The Government of Canada has demonstrated leadership in propelling Canada’s transformation to a low-carbon economy. Innovative government policies, like labelling building energy performance, developing retrofit codes, and offering low-cost financing for retrofits, will be effective in moving the sector forward.
Houle Electric has installed a 200 square inch monitor at the Northern Lights College, by far the largest to be deployed within a BC school. This upgrade not only includes the monitor display, but also a video conference system that will help students interact with teachers all throughout the province.
Both the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) said they are investigating after a fire broke out at Canadian Natural Resources’ (CNRL) Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray, Alta.
Plan Group Inc. has announced that it has been selected the sub-contractor of choice to provide Electrical, Mechanical and Information Communications and Automated Technologies (ICAT) for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s new Niagara Falls Entertainment Centre project.
The Ontario Energy Network has announced the winners of the 2017 scholarships. The winners are both outstanding young women that have already spent some rewarding time working in the energy sector.
Wireless infrastructure provider American Tower Corporation has formed an alliance with Philips Lighting to co-develop a high performance smart street lighting pole for smart city applications in the US. The project will focus on US development but will inevitably have implications for wider use as Smart technology continues to make its way into public spaces.
Starting September 8, 2017, a $2 fee will be charged to your Electric Circuit account for all requests to activate an electric vehicle charging station through the CAA-Québec help line. This will be in addition to the cost of your charge.
The National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) is a nationwide celebration to heighten awareness of today’s availability of plug-in vehicles and highlight the benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric cars, motorcycles, and more.
Contractors Guild, Ainsworth, Symtech, Plan and ACML donated their services to temporarily reconfigure the buildings’ automated lighting systems, while a crew of staff and volunteers worked to open and close blinds on over 6,000 windows across the TD Centre’s five towers to create the message “Less is more or” in 100-foot-tall lights.
Wade MacLauchlan, Premier of Prince Edward Island, and Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Member of Parliament for Cardigan, have celebrated the completion of the Northumberland Strait Submarine Transmission System project.
An electrical utility contractor in southwestern Ontario has pleaded guilty and been fined $70,000, after two workers suffered burn injuries last year.
The Little Long plant on the Mattagami River in Ontario is about to undergo its first significant upgrade since coming online in 1963. Like many other hydro plants, it’s remained virtually unchanged. Ontario Power Generation recently hired GE for a complete mechanical overhaul of Little Long’s two oldest turbines.
Construction is to begin early next year on the Barrie-Simcoe Emergency Services Campus and Wallwin Electric was selected at the outset of the project by Marcus Gillam, president and CEO of the Gillam Group
Lighting for healthcare presents unique challenges for accommodating the diverse populations who occupy this environment—from the physicians and nurses working dayshift or nightshift to the patients, all with varying needs, including the youngest and perhaps most vulnerable members of our population, infants in the NICU.
Hydro-Québec will sponsor TeamMTL’s entry in the Solar Decathlon China 2018, which takes place in Dezhou, Shandong Province, in northeastern China. Hydro-Québec, with the support of Québec’s Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles, will provide the team with $250,000 in funding, as well as in-kind support, to help complete the construction of its green residential design concept.
Schneider Electric has agreed to merge with British software company AVEVA in a deal worth nearly $4 billion. The two companies tried to merge two previous times, and plan to have the deal completed before the end of 2017. Schneider will own 60% of the combined company.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
