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It's Not a Gas! Electrical Vehicles are Here!

By Chuck RossUnder (Systems)

An electric car seems like such a simple, almost childlike, concept—you plug it in, charge it up, a

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New-Home Sales Bounce Back From Record Low in June

(Your Business)

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September 2010

Coming off a historic low in May, sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 23.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 330,000 units in June, according to the READ MORE

How Low Can You Go?

(Codes & Standards)

By

James G. Stallcup

September 2010

I recently found out that electrical engineers and electrical personnel do not always use the same thought process when classifying low-voltage systems, such as Class 1, 2 an READ MORE

An Engulfing Disaster

(Miscellaneous)

By

Claire Swedberg

September 2010

Five years ago, on Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina leveled homes and businesses along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and flooded the city of New Orleans. READ MORE

New Solar Cell Raises the Bar for Conversion Efficiency

(Miscellaneous)

By

Rick Laezman

September 2010

In the quest to make solar power a mainstream electrical power generation source, improving photovoltaic cells’ efficiency has been the industry’s Holy Grail. READ MORE