On April 30, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a correction concerning the new “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses” regulation that requires certain...
There are few people in the electrical contracting profession who aren't familiar with LEED, the building rating system created by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), part of which involves the power and electrical...
City governments have always played an important role in the growth of new technology, such as Wi-Fi networks, renewable power, energy efficiency and LEDs. Another new technology, electric vehicles (EVs), is experiencing...
Last time, I wrote about what you can learn from keeping your eyes open, and I continue on that theme this month. This time, we’re looking up and discussing aerial fiber optic cable. Some years ago, in the Fiber Optics...
Security for buildings, intelligent business campuses, and other corporate and government facilities is a critical part of a building's infrastructure. Across industries and government agencies, the physical security of a...
Global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin has announced the development of a new “flow battery,” intended to save utilities money and boost the use of renewable energy. The battery will be made of inexpensive...
In mid-April, the National Center for Fire and Life Safety (NCFLS) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) announced that the NPFA HEROES Experience, the first public fire and life safety educational and...
There have been so many technological and code changes in the last 10–15 years that it makes sense to step back and discuss why we install fire alarm systems and how the components of a fire alarm system work? Unfortunately...
Conductors and equipment covered by the National Electrical Code (NEC)—including prefabricated systems and installations—are required to be approved. NEC tables help Code users accurately apply the requirements. Rules that appear in tabular form and without exceptions provide precise values and information. Use of the tables requires gathering required information and determining the corresponding value within the applicable table.