Kurt Bendl appointed to sustainability board
On Tuesday City Council appointed Kurt Bendl to the Community Sustainability Advisory Board. Bendl, who has lived in Golden for one year, is a software developer and collaboration consultant in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
When applying, he wrote he wanted to serve on the advisory board because he wants Golden to be an example of how a community can “‘walk the talk’ when it comes to being smart about energy efficiency and sustainability.” Bendl’s term will expire in February 2012.
Kroger pharmacies to use needle-free infection systems made in Golden
People getting flu vaccines in Kroger pharmacies may get the medicine via a needle-free injection system developed by Pharmajet Inc., which is based in Golden.
Kroger, headquarted in Cincinnati, is the parent company of Colorado grocery chains King Soopers and City Market.
The chain will offer the needle-free option in more than 800 of its locations across the country and at 79 of The Little Clinic locations in some of its stores.
The needle-free technology uses a spring-operated injector. A narrow, high-velocity jet pushes the vaccine through the skin in a fifth of a second.
The Little Clinic offered the needle-free option in select clinics last year with positive feedback.
Epilog Laser to be part of upcoming Everyday Edisons seasons
Eplog Laser, the Golden-based producer of CO2 and fiber laser engraving and cutting systems, will be featured on seasons four and five of Everyday Edisons.
The Emmy and Telly award-winning inventor series is distributed by American Public Television and airs on its affiliates.
Finalists on the show will use Epilog Laser’s equipment to help turn their inventions into realities. Filming for season four is under way.
For information about Epilog Laser, go to www.epiloglaser.com.