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial hub in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia has inked an exclusive partnership with HFM, the hedge fund arm of global data intelligence firm With Intelligence The partnership will enable the launch of the region’s first exclusive hedge fund event on May 15 The invitation-only event focusing on the hedge fund sector will provide insightful content sessions The HFM Summit will be held in DIFC and will see hedge funds from across the world gather in Dubai The agenda has been developed by industry practitioners to ensure market relevance The event comes after DFSA announced the authorisation of several globally renowned hedge funds in Q4 2023 such as Asia Research & Capital Management Noventa Capital Management and Qube Research & Technologies Firms such as Blue Owl Capital and Walleye Capital also recently completed their registrations The centre is seeing a further deepening of the ecosystem including hedge funds with a range of investment strategies technology startups and partners keen to help develop the industry said: “As DIFC becomes a global hedge fund and alternative asset class centre we will continue to seek collaboration with partners such as With Intelligence on conferences such as HFM Middle East Summit The event showcases the opportunities for global hedge managers to successfully operate in the region’s largest financial centre.”   With Intelligence commented:” The launch of this event coincides with an exciting time of growth in the sector and Dubai as the hedge fund hub in the region “The new HFM Middle East Summit is an opportunity for us to increase our brand presence in the Middle East and provide support for our clients as they explore international expansion into the region.”