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Apr 2017

A Big Idea for Small Houses

Jeff Gavin
Tiny houses are having their moment. They have their own television shows, magazines and festivals around the country. Enthusiasts call it a movement toward a simpler and freer way of life. Hype may best numbers, but look...
Dec 2016

Residential Electricity Prices Declining


William Atkinson
Residential electricity prices in the United States were set to decline in 2016 for the first time since 2002, according to the Oct. 6, 2016 “Today in Energy” report from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information...
Mar 2015

A Place Like Home

Jeff Gavin
In the new reality of resilient construction, there may be no place like home. According to McGraw-Hill Construction, green-built homes will represent as much as 38 percent of the residential market by 2016. What was a $17...
Mar 2014

Riches In Niches

John Paul Quinn
Despite the fact that the US Census Bureau reported, at the end of 2013, that housing starts had increased 29 percent over the previous year, electrical contractors (ECs) generally agree that the residential market is not...
Mar 2014

Energy Storage Moving Closer to Home

Chuck Ross
It seems like, every other week, a leading research lab announces a breakthrough technology to make batteries more powerful, more durable or a whole lot less expensive—after just a few more years of research and development....
Mar 2013

Wobbly Housing Market Getting Its Legs Back

Rick Laezman
It’s been said that, if you talk to three economists, you will get no less than four different and equally plausible explanations for why the economy is the way it is. This same principle could be applied to recent...
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