Jeff Gavin

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...

Power over Ethernet may finally be coming of age. This alternative way of delivering power using computer networking technology now accommodates 90 watts (W)/57 volts (V) to readily power lighting and lighting systems...

A seat at the table isn’t assured when integrated design is more idea than practice. Certainly, an electrical contractor’s presence can help to facilitate project goals early in a project design. Partnering with the facility...

“Blurry” and “static” are good descriptors for 2019, when economic challenges were boisterously discussed. Trade tensions, Mother Nature’s wrath and turbulent politics tested growth and will continue to hover over the longest...

The lead architect for the newly renovated University of Chicago Keller Center aptly describes the project as a “thoughtful transformation.” Located on the university’s Hyde Park campus, the center is the permanent home for...