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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Open for Business: NEC on Signs and Lighting Systems

(Codes & Standards)

By

James G. Stallcup

February 2010

An electrical contractor recently asked me about a municipality that inspected electrical signs and outline lighting systems at in-house manufacturing facilities. READ MORE

Glitter-Sized Photovoltaics Produce Competitive Results

(Miscellaneous)

By

February 2010

Sandia National Laboratories has developed photovoltaic (PV) cells the size of glitter, potentially revolutionizing the way solar energy is collected and used. READ MORE

Keep up Your Defenses

(Safety)

By

Diane Kelly

February 2010

Health topics made headlines in 2009: H1N1 flu, the seasonal flu and their prevention, and no one wants to get these illnesses because they are uncomfortable, inconvenient an READ MORE

Outlet Spacing, Parallel Conductors and More

(Codes & Standards)

By

Charlie Trout

February 2010

If you have a Code-related problem or are experiencing difficulty in understanding a National Electrical Code (NEC) requirement and are wondering why or if such a requirement READ MORE

The Home Depot Gives $1 Million Toward Trade Education

(Miscellaneous)

By

February 2010

The Home Depot announced $1 million in funding for its 2010 Pro Trade Scholarship Program, tripling the $300,000 scholarship fund it first established in 2009 to support stude 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