According to recent testimony by U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) workplace inspections will increase in the future. In 2017 and 2018, OSHA workplace inspections...
Most experts agree, were it not for a plethora of federal, state and local financial incentives in recent years, including tax credits and rebates, U.S. solar energy would not be nearly as large as it is. Last week, a...
The U.S. streetlight market is evolving quickly. Less than a decade ago, LED streetlights were still merely theoretical for most cities, with only a few cities piloting them. In recent years, LED luminaires have become the...
In April, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the launch of LEED v4.1 Residential , an updated rating system that combines the relevant aspects of four existing LEED rating systems (Single Family and Lowrise...
According to a new report, "Global DER Deployment Database," from Navigant Research, new global capacity deployments of distributed energy resources (DER) are outpacing the deployment of new centralized generation capacity....
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) recently published its first power technology market gap analysis report, titled " 2019 Grid Integration Insights ," which is designed to bridge the gap between the technologies...
According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) " Residential Energy Consumption Survey ," U.S. households consumed an average of 1,105 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity for lighting in 2015 (the...
This year, St. Louis Cardinal baseball fans and players will experience something new at Busch Stadium, especially during night games. In January, electricians from St. Louis-based Sachs Electric Co. began the process of...
According to Dodge Data & Analytics, the number and size of new warehouse starts has been increasing significantly in recent years. In 2010, warehouse construction starts totaled just 49 million square feet. In 2018, however,...
Using 10 years worth of photo and project data provided by Boston-based Suffolk Construction, image analysis firm SmartVid, using its artificial intelligence engine, was able to predict roughly one in five safety incidents...
The latest report from USG Corp. and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce confirm what contractors have known for a long time: It is difficult to find skilled labor. The "Q1 2019 USG Corporation & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial...
According to the newly released “2019 Energy-Efficient Home Design Trends Report," published by Fixr, a remodeling cost information firm, homeowners are becoming more motivated to introduce more energy efficiency technologies...
