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Which would it be? NHL referee or journeyman electrician?
Read more: Rob Ruys, Regional Manager, Thomas & Betts / ABB...
Swati Patel is proud of the successes she has achieved so far. Her success is due, in large part, to her courage to take chances, even when outside of her comfort zone.
Stephanie Santini, black belt in Karate, has worked in the electrical and lighting industries for eight years. She spoke with us about her first few years and its challenge...
Michel Guertin Electrical Enterprises is a Montreal area electrical contractor that can fulfil all these electrical service needs: new layouts, renovations, and upkeep, new constructions, office and commercial renovations...
Read more: Guertin Electric, Electrical Contractor Since 1978
Located in Sainte-Julie, PQ,Fusion Electrique is a company with an experienced and dynamic team of electricians...
Read more: Fusion Electrique: Passion, Professionalism and...
On the other end of the phone one recent Monday morning, Cynthia Renaud —formerly a student of policing techniques but now a lighting specialist — tells me with pleasure about her unusual journey...
Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Brad Fraser was on the path to becoming a mechanical engineer when life events led him to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps in the electrical business in 1971. “My mother was ill, so I stayed home to take care of her,” reminisces Fraser, about how he got started...
The following is an encore profile of Michelle Branigan, the indefatigable CEO of Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC). You know her better now thanks to her monthly contributions to our publication.
Whether you’ve enjoyed a hockey game at the Bell Centre in Montreal, shopped at a Wal-Mart store or flown through Pearson International Airport in Toronto, you’ve likely stood under a Peerless-Electric luminaires...
As a first generation electrician, Scott Huckins, owner of Precision Electric, was encouraged to enter into the trades through school and regional competitions like the regional Halton Skills Competition..
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Electrical Industry Canada and the Electrician Forum Need Your Expert Knowledge
As industry experts you know the products you use everyday better than anyone and should have input on what information you receive about products and what could improve them.
Therefore, we want your insight on the biggest challenges or issues you face when installing loadcentres, breakers (CAFI, GFI's…) and other surge protection devices. We ask that you do not provide product specific details but rather your general issues and concerns or any questions that have come to mind while working with these product types. Provide us with your valued expert insight into the issues you have faced so manufacturers can better inform you about the installation and use of these products. Lets generate some discussion that will help guide the Industry.
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What You Need to Know About Cloud, SaaS, and Lighting Systems
There has been a lot of talk about cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) models these days but both are relatively new to the lighting industry. Let’s take a look at what they are as well as their roles in commercial lighting.
What is cloud computing?
Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of compute power, database storage, and applications via the Internet with pay-as-you-go or subscription-based pricing. Cloud computing means that instead of all the computer hardware, software, and data that you are using sitting somewhere inside your company’s network, it’s provided and managed for you as a service by another company and you access it over the Internet.
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The Lumen Maintenance Gap
This article is an excerpt from a technical brief, “Understanding LM-80, Lumen Maintenance, and LED Fixture Lifetime,” by Philips Color Kinetics.
Test results of lumen maintenance in conventional and LED light sources differ considerably. This is known as the lumen maintenance gap. These tests are performed to determine the useful life of a light source. But how do we compare lighting technologies satisfactorily if test results of a same designation do not mean the same thing? These lumen maintenance measurement distinctions are those we will examine in this article, as a clear understanding of this gap will have a significant impact on the installation, maintenance and replacement cost calculations of lighting products.
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Test Your Telephone Effectiveness: Are Your Phone Practices Winning or Losing Customers?
By Jeff Mowatt
If your customers aren't impressed by you or your co-workers on the telephone, they can switch businesses by merely hanging up and dialing the competition. So, your telephone skills can have a significant impact on your business and your career.
To find out how you and your co-workers are perceived, take this telephone test. While you’re at it, have a friend make a “mystery call” to see how your fellow employees measure up.
Jean-Marc Myette: from Ty-Rap to Robotics, an insider’s Look at the Electrical Industry
By Line Goyette
Meeting people in our industry often comes with surprises. This was the case with Jean-Marc Myette, Business Development Manager of ABB’s Electrification Products Division and chair of the Board of Electro-Federation Canada’s Quebec section. Not only does he know the electrical industry down to the most minute product and technological innovations, he is also a professional car racer on sabbatical, and someone very involved in his business community and personal life.
