More companies, including contractors, are leveraging digital twin technologies for a host of reasons, including boosting productivity while meeting their sustainability goals. The market size for digital twins¾virtual...
Most green buildings incorporate technology that changes the way electrical power is consumed. As green building processes gain momentum, essential contractors deeper behind the scenes installing new technology and making it...
As sustainability comes into the mainstay of conversations, it's important for electrical contractors to be vigilant and aware of some developments taking place globally about sustainability and electrical engineering...
Despite tremendous growth in recent years, the electric vehicle (EV) industry needs more than market forces and regulatory pressure to achieve maximum market penetration. That's where the federal government steps in. Included...
While numerous corporations and smaller companies have been making commitments to go “100% clean” in terms of energy in recent years, and many have even succeeded in doing so, public entities have been somewhat slower to make...
More corporations and municipalities are transitioning to all-electric fleets as calls from stakeholders grow louder for achieving greater sustainability and lower long-term costs. “Electric vehicles are going to have a...
As architectural lighting gets more sophisticated and technology options diversify, contractors and their customers can achieve sustainability, in terms of cutting energy use and light pollution. While the potential for...
The lead architect for the newly renovated University of Chicago Keller Center aptly describes the project as a “thoughtful transformation.” Located on the university’s Hyde Park campus, the center is the permanent home for...
Sports and sustainability have teamed up. Not only are professional sports venues, campus athletic buildings and community recreation centers built with cost savings in mind and achieved through clean energy, energy...
Everything can evolve, even the humble parking garage. Today, pioneering garages are accommodating electric cars, using wireless power and operating sustainably. Parking structures in the 21st century could soon be a link...
Lighting technology has become smarter and easier to integrate wirelessly with other systems. The vanguard of lighting technology, LEDs are brighter, cooler, cost efficient and sustainable with a lower carbon footprint. With...
Be it eco-districts or district energy, the result is the same—independent power. In place for decades across the country, district energy is evolving. Eco-districts, a newly coined term, have priorities that often extend...
