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Editors' Pick
Training Day: Lighting Solutions
by
Susan Bloom
| November 2012
| under
  • Lighting

With lighting and communications technology evolving rapidly, lighting manufacturers are under pressure to determine how to best reach out to and train busy electrical contractors (ECs) on new and existing products.

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Fluorescent Supply and Demand
by
Craig DiLouie
| November 2012
| under
  • Lighting

Innovation in fluorescent lighting continues to be fueled by product and building regulations, utility rebates and market preference for products that can deliver lower energy and maintenance costs.

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Commission and Close Out
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| November 2012
| under
  • Green Building

Steps No. 8 and No. 9 of the energy services project delivery process involve procurement, installation, and integration of materials and equipment into operational systems to meet the customer’s energy conservation, efficiency, production and reliability needs.

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Renewable Generation Continues to Grow
by
Rick Laezman
| October 2012
| under
  • Green Building

As we enter the final month of the presidential election campaign, the political rhetoric remains heated. Among the many issues to be debated, renewable energies and the federal policies that support them will no doubt feature prominently.

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Editors' Pick
The LED Revolution Carries On
by
Craig DiLouie
| October 2012
| under
  • Lighting

More than 8 billion lamps illuminate the United States, accounting for nearly 20 percent of all electricity consumption in the nation, according to a study released by the Department of Energy (DOE). The “2010 U.S.

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Procure and Install the Project
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| October 2012
| under
  • Green Building

For a design/build energy services project where the electrical contractor (EC) is the design/builder, project execution follows Step No. 7 of the project delivery process, which involves system design and specification.

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Growth During a Drought
by
Wayne D. Moore
| October 2012
| under
  • Systems

Did you ever wonder why some companies succeed and expand even in a down economy while others struggle to keep their doors open? It is a question worth considering because, once you analyze their reasons for success, you may find ideas you can use to increase your own business.

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In a New Light
by
Craig DiLouie
| October 2012
| under
  • Lighting

The International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) is a model residential and commercial building energy code produced by the International Code Council, an organization dedicated to building safety and fire prevention.

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DOE Invests Heavily In Energy Storage R&D
by
Rick Laezman
| October 2012
| under
  • Green Building

As the use of renewable power, electric vehicles (EVs) and the smart grid become more widespread and integrated, one challenge also becomes more apparent: storage. Thankfully, the experts are on it. This summer, the U.S.

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Editors' Pick
In the Lab and Beyond
by
Jeff Gavin
| October 2012
| under
  • Your Business

It is often said there is nothing new under the sun. There’s truth in that statement, but it ignores the fortuitous mistake or “Edisonian” moment. Such game-changers are often the result of exciting work being done in labs and promising technology picked up by enterprising startup companies.

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Editors' Pick
Gearing Up: Electric Vehicles
by
John Paul Quinn
| October 2012
| under
  • Green Building

In his 2011 State of the Union address, President Obama said, “With more research and incentives, we could become the first country to have a million electric vehicles on the road by 2015.”

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The Smart Grid Takes Shape
by
Jeff Gavin
| October 2012
| under
  • Residential

For the electrical contractor (EC), finding a role in the smart grid shouldn’t be a matter of “wait and see.” Now is the time to prepare for this growing opportunity. If your work involves building automation and lighting controls, you are well on your way.

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Stationary But Powering Forward
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| October 2012
| under
  • Residential

Fuel cells are an evolving technology and a current new market for the electrical contractor (EC). As a result of research and development, fuel cells have become feasible to implement with greater capacity, reduced costs, increased reliability and improved efficiency.

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Design and Specify the Project
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| September 2012
| under
  • Green Building

Once the owner has secured funding for an energy services project, the next step is installation design.

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It’s the Smart Thing to Do
by
Darlene Bremer
| September 2012
| under
  • Systems

Intelligent visual surveillance systems monitor persistent and transient objects within specific environments in real time. The primary intentions for systems are to provide an automatic interpretation of scenes and to understand and predict the actions and interactions of the observed objects.

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Space: The Final Frontier
by
Chuck Ross
| July 2012
| under
  • Green Building

The commercial construction market, in general, remains anemic, with one exception: data centers. Not only are we all buying more data-transmitting smart-phones, tablets, web-connected televisions—and, yes, even PCs—we also are moving data from our own hard drives to remote “cloud” servers.

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Define the Energy Project
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| July 2012
| under
  • Green Building

Beginning with the set of feasible energy project opportunities that you identified in Step No. 4, Step No. 5 further analyzes them as a group to develop a comprehensive energy program.

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2012 Profile of the Electrical Contractor
by
Joseph M. Kelly
| July 2012
| under
  • Residential

For the past 50 years, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR has surveyed its readers every other year to get a snapshot of the industry and pinpoint emerging trends, opportunities and other changing dynamics.

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Study: Stimulus Funds Ineffective So Far
September 2009
| under
  • Miscellaneous

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the economic stimulus plan) appears to be having little influence on construction companies’ ability to expand payrolls to date, according to a new industry analysis of the effect of the federal program’s construction spending released by the Associated Ge

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The Lesser Slope
by
Joseph M. Kelly
| June 2009
| under
  • Miscellaneous

Using a skiing analogy, Standard & Poor’s chief economist, David Wyss, explained the current economic situation: “The economy is still heading downhill but on a lesser slope,” he said in the April 23, 2009, S&P Market Views report on BusinessWeek.com. “We’re off the black diamond.

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