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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Calculating Lighting Factors: Determining dwelling unit loads
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For more years than I would like to admit, there hasn’t been a major change in dwelling unit calculations until the 2026 NEC.
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Pump Up the Heat: Heat pump advances are gaining a warm reception in colder climates
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A big shift has occurred in just the last few years as electric heat pump advances have caught homeowners’ attentions. Once seen as only a heating option for those in the South, compressor improvements now are boosting adoption in colder climates as well. Manufacturers are even packaging heat pumps...
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