Changing Scene

Recently, the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) held its first ‘virtual’ Annual Meeting and Ontario Electrical Safety Awards to celebrate achievements in electrical safety.

Nergica is joining forces with a group of colleges, institutions, polytechnics and CEGEPs from across Canada to educate a post-pandemic workforce to support a new climate-focussed economic recovery.

Join ESA on Zoom for their first webinar of the fall, Electrically Safe Work Practices: Approaches and Rationale for Work Planning, Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Mitigation. 

Power management company Eaton recently announced it has launched a new recycling program based out of its Emerald Road facility in Greenwood, South Carolina, that allows customers to responsibly dispose of aged, obsolete or damaged power capacitor units.

Walmart and Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation today announced a new collaboration that will provide increased access to renewable energy for Walmart’s US-based suppliers, enabling them to lead on climate action.

Being able to quickly adjust to the unexpected is a big part of any construction project, but solar installers have their own unique set of unexpected issues to overcome.

Supported by its 70 Green Building Councils and their +36,000 members, the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) network launches Sustainable Buildings for Everyone, Everywhere — a new strategy to accelerate and mainstream the transformation of built environments around the world.

Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Strategic Analysis of the Canadian EV Market, predicts that the Canadian electric vehicle (EV) market is likely to experience a possible stagnation in 2020 due to the lack of support from provincial governments.

The City of Saskatoon test drove the first electric bus in its public transit fleet this past July. If the pilot project is successful, the city plans to replace 10 of its conventional buses with electric buses every year.