Residential Electrical Contracting
Single-family homes and multifamily residential projects are big businesses for electrical contractors, and ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Magazine has you covered with news and monthly articles about electrical contractor residential work, the National Electrical Code sections related to dwelling units, smart homes, new lighting and home innovation technology and more.
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Residential
Challenge to Supplying New Loads: Installing a raceway chase between floors
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An existing multiple-floor dwelling can be a real challenge when supplying additional new loads, especially where there is a basement or crawl space and an attic with a walk-up stairwell that could be changed from a storage area into a livable room.
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Multifamily Hangs On: Residential’s success lives in apartments
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After a successful run over the past couple of years, multifamily hit a rough patch in May, showing a 40% retraction, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Upward Trend in Adaptive Reuse Projects
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Energy Management Dreams: System options and Code requirements
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Completions Rose, but Apartment Starts Fell in 2024 First Quarter
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![Webinar Presents Progress on Residential Energy-Efficiency Upgrades]()
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