Ameresco and Silver Spring Networks Collaborate to Accelerate Smart Cities

Ameresco and Silver Spring Networks Collaborate to Accelerate Smart Cities

Energy efficiency and renewable energy company Ameresco, Inc. has executed a non-exclusive master reseller agreement with Silver Spring Networks, a networking platform and solutions provider for the Internet of Things, making Ameresco one of several channel partners for Silver Spring’s standards-based offerings…

 

 

4 Women from Electrical Industry among WXN’s Canada’s Most Powerful Women

4 Electrical Industry Execs among WXN’s Canada’s Most Powerful Women

The Women’s Executive Network (WXN) recently unveiled its 2016 list of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winners. The Top 100 Awards celebrate the accomplishments of Canada’s leading female executives who have raised their voices, overturned obstacles, empowered the voiceless and paved a path for the next generation…

 

 

LeGrand Plans for the IoT Revolution with the Launch of “Eliot”

LeGrand Plans for the IoT Revolution with the Launch of “Eliot”

By 2020, there is projected to be 50 billion connected devices worldwide — a staggering trend that is showing no signs of slowing down, as the Internet of Things continues to infiltrate every sector of our economy. Responding to this technological shift, Legrand has introduced “Eliot,” a program for streamlining the connection of all devices…

Ontario Building Code Amendments Propose to Mandate EV Infrastructure

Ontario Building Code Amendments Propose to Mandate EV Infrastructure

Consultations are currently open on proposed changes to the Ontario Building Code. Among the proposals: requiring new homes and townhomes with garages to be constructed with a receptacle in the garage for charging an electric vehicle, and requiring newly-built commercial office buildings and workplaces to provide electric vehicle charging infrastructure…

 

Ontario Proposes Changes to College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act

Ontario Proposes Changes to College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act

The province is proposing amendments to the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 following a review of the act that was submitted to the government in November 2015. However, tradespeople who are concerned the changes will erode scopes of practice and allow untrained, unskilled workers to do the work have already protested at the Ontario legislature…