February 2020

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Debate Over Refrigerant Gases Holds Up U.S. Energy Bill in the Senate

It's the nature of politics that even the best ideas fall victim to disagreement and dissent. On Feb. 27, a massive bill to address global warming stalled in the Senate as members debated how to address hydrofluorocarbon...

Green Building

Feb 15, 2020

NYC’s Multitasking Green Roofs

Holly Sauer

In April 2019 the New York City Council passed The Climate Mobilization Act with the goal of reducing greenhouse gases released from city buildings, which requires the city to implement green roofs, miniature wind turbines or...

Your Business

Feb 15, 2020

January Construction Starts Off With a Bang

William Atkinson

According to the latest report from Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), construction spending in January increased 1.8% to $1.369 trillion from December and 6.8% from January 2019, with all major segments logging...

Your Business

Feb 15, 2020

Improving Smart Grid Resilience by Modeling Interdependencies

Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Better modeling is needed to accurately determine the impacts of disruption of smart power grids on communication networks and vice versa, according to a review of existing literature by researchers at the Energy's Department...

Your Business

Feb 15, 2020

Electrical Contractor Sends Survey for 2020 Profile of the EC

Holly Sauer

Recently, Electrical Contractor magazine sent out its biennial “Profile of the Electrical Contractor” research study as it has done for more than 50 years. The survey is sent to a random sample of Electrical Contractor...

Your Business

Feb 15, 2020

Judge Increases Penalty for PG&E for California Wildfires

Rick Laezman

PG&E, California’s largest utility, is buckling under the pressure from its role in multiple deadly wildfires. As it strives to emerge from the protection of bankruptcy, filed for in the aftermath of the fires, the utility...

Safety

Feb 15, 2020

IEEE’s ESW Conference Turns All Eyes to Safety

Holly Sauer

The institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Electrical Safety Workshop (ESW) is intended to change and the electrical safety culture, according to the organization. The 2020 ESW conference was held from...

Your Business

Feb 15, 2020

NETA’s PowerTest Conference Held Last Week

Holly Sauer

The InterNational Electrical Testing Association (NETA) held their PowerTest electrical maintenance and safety conference from Feb. 24 through Feb. 28 in Chicago. NETA accredits third-party electrical testing firms and...

QUIZ: Cables and Communications

Article 770 and Chapter 8 of the National Electrical Code apply to fiber optic cables and communications systems. Chapter 8 covers communications systems and is not subject to the requirements of Chapters 1 through 7, except where they are referenced in Chapter 8.

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QUIZ: Spot the Difference

Do you think the requirements for inspecting and testing fire alarms and fire sprinklers are the same? Do you know the different requirements between NFPA 25 and NFPA 72?

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February 2020

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An International Education

Movie Magic: Dynalectric Electrifies the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

A Step in the Right Direction: The benefits of hiring formerly incarcerated individuals

Women at Work: Working Toward Gender Parity

You’ve Got a Friend: Partner With the Facility Manager

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Debate Over Refrigerant Gases Holds Up U.S. Energy Bill in the Senate

NYC’s Multitasking Green Roofs

January Construction Starts Off With a Bang

Improving Smart Grid Resilience by Modeling Interdependencies

Electrical Contractor Sends Survey for 2020 Profile of the EC

Judge Increases Penalty for PG&E for California Wildfires

IEEE’s ESW Conference Turns All Eyes to Safety

NETA’s PowerTest Conference Held Last Week

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