October 2019

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Hubbell’s LBU7-P Emergency LED Emergency Driver

Sylvania’s Quicktronic ProStart Driver

Acclaim Lighting’s 400W Driver

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Keystone Technologies’ Ballast

Wage Growth in Construction Outpacing National Average

Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Amid slowing U.S. wage growth overall, the labor-starved construction industry stands out amongst the rest with electricians especially benefitting. For all industries, annual wage growth in October was 2.1%, unchanged from a...

Your Business

Oct 2019

PG&E Says Shutoffs Likely Avoided Arcing

Rick Laezman

Last month, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) conducted forced power shutoffs to avoid triggering wildfires during extreme weather conditions. They were met with a loud chorus of objections from customers and public officials...

Green Building

Oct 2019

A New Opportunity: Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings

William Atkinson

For electrical contractors involved in building-related energy management, such as sensors, analytics, and smart controls, a new opportunity in a burgeoning technology, according to a new report published by the National...

Green Building

Oct 2019

Colleges Attempt to Reduce Energy Use

Holly Sauer

Institutions of higher education are large energy users. Campus buildings house and feed countless students, and fleets of university buses and shuttles move students and faculty members around campus. To combat this high...

The wind turbine at the University of Delaware. Photo courtesy of the University of Delaware.

Green Building

Oct 2019

Bipartisan Legislation to Reintroduce Energy-Efficient Incentives

William Atkinson

At the end of 2017, two energy-efficient tax incentives expired. One, in section 25C of the tax code, provided a tax credit to homeowners that covered part of the cost of energy-efficient upgrades, including air conditioners,...

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Your Business

Oct 2019

How to Detect PQ Issues You Can’t See

Richard P. Bingham

Some power quality (PQ) potential problems have very few outwardly detectable signs. Voltage sags are called blinks in some trouble reports as the lights have a noticeable change in intensity, as does voltage fluctuations...

A set a of lightbulbs: one glowing, while the others remain dark.

Green Building

Oct 2019

1,000-Turbine, Wyoming Wind Farm Moving Forward

Rick Laezman

Despite rising popularity and growing market share, renewables still face delays. A massive wind farm project proposed for Wyoming has been in the works for over 10 years. On Oct. 21 , Chokecherry and Sierra Madre project...

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Integrated Systems

Oct 2019

NFPA 72 is Not a Design Manual!

Wayne D. Moore

Too many people look at NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, as a design manual and feel using the book is all that is necessary when designing a fire alarm system. Others assume that if they know how to put...

QUIZ: Measurements and Colors

Chapter 3 of the National Electrical Code provides rules related to wiring methods and materials, specifically the electrical wiring of branch circuits and feeders installed in premises wiring systems. Article 300 provides the general requirements while the other articles contain rules specifically related to wiring methods. How well do you know Chapter 3?

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QUIZ: Fire Alarm Requirements of NFPA 72

This quiz is based on the requirements of NFPA 72, 2019 edition.

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October 2019

Table of Contents

Modular Construction Gets a Reboot

Dawn of the 5G: How a new cellular protocol may supercharge wireless

Fueling a Data Center Revolution

Recharge: Battery power and storage continues to develop

Growing Green: Green technology is increasing by leaps and bounds

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Sylvania’s Quicktronic ProStart Driver

Lutron's ESN T-series driver

Fulham’s Longhorse Ballast

Acclaim Lighting’s 400W Driver

Megaman’s 2,000-lumen Tecoh CFx twist-lock LED Light Engine

Universal Lighting Technologies’ Emergency Driver

Halco Lighting’s Ballast

Keystone Technologies’ Ballast

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Colleges Attempt to Reduce Energy Use

Bipartisan Legislation to Reintroduce Energy-Efficient Incentives

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1,000-Turbine, Wyoming Wind Farm Moving Forward

NFPA 72 is Not a Design Manual!

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