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Nothing Is Perfect
by
Craig DiLouie
| September 2012
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Is it possible that some T5 lighting fixtures are perfectly efficient? One might get that idea based on some efficiency ratings of 98–100 percent, although it might not seem possible. Such a rating must be a mistake, right? But it’s not.

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3M, NJATC Enter into Mutually Beneficial Training Partnership
by
Timothy Johnson
| May 2012
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Some partnerships aren’t only good for the parties involved. When they give back to their industry, they’re good for everyone.

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Building Energy Retrofits Are a Vast Untapped Resource of Efficiency
by
Rick Laezman
| May 2012
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Within the larger effort to transform the way the nation receives and uses its power, efficiency holds first-tier status, right next to solar, wind and electric cars. The importance of building energy use within the realm of efficiency also is well-established.

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Pushed Back: 2011 Construction Outlook
by
Joseph M. Kelly
| January 2011
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What happened to the recovery experts predicted in 2010? “That early stage of recovery has been pushed back,” said Robert Murray, vice president of economic affairs at McGraw-Hill Construction.

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The 2010 Profile of the Electrical Contractor
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Joseph M. Kelly
| July 2010
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Every other year, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR conducts a survey of its readers to provide a checkup on the industry and to gauge the temperature of its chief participants.

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2010 Construction Outlook: A Slow Climb From Rock Bottom
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Joseph M. Kelly
| January 2010
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Leading construction experts and economists agree that the economy is emerging from its deepest and longest financial crisis since the Great Depression. Even with a modest boost from government stimulus dollars, it will be a very slow crawl out of recession and into recovery.

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Construction Forecast 2009
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Joseph M. Kelly
| January 2009
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At a time when things could not look much worse economically, there is some good news to accompany the overwhelming bad. First, the bad news. “The economic outlook is a disaster,” said Michael J.

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