According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to achieve the President Joe Biden’s goal of 100% clean energy by 2035, hundreds of gigawatts of solar energy will need to be installed, and as much as five times faster than...
According to a survey released by the National Safety Council (NSC), Itasca, Ill., 90% of employers are concerned not only about legal and illicit substance misuse among their employees, but also about their mental health and...
According to a report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, commercial contractors are becoming more optimistic about the future. The report, “U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index—Q1 2021,” noted that...
According to a report from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Washington, D.C., not only is new home construction taking a hit because of high lumber prices, but remodeling projects are starting to feel the...
According to a report from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Washington, D.C., higher interest rates, supply shortages and rising material prices, particularly for lumber, put a damper on new home sales in...
A report from Wood Mackenzie, Annapolis, Md., predicts that the worldwide market for commercial electric vehicle charging equipment (EV charging stations) will be worth more than $243 billion annually by 2045. This is quite a...
The “Cost and Other Implications of Electrification Policies on Residential Construction” report, commissioned by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Washington, D.C., and written by Home Innovation Research...
According to a report from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), Arlington, Va., construction employment declined by 61,000 jobs in February, while the sector’s unemployment rate increased to 9.6% amid severe...
According to a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), small-scale solar projects—defined as solar installations that are connected to the grid, but less than 1 megawatt (MW) in size—are increasing...
According to the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the incidence rate per 10,000 full-time workers for occupational injuries and illnesses from ice-, sleet- and snow-related events in 2017 was 1.8...
According to "U.S. Energy Storage Monitor" report, published jointly by the U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA), Washington, D.C., and Wood Mackenzie, Annapolis, Md., 2,156 megawatt-hours (MWh) of new energy storage systems...
Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Reston, Va., releases an “Infrastructure Report Card” that rates the condition and performance of the nation’s infrastructure in 18 categories such as aviation...