For electrical contractors looking for the “next big thing,” a new report suggests that it might be residential battery storage projects. The “ 2018 Utility Energy Storage Market Snapshot ,” released by the Smart Electric...
Allison-Smith Co., Smyrna, Ga., has been doing low-voltage installations since the 1980s, when it began working with IBM to install cable on its projects that involved connecting personal computers to each other. The company...
According to an Aug. 29 press release from Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), 80 percent of construction firms are having a difficult time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the...
According to the latest report from Dodge Data & Analytics , July construction starts dropped a total of 9 percent to a seasonally adjusted rate of $817.4 billion. This is following an increase in May of 14 percent and an...
Last week, the board of directors of the International Code Council announced the establishment of a new ad hoc committee to comprehensively explore and assess building safety and security. "Building safety is an issue of...
According to a new report by the Center for American Progress (CAP), the number of fossil-fuel-propelled vehicles in the United States stands at 113 million. There are also approximately 100,000 gas stations. The next step,...
At the end of July, the seventh annual Science of Smart Cities (SoSC) program wrapped up at New York University's (NYU) Tandon School of Engineering. This year's four-week program focused on four broad areas—energy, wireless...
Each year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) promotes a "Safe + Sound Week" to encourage businesses, employees and organizations to increase their awareness of workplace safety and health. This year's...
Last Thursday, Aug. 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed a freeze on auto emission standards at 2020 levels and proposed to revoke...
Last week, Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will move to rescind California's authority to set its own emission standards...
With the increase in customer generation, such as solar power and microgrids, as well as the continued focus on energy efficiency, electric utilities' profits have sagged. That is, not only are utilities losing revenue as a...
As part of its journey to toward total carbon neutrality, the City of St. Paul, Minn., has set a goal to make all public buildings carbon-neutral by 2030 and all private buildings carbon-neutral by 2050. Other efforts on its...
