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Brewery Uses Own Beer To Generate Energy - PSFK - 0 views

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  • Brewery Uses Own Beer To Generate Energy
  • ‘Beer Powered Beer’
  • The Alaskan Brewing Co., located in Juneau, Alaska, has started a process of reusing brewing ingredients as fuel, making their brewery more self-sustaining in an attempt to cut costs.
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  • Most breweries, including Alaskan Brewing Co. until recently, ship this residual grain mash to farms and agricultural operations, that then use the grain as a protein source in feed for livestock.
  • So they turned to an in-house recycling process. With the help of a nearly half-million dollar grant from the Federal Rural Energy for America Program, Alaskan Brewing Co. set out to create a special boiler system that ran entirely on spent grain for fuel.
  • The system, which cost $1.8 million and was developed with the help of an industrial furnace company in North Dakota, burns the dried spent grain to create steam. The steam, an often underutilized renewable energy source, then powers their entire facility.
  • The boiler system, which is expected to save the company $450,000 annually, will offset their energy costs by 70% and pay for itself in under five years.
  • there are many forms of renewable energy that are still largely untapped.
  • Nicole Stevens on 08 Feb 13
     
    So I'm a beer person. I brew with 'Brew FIU' team and I'm a TA for Professor Gump. This story just makes me smile. Leave it to beer people to find another reason to make more beer. In the brewing process malt, barley and other grains are used as a sugar and flavor source. It's what makes beer, well beer. After the grain has been used it's considered spent due to the fact that most to all of the sugar and starch has removed. At this point it's common to dry the spent grain and turn it into flour for cooking or send it to a farm for animal feed. Which is a green thing to do as is. But the Alaskan Brewing Co. decided to turn it's spent grain into fuel. Now their entire facility is run off of spent grain. How cool is that?!
rnobl005

5 Benefits of Using a Hotel Accounting Software That Integrates With Your Cloud PMS - 1 views

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shared by rnobl005 on 27 Jun 18 - No Cached
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  • 5 Benefits of Using a Hotel Accounting Software That Integrates With Your Cloud PMS
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      rnobl005 on 27 Jun 18
       
      I felt like this was a really great article for this week's topic as it reiterated many of the points mentioned in the PowerPoint and lecture video. There are so many benefits to incorporating accounting software into your business practice. Companies can worry less about human error and save a lot of money by cutting down on the hours it takes for someone to do all the work manually. You can also utilize the software in a variety of ways: generating cash flow statements, monitoring payroll management, and compiling budgets are just a few mentioned in the article. In doing so hoteliers may see trends in their data that they couldn't previously. This article is sponsored by Hotelogix, a cloud-based property management system, as a way to advertise their product. Typically I would take what they have to say with a grain of salt but I feel like the advice they give is actually really unbiased.
  • Accounting in the hotel industry has moved on from the traditional methods of using spreadsheets to the modern hotel accounting software.
    • rnobl005
      rnobl005 on 27 Jun 18
       
      I very much agree with this statement. These days it's all about working smarter, not harder.
  • make the whole process error-free and to save time.
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  • ● Budgets● Compare profits (between current and past periods)● Prepare financial statements, balance sheets● Cash flow statements● Payroll management● Business planning and much more
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      rnobl005 on 27 Jun 18
       
      These all fall under the responsibility of an accountant.
  • vital for hotel owners/management to understand the monetary health of their hotel business
  • Generating and procuring all these details manually, consumes time and involves tremendous effort. Plus, it may lead to errors, too
  • A hotel accounting system makes it easy for you to generate invoices, account statements, produce payslips, and much more
    • rnobl005
      rnobl005 on 27 Jun 18
       
      I definitely see hotels and other hospitality businesses taking advantage of software that cuts out a lot of the busy work. In doing so they can focus on providing excellent products and customer service to clients and guests.
  • When integrated with a cloud-based Hotel PMS, it becomes easier for you to access your accounting data from anywhere, anytime, and on any device.
    • rnobl005
      rnobl005 on 27 Jun 18
       
      This aspect of the software shouldn't be overlooked. If you choose to go with a cloud-based system you also need to make sure you are using protected networks so your company is less prone to hacks.
  • Hotel accounting management is no longer a cumbersome process.
csendra004

Bottles Become Sand at Globally Recognized Ranch at Laguna Beach - 1 views

This article is about a property called the Ranch at Laguna Beach that uses multiple sustainable practices throughout their operations. One unique sustainable practice that this property partakes i...

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