Hannah Fullmer

In late July, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said, last summer, Russian hackers gained access to power company control rooms, according to The Wall Street Journal . On March 15, DHS and the Federal Bureau of...

In June, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the results of a study investigating a group of new LEDs claiming efficacies exceeding 200 lumens per watt (LPW). While all the LEDs performed within 12 percent of their s...

In an analysis of the U.S. Department of Labor’s producer price indexes and employment cost indexes, the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America found that material prices rose nearly 9 percent from May 2017 to May 20...

There really is no substitute for experience. This adage is the reason Professor Michael Siminovitch’s lighting design course at the University of California, Davis is such a valuable opportunity for students to learn about t...

Electric utility Westar Energy has shut down the Jeffrey Energy Center in St. Mary’s, Kan., for investigation after two employees died from severe burns received during an equipment failure on Sunday, June 3. According to the...

For decades, California has led the country in its commitment to clean energy production and energy reduction, adopting solar rebate and net metering programs, and regularly updating its 30-plus-year-old energy efficiency sta...

Edinburgh, Scotland startup Gravitricity has harnessed the potential energy of unused mineshafts as part of its low-cost energy-storage system that could disrupt the renewable energy storage sector. The system calls for a lar...

Amid coverage of Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election, more news of nefarious Russian cyber activity has come to light. This time, a Russian campaign to infiltrate U.S. power and infrastructure sectors gaine...

Nationally, the average rate of full-time employees working without health insurance is 11.7 percent, but many construction professions have rates three, four or five times that amount, according to an analysis of Bureau of L...

Considerable progress has been made in the effort to restore power and communications to Puerto Rico since last September when Hurricane Maria devastated the island’s power grid . According to the United States Army Corps of...

Things are looking up for electrical contractors and the construction industry as construction jobs and contractor confidence are on the rise. Analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) of data released b...

Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood is one step closer to getting a microgrid courtesy of ComEd. Though the project received crucial support from Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) administrative law Judge Jessica L. Cardoni,...