22 Amazing Renewable Energy Projects That Pave The Way to a Cleaner Future. Azura is a wave power device currently being tested at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site in Hawaii. Unlike other.
I got an interesting question from one of my clients the other day. The question was whether I could recommend Best Practices on SharePoint Site Design. Having done some “googling”, I could not find a single article that encapsulated all the best practices. As such, I thought I would write this blog post and provide you tips and advice on best practices I accumulated during my career as a SharePoint Consultant. Tip # 1: Minimize page scroll-downsYour SharePoint Site might contain few web parts.
And of course you might add a few to the site homepage. If you have more than a few or some super-lengthy web parts (i.e.
Long task lists or super-large document libraries), you might end up with a page where user might need to scroll-down quite a bit to see all content. This might be a personal preference, but I am a big fan of putting everything “”. That means that essentially all content (all available web parts) appear right on the front page and do not require user to scroll down to see it all. If you have long lists or libraries, or way too many web parts, you can mitigate the issue by:.
Creating additional pages to store your web parts on. Creating custom views for all of your web parts that only display certain max # of items on the homepage.
For example, may be instead of showing whole document library – only show last 5-10 docs uploaded. Users can still drill down to other views if they wish.Tip # 2: Consistent Top Link Bar (menu)This is one of the biggest problems I encounter when I work with my clients’ SharePoint sites. I go into a SharePoint site, navigate via a menu to some project or department site and then I am lost.
There is no easy navigation for me to go back and it seems like that site is the only one out there in SharePoint stratosphere. The only way out is the browser’s Back button. Make sure to prevent this with.
You can then inherit site navigation from the parent site ( Site Settings Top link bar).Tip # 3: Don’t turn Quick Launch navigation into flea marketThis is another big annoyance I get to see all the time. I go to some SharePoint site, look at the menu on the left and I am like “ What the hell happened here?”. There are 55 links on the left-hand-side, linking to every single little site, page, external site, you name it. The best practice is to utilize that left hand-side menu as a local/contextual site menu. That means that while the top link bar menu described above is global and stays consistent among sites, the menu on the left displays links to content (web parts) found on that specific site.And another thing, please remove links to Recent and Site Contents as well. I know, they are added automatically by SharePoint and are kind of annoying, however, there is no reason why your end users need to see them.
Remove them!Tip # 4: Use consistent and logical names for your web partsIf you have a document library that stores policies or invoices, than give it a name that reflects that. Don’t name it “ Document Library” or “ Shared Documents”.
This will help users make sense of what is on the page (especially if you have multiple document libraries or web parts)Tip # 5: Use Promoted Links to aid users with navigationEven with proper, it might be a bit overwhelming for some new site visitors to figure out where to go once they land on a site. To mitigate that, take advantage of functionality. This helps spice up the page with some colorful icons + assists users with navigation/getting to right content quickly. A great way to focus user’s attention on what’s important.Tip # 6: Do not turn your SharePoint Site into a Hollywood special effects movieWhile I am a big advocate of customizing the site with some branding to “spice things up”, don’t turn your site into special effects Hollywood movie. I have seen some of my clients hire developers to add some custom branding, flashy slideshows, hover-over effects, to make SharePoint “ exciting“.
Remember, at the end of the day, SharePoint is a working collaboration site. It is not an external, public-facing site that needs to “stand out” from the rest and make an impression. Choose long-term practicality over one-time “WOW” factor. Meet GregI’m Gregory Zelfond, the SharePoint Maven.Most of my clients have big ambitions. Maybe they want to make it easier for their employees to collaborate and share documents.
Perhaps they are looking to streamline their document management process. Or maybe they are struggling with keeping track of their projects.As a SharePoint Consultant for more than 10 years, I have helped countless businesses and nonprofits to use SharePoint to facilitate team collaboration, simplify project management, and streamline document management. From creating simple but intuitive intranet portals to developing project management team sites and document management systems, I develop SharePoint solutions that help you get things done quickly and accurately.
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With support from the Energy Department and the U.S. Navy, a prototype wave energy device has advanced successfully from initial concept to grid-connected, open-sea pilot testing.
The device, called Azura, was recently launched and installed in a 30-meter test berth at the Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Kaneohe Bay, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. This pilot testing is now giving U.S. Researchers the opportunity to monitor and evaluate the long-term performance of the nation’s first grid-connected wave energy converter (WEC) device to be independently tested by a third party—the University of Hawaii—in the open ocean.The supports the Energy Department’s mission to research, test, and develop innovative technologies capable of generating renewable, environmentally responsible, and cost-effective electricity from clean energy resources, including water. Marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which generate power from waves, tides, or currents, are at an early but promising stage of development. Many coastal areas in the United States have strong, and more than 50 percent of the U.S.
Population lives within 50 miles of a coastline, making transmission from these resources more economical. With further progress towards commercialization, MHK technologies could make substantial contributions to our nation’s electricity needs. To accelerate commercialization of wave energy devices, the Energy Department funds —from laboratory and field-testing of individual components, up to demonstration and deployment of complete utility-scale systems.The of Azura’s development involved testing a smaller prototype in a wave tank and later deploying a prototype—at the same scale as the new deployment—in a controlled, open-sea area off the coast of Oregon in 2014. Those successful tests helped Azura’s developer, Northwest Energy Innovations (NWEI) of Portland, Oregon, verify the functionality of the device while collecting comprehensive performance data that could lower the cost of wave energy technologies in the future.To further advance Azura towards commercialization, NWEI recently launched its at WETS. The current phase of in-water testing at the WETS’s 30-meter test berth has already proven valuable in gathering performance and reliability data from the device in deepwater, open-ocean conditions.
The data will be used to further optimize Azura’s performance and refine existing wave energy computer simulations, ultimately supporting commercialization of this technology.NWEI, with from the Energy Department, will apply lessons learned from this current phase of development to modify the device design in order to improve its efficiency and reliability. NWEI plans to then test the improved design with a full-scale device rated between 500 kilowatts and one megawatt at WETS at even deeper test berths of 60 meters to 80 meters over the next several years, further supporting efforts to build a robust and competitive MHK industry in the United States.The (EERE) accelerates development and facilitates deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and market-based solutions that strengthen U.S. Energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality. EERE supports innovative approaches that reduce both the risk and costs of bringing MHK technologies online. Watch our, and learn more about the Department’s efforts to support.