Electical Contractor

  Fluorescents, pendants, LEDs and Title 24 create options for contractors:

Skyrocketing energy costs mandate learning new technologies and products: The energy crisis and resulting legislation have forced changes in lamps, ballasts and optics as well as in project design; energy-use limits are increasingly restrictive with each update to standards from the American Societ

  Recessed lighting gains popularity

An update on the metal halide lamp industry: The opportunity to replace the approximately 7 billion residential and commercial lamps that are currently in use in the United States probably won’t arise, since two-thirds of the lamps in question are incandescents in use in residential installations; h

Getting help to gain a larger residential lighting design market share: If electrical contractors want to grab a larger slice of the lighting design pie, they must “become certified lighting consultants,” said Mark Lien, accredited lighting professional and manager of the SOURCE Educational Center f

Lighting options for roadways, tunnels and bridges New technologies in tunnel, bridge and roadway lighting continue to surface, while existing high-intensity discharge (HID) and fluorescent technologies generate mixed reviews from lighting experts. Glare control is critical.

Speelman Electric assists housing authority in lighting installation When Ameresco was seeking a contractor for the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority’s (AMHA) $10 million energy conservation project, the company called on Speelman Electric Inc., Tallmadge, Ohio.

Keep your eyes on the residential market

  Philips Lighting Company was recognized on November 1 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the first company in the U.S. to launch a company-wide effort towards meeting the EPA’s National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP) waste minimization standards.