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Klein Tools Moves Corporate Headquarters
August 2006
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  • Your Business

Klein Tools, a manufacturer of professional hand tools and occupational equipment, has moved its corporate headquarters from Skokie, Ill., to a new 64,000-square-foot facility located on a seven-acre site in Lincolnshire, Ill., a northwestern suburb of Chicago.

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PV Inverter Technology
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| August 2006
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  • Your Business

At the heart of any photovoltaic (PV) system is the inverter, also referred to as the power conversion unit (PCU) or power conversion system (PCS).

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Controversial Cape Wind Project up and Running...For Now
by
Jeff Kohmstedt
| August 2006
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  • Your Business

“There are millions of dollars at stake for our guys, and the industry could benefit greatly from the work it would give us and the guys off the bench,” said Glenn Kingsbury, Boston Chapter executive of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), about Cape Wind—an off-shore electricity

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Going Solar Makes 'Cents' for Commercial Projects
August 2006
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  • Green Building

Oak Tree Village, San Jose, Calif., is Akeena Solar’s latest commercial solar electric project with JSM Enterprises, a development company.

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Producing Green Power
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| July 2006
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  • Green Building

An important consideration for any “green” building is its electric power supply. Commercial buildings currently consume more than one-third of the total electric energy produced in the United States. The U.S.

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LEEDing Edge
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| June 2006
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  • Your Business

Building owners are becoming increasingly interested in sustainable construction and having their buildings certified under the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System.

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LEEDing Electrical Installations
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| May 2006
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  • Your Business

More and more companies want to be recognized as being environmentally conscious. One way that they are demonstrating their commitment to a cleaner environment is through green construction.

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Opening up to Building Systems
March 2006
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  • Your Business

As building environmental systems become more complex, there is a growing need for these systems to be integrated.

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The ZigBee Buzz
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| February 2006
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  • Systems

ZigBee is the name OF a new open-architecture wireless personal area network (WPAN) technology designed for linking devices that perform a monitoring and control function.

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To Be Integrated
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| January 2006
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  • Your Business

Twenty-first century building will be an integrated set of building systems aimed at providing an optimal environment for people to live, work and play.

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PV Future
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| December 2005
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  • Your Business

Photovoltaics (PV) have a sunny future in the building industry. After a number of false starts over the past 30 plus years, PV has the potential to become a significant contributor to the U.S. energy supply in the coming decades.

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Photovoltaic Finish
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| November 2005
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  • Green Building

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) recognizes the contribution that photovoltaics (PV) make to the sustainability and efficiency of a building project through its Green Building Rating System for New Construction & Major Renovations (LEED-NC Version 2.1).

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Life Safety Signaling Update
by
Deborah L. O'Mara
| October 2005
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  • Safety

Sending a fire alarm signal is not enough. State-of-the-art fire alarm and life safety technology now allows for a host of data, instructions, graphics and other functions that get people out of danger quickly.

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PV Licenses and Certifications
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| October 2005
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  • Your Business

Photovoltaic (PV) installations are becoming more common in commercial and residential buildings as PV-system efficiencies increase, installed costs decrease and cost of conventional utility-supplied electric power increases.

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Certification Programs and Your Career
by
Wayne D. Moore
| October 2005
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  • Systems

The U.S. Bureau of Labor predicts a 23 percent increase in new job opportunities for electricians by 2012.

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Getting Attention
by
Wayne D. Moore
| September 2005
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  • Your Business

Professional contractors normally develop their marketing expertise with their technical expertise. Typically, a contractor’s marketing experience comes from observation of successful marketing techniques.

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Omaha NJATC Building: A Training Tool
by
Claire Swedberg
| September 2005
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  • Your Business

Unusual circumstances affected the planning for the new Omaha JATC facility. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 22 and National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Nebraska chapter shared a building and were looking for more space together.

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PV and Energy Codes
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| September 2005
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  • Green Building

Energy codes establish the minimum requirements for the performance of new buildings. States have typically adopted either the ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1 or the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) as their energy code for commercial buildings.

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Miles of Cable with No Place to Go
by
Deborah L. O'Mara
| September 2005
| under
  • Safety

Chances are you have encountered a wiring mass—or mess—somewhere along the road when installing voice/data/video or information transport systems. Year after year of adding, changing and rewiring may have left the plenum with little room for additional wiring and cabling.

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Energy Codes
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| September 2005
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  • Your Business

The energy consumed by residential and commercial buildings represents a significant portion of the total energy used in the United States. Energy drives the U.S. economy and demand will continue to grow along with prices and environmental concern.

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