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I have a pipe tracing project in a food factory that requires different types of piping and different types of products in the pipe that need to be kept warm or hot. What should I be wary of?
Dynamic Lighting Enhances Health and Wellbeing
At the end of 2017, the Nobel Prize for medicine went to three American researchers: Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young.
Room vs. Building-Based Control Systems: Pros and Cons
Room-based lighting control systems have been on the market for some time now. You might think of these as the younger cousins to larger building-wide or even enterprise-wide lighting control systems.
Value of December Building Permits Rebound 4.8%
Canadian municipalities issued $8.1 billion in building permits in December, up 4.8% following a 7.3% decline in November.
Apartments Lead New Housing Construction in November 2017
New housing construction investment rose 7.9% from November 2016 to $5.0 billion in November, mostly attributable to increased construction investment in apartment buildings (+$282.1 million).
Philips Lighting – TrueForce – Save energy, retain your uniqueness
TrueForce. Save energy, retain your uniqueness Easy retrofit installation – take advantage of current fixtures and ballasts for an easy install with immediate energy savings . It’s the perfect switch from HID…
Canadian Electrical Market Sales by Region
Ontario has the most full-line electrical distributors, who represent 37% of all electrical product sales in Canada purchased from these distributors. Quebec follows with 22% of national sales.
New Technology Changing the Canadian Electrical Code
We live in a time when technology is changing almost daily, and few are affected by these changes more than those working in the electrical industry.
Why Robust Industrial Control System Security is Essential to Your Business
Automation is the name of the game for today’s manufacturers and operators of critical infrastructure. The global market for industrial control and factory automation is expected to grow steadily at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.4 percent between 2017 and 2023, from its current value of USD 145 billion.
Can You Answer These Questions About How You Do Business?
One way I help my clients remodel how they do business is to first get them to actually document how they’re doing it now.
Energy Storage Charges Forward
Use it or lose it. Few products in the world have a shorter shelf life than electricity. That’s why pretty much everyone involved in the power sector — from utilities to buyers to start-ups to state regulators — is putting more energy than ever behind ways to extend it. That’s fuelling a boom in projects and investments centred on advanced battery chemistries and alternative energy storage approaches, such as hydrogen fuel cells and thermal options that use hot water or ice to conserve power. The Holy Grail over time is to create a network of resources that can be used in concert with solar and wind farms.
Survey Says: Electrical Utility Market Mix
The electrical utility market’s industrial and commercial sectors represent 81% of the market. Residential comes in third with just 5% of the market mix.
Investment in non-residential building construction
Investment in non-residential building construction totalled $13.7 billion in the fourth quarter, up 1.6% over the previous quarter, marking a third consecutive quarterly increase.
James Solecki Talks about his Company, Integra Lighting
James Solecki is a motivated and involved individual who founded and operates several lighting companies: Integra Works Inc. (Integra Lighting), JSLDesign Inc., LED Lights Direct Inc., Island Villa Lighting Ltd., Island Villa Solar & Light Ltd.
The Electrification of Everything
By Paul Carp and Elaine Hsieh
The expert consensus is broad: the most direct path toward a clean energy future is to replace technologies that still run on combustion — including gasoline vehicles and natural gas heating and cooling — with alternatives that run on electricity, such as electric vehicles and heat pumps, all tapping into renewable or low-carbon power sources. Call it the First Law of Decarbonization: everything that can be electrified, will be.
Britech Responds to Frequently Asked Questions on Electric Floor Heating
Often the cable lengths can be too long and place too high a load on the breaker. Always consult load and length charts from the manufacturer when sizing circuits.
