The Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs (OAFC) has teamed up with the Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario (ECAO) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Construction Council of Ontario (IBEW CCO) to laiunch a new campaign.
Launched last week, Electric Autonomy Canada is an an independent, online business-to-business, news and event forum covering Canada’s transition to electric, autonomous and on-demand mobility.
Do you know a BCIT student in the Electrical or Engineering Technology Program? E.B. Horsman & Son are sponsoring a $1,000 2019-2020 BCIT entrance award. Application deadline: August 5, 2019.
The Authorized Service Provider designation enables Westburne to deliver Rockwell Automation services through their factory trained team of specialists. These services include installed base evaluation, network assessment, arc flash assessment, lockout/tag-out assessment, and start-up of variable frequency drives.
Registration is open for the 2019 Supporting Women in Trades Conference. Join the 300+ delegates planning to attend and help identify practical action items for making tangible change.
The Canadian Electricity Association announced funding for a partnership with Natural Resources Canada to facilitate guidance documents for electric utilities to create sector specific climate change adaptation plans.
Constructing power-intensive data centres where electricity can be obtained on a climate-friendly basis, for example in wind turbines: this has been the idea of “WindCORES” for a couple of years now.
Spark Power Group, an independent provider of integrated power solutions to industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) customers across North America, took over Evergreen Brick Works on Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 for its inaugural Future of Power conference.
Vaughan, Ontario is joining the Smart Gigabit Community Club. Vaughan is just north of Toronto and is Canada’s 17th largest city by population; it was Canada’s fastest growing between 1996 and 2006.
Just in time for summer, Rittal has launched its popular Summer Cooling Promo on its best-selling CSA-approved enclosure air conditioners and fans.
In 2030, 75% of Alberta’s building stock will consist of buildings in existence today. Accordingly, deep energy retrofits of existing buildings are an untapped trove of energy potential. However, are the retrofits we’re recommending today really best practice for the Alberta of tomorrow?
The Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario (ECAO), the Ontario Electrical League (OEL) and the IBEW are joining forces to work with the Ontario government to educate them on why reducing the scope of practice of a 309A Electrician-Construction and Maintenance would risk public safety and deter others from entering the trade.
To showcase the exceptional work performed by member-contractors throughout the country, the National Electrical Contractors Association’s Project Excellence Awards recognize companies for their outstanding commitment, professionalism and ingenuity in delivering an electrical project across 12 different market sectors.
Guest speaker at this Women in Renewable Energy – WiRE event is Colleen Giroux-Schmidt, Vice President – Corporate Relations for Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. Giroux-Schmidt has over a decade and a half of experience in resource development with an extensive knowledge of the renewable energy sector.
Canada’s energy efficiency goods and services sector directly employed 436,000 permanent workers in 2018 and is poised to grow by 8.3% this year, creating over 36,000 jobs, according to a new report.
Expanding programs for women who might be considering a career in the skilled construction trades, or who are already in them, is the goal of a new joint initiative of Canada’s Building Trades Unions and the federal government.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
