Focus Turns to Possible Cause of LA Fires
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- Rick Laezman
| Jan 17, 2025
While Los Angeles…
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Solar Panel Angles Help With Efficacy
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- Jim Romeo
| Jan 16, 2025
Wind and weather can reduce solar panels' efficacy or even take them out of service. Researchers in France are looking at optimal ways to adjust…
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Navigating the Economic Seas: 2025 Construction Outlook
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- Jeff Gavin
| Jan 15, 2025
The economy sailed smoothly in 2024. The first half of 2025 looks good, but the second is less certain. This year, the Federal Reserve aims for an…
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Hitting the Mineral Mine: Amptek’s specialized work in the Iron Range has unique requirements and opportunities
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- Susan Bloom
| Jan 15, 2025
According to the U.S. Energy Act of 2020, a critical mineral is defined as a nonfuel mineral or mineral material that’s instrumental in the…

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Cybersecurity and Fire Alarms: New requirements in the 2025 edition of NFPA 72

Thomas P. Hammerberg

| Jan 15, 2025

It’s a crazy world we live in with all the data hacking, scam messages and service disruptions. You would think that having a fire alarm and emergency communications system in a building would not be a threat, but anything that connects to the outside world can become of point of entry to access

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Lighting Revolution in Two Graphs: LED distribution in residential and commercial applications

Craig DiLouie

| Jan 15, 2025

As the LED revolution achieves increasing adoption, a recent report by the Department of Energy illuminates the growth. Published in April 2024, the “2020 U.S. Lighting Market Characterization” estimates technology distribution among the U.S. installed base of units (lamps/luminaires), along with...