November Issue 2006

Featured Articles

Catching Some Zs

By Denise Norberg-JohnsonUnder (Your Business)

Don’t fall asleep at the wheel of your business No matter how well you plan and manage your company,

Looking For The Wizard Of Oz

By Denise Norberg-JohnsonUnder (Your Business)

The man behind the curtain is you

When All the Lights Go Out

By Claire SwedbergUnder (Your Business)

Backup power for commercial/industrial/institutional (CII) facilities

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Reducing the Cost of Material Distribution

(Your Business)

By

Michelle Wilson

November 2006

Part I: The Paradox As the economic landscape of the electrical industry shifts from industrial to commercial/residential, the contractors demand more effective services fro READ MORE

Tidal Power Makes Waves in San Francisco

(Green Building)

By

Rick Laezman

November 2006

Always a trendsetter in a state known for riding in front of the wave, San Francisco has joined a small group of locales to embrace tidal power. READ MORE

Selling the Source

(Green Building)

By

Marilyn Michelson

November 2006

Solar power for the residential market READ MORE

You Say Potato, I Say Tomato?

(Codes & Standards)

By

Mark C. Ode

November 2006

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) documents use a totally different nomenclature to describe the electrical potential between phase conductors and earth than READ MORE

New England Solar Energy Plant Now Largest Brightfield in the Nation

(Green Building)

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November 2006

ON OCTOBER 26, BROCKTON MASSACHUSETTS, inaugurated its new brightfield, an environmentally remediated brownfield that now features a 425 kilowatt (kW) solar energy system. READ MORE

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Products Featured In This Issue

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Software

McCormick’s ABS estimating software helps manage projects. READ MORE

Portable Power

THE ELECTRICIANS WHO INSTALL COMMERCIAL, industrial and residential electrical systems need electricity to do the job, but in many situations, new construction often takes pla READ MORE