February Issue 2010

Featured Articles

Retro-Renewables

By Richard P. BinghamUnder (Your Business)

Though there are many green buildings being designed and built from the start with significant cons

A Smart Start: Metering

By Chuck RossUnder (Your Business)

Large commercial, industrial and institutional building owners have been tracking their energy use

Design Intervention

By Darlene BremerUnder (Miscellaneous)

Located on Temple Square, the Salt Lake Tabernacle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain

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It's a Small, Small World: Microgrids

(Your Business)

By

Chuck Ross

February 2010

Bringing power to the people could be more than just a 1960’s era goal for social change if promoters of localized electricity distribution systems—called “microgrids”—have t READ MORE

February Quiz With Correct Answers and Explanations

(Miscellaneous)

By

February 2010

Connectors are key components in the performance of any voice, data and video (VDV) cable plant, either fiber or copper. READ MORE

Broadband Coming to a Small Town Near You

(Miscellaneous)

By

Rick Laezman

February 2010

Technology, like an athlete, is only as strong and as effective as its most glaring weakness. Or so the saying might go for the Obama administration. READ MORE

Branch-Circuit, Feeder and Service Calculations, Part XLVII

(Codes & Standards)

By

Charles R. Miller

February 2010

Load calculation requirements are in Article 220 of the National Electrical Code (NEC). READ MORE

Eastern Utilities Set Records During Cold Spell

(Your Business)

By

February 2010

As the Eastern United States experienced a severe cold spell, utilities saw record winter peak-electricity demand. READ MORE

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Products Featured In This Issue

Vehicle Equipment

1 Fleet Tracker > AP GPS Systems’ APGPS Gold vehicle tracker uses a combination of GPS, GSM and GPRS technologies. READ MORE

Cool Tools: Fish Tapes

From a length of stiff wire pushed through a pipe to a precision instrument for running wire through conduit and many other confined, difficult-to-access spaces, the evolution READ MORE