Jeff Gavin

An LED street-lighting transformation is on the rise. Cities considering smart street-lighting advancements more than doubled to 59, according to the Northeast Group LLC, a Washington, D.C., smart infrastructure market...

Hospitals may be institutions, but their institutional look is fading. Elements from the home, the hotel and the great outdoors are adding warmth and hospitality. This change has extended across healthcare from assisted...

Educator. Botanist. Comforter. Electrical line contractors often assume any combination of these roles when property owners question necessary tree pruning or removal. The adage “power is king” gets complicated when right...

Wiring to ensure quality and constant connectivity in commercial developments has become a larger part of the job for electrical contractors. A road map for success would be helpful. WiredScore may be one solution. Begun in...

What a wild roller coaster ride we took in 2020. The year began amid a historic but softening U.S. economic expansion. Then COVID-19 struck. The descent was brutal. An earlier-than-forecast recession took hold, hitting the...

Our eyesight begins a slow decline starting at around age 30. By 80, the amount of light we take in has reduced to one-fifth of what we do at age 20. The construction industry is paying attention. Lighting professionals and...

For years, task lighting was utilitarian. It was a device slapped on a desk for those toiling into the night or working in a windowless office. It was a tool spreading light over a table for accountants, architects or other...

Through sensors, receivers and big data, the smart farm is taking shape. In the 1980s, GPS cracked the door. Mobile communication, artificial intelligence and a multitude of sensors have blown it wide open. To get it done...

For many new homeowners, energy savings, better indoor air quality and water conservation are an expectation. What’s good at work is now good for home. Mirroring that desire is the growth in green home certification programs...

Perhaps it is incremental. Maybe it is all in. Either way, making one’s operations more productive can equate to profit and growth. Practices such as Lean Design and Construction, Agile Methodology and Continuous Improvement...

The great outdoors is becoming an option for office workers as four walls disappear for those who want fresh air and sky to feed performance, collaboration and wellness. Providing wired and wireless power to make this...

Lighting in hospitals and other healthcare settings is in transition. Each space within the building is being recognized for its different occupants’ needs. Strategic deployment of digital lighting in terms of lumens, color...