Abstract: A system for managing the supply of energy to heating and cooling devices based on environmental conditions within a regulated area, said system including one or more sensor devices within said regulated area for communicating one or more status signals, and a control module for receiving said one or more status signals, said control module analyzing said one or more status signals based on one or more heating and cooling routines, said one or more heating and cooling routines instructing said control module to communicate one or more control signals to said heating and cooling devices, said one or more control signals activating or deactivating said heating and cooling devices.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a salt of clavulanic acid, wherein clavulanic acid in solution in a wholly or partly water-imiscible organic solvent is contacted in a region of high turbulence and/or shear stress, with a salt precursor compound to form a solution of the salt of clavulanic acid in an aqueous phase, then the organic solvent and aqueous phases are physically separated during a separation step, followed by a further processing step in which the said salt of clavulanic acid is isolated from solution as a solid.