This month the first of two high-voltage power transmission cables that will enable the transmission of clean, renewable and reliable electricity from Newfoundland and Labrador to Nova Scotia was successfully anchored at Point Anconi, NS…
Alectra Utilities recently presented a Hamilton, Ontario retirement and long-term care residence with an $18,000 incentive cheque following its most recent extensive lighting retrofit project…
Silicon Energy flat plate photovoltaic modules that bear an Intertek Certification Mark for Canada and the United States may not comply with relevant safety requirements…
Earlier this month 2,300 elementary, high school and college students competed in 68 skilled trades and technologies contests as part of Skills Ontario’s annual Skilled Trades Competition…
The Alberta government’s efforts to encourage development of the province’s abundant wind energy resource has captured the attention of investors who see a long-term opportunity for growth in the market…
Quebec’s TechnoCentre éolien has successfully tested a lighting intensity dimming solution (LIDSTM) developed by Technostrobe…
With 28% of the electricity used by Nova Scotians in 2016 coming from renewable resources, Nova Scotia has topped its previous high mark of 26.6%, set in 2015…
Alectra Inc. has completed a feasibility study for mass adoption of the utility’s residential solar storage pilot, Power.House, in Ontario’s Southern York Region…
North Bay will soon be the site of a $4.5-million electrical micro grid that will connect Memorial Gardens, the YMCA, aquatic centre and Thomson Park, reports Jennifer Hamilton-McCharles last week in The Nugget…
Canada’s Senate has unanimously passed Bill S-224, the Canada Prompt Payment Act, regulating payments on federal construction contracts. But as Don Wall reports in Daily Commercial News, challenges remain…
Construction labour representatives have requested that 25% of those employed on new government projects be apprentices…
This June 1 golf day in Calgary is just one of four events across the province, planned by members of the Alberta Electrical Association, to raise funds for local scholarships and bursaries…
Researchers are conducting a study among NECA members to explore factors that attract and retain individuals to management positions in the electrical construction workforce…
The Westin Ottawa will become one of the first Westin hotels to achieve long-term sustainability with its 30/20 by 2020 conservation plan, which will see the hotel reduce energy use by 30% and water consumption by 20% as of 2020…
The Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Awards has honoured two top apprentices with specialty awards, one of which earned a Top Electrician award…
As of May 1, 2017, three electrical codes are in force in Alberta, under a new regulation allowing for automatic adoption of new codes one year after publication…
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
