Survey Says: Electrical Buyers’ Info Sources
Almost all buyers rely heavily on websites and industry publications, both digital and print. Social media, not so much. However, usage is growing steadily.
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Echelon Outdoor Lighting Enhances Public Safety through IBM Watson Internet of Things
Echelon Corporation is collaborating with IBM Watson IoT to bring cognitive intelligence to its adaptive streetlight control platform, helping municipalities transform into smarter, safer and more sustainable cities. Echelon will infuse Watson IoT capabilities into its next-generation, adaptive LED lighting control solution to form a pervasive, more intelligent infrastructure that can easily integrate IoT applications to address municipal safety, environment and energy challenges.
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Canadians React Positively to National Plan
Although some provincial premiers have expressed concerns about the economic impacts of taking action to cut carbon pollution, a recent poll shows a strong majority of Canadians do not share those concerns.
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Canada’s First Utility-Scale Storage System “Islands” Remote BC Town
An innovative community microgrid solution from S&C Electric Canada Ltd. now brings reliable power to the remote town of Field, British Columbia. Since going live, the system has saved Field from power outages due to tree falls, car accidents, avalanches and fires for a combined 126 hours. The longest single duration was 22 hours. This system has the potential to be replicated and adapted to other remote communities that could benefit from this technology. Read on to find our more about the challenges and the solution.
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Nyx Hemera Technologies: Intelligent Lighting for Dark Tunnels
New York City’s Queens-Midtown tunnel is the latest lighting project to be undertaken by Quebec City’s Nyx Hemera Technologies, which provides flexible and intelligent lighting control systems for roads tunnels. The company’s flagship solution is the Tunnel Lighting Addressable Control System (TLACS).
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Q4 Non-residential Construction Investment Declines for 7th Time in 8 Quarters
Investment in non-residential building construction totalled $12.3 billion in the fourth quarter, down 0.7% from the previous quarter. This marks the seventh decrease in eight quarters. Nationally, the decline reflected lower spending on commercial and industrial building construction.
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Taking on Risk and Uncertainty
In 1986, after spending a few years in university and working at various construction jobs, I received a phone call from a company that I’d applied to for employment. The human resources manager informed me that I’d been selected from a number of candidates for what was, at that time in my life, my dream job.
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A Short History of Safety Norms For LEDs
What came first: the chicken or the egg? In technical files the answer is simple: first comes the product, then the standard. In 1993, when Nichia introduced the blue LED (based on GaN), the issue of photo biological safety was taken into consideration. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) decided to include LEDs in the laser product category and related norms (IEC 60825). This decision was based on the use of infrared LED in the fibre communication system due to its very narrow band.
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A New Year and a Fresh Look at Your Career
It’s that time of the year again where we recover from holiday indulgences and make resolutions that we know we won’t keep past February.
Regardless of your own personal promise (eat less, exercise more, stop betting on the horses), there is one thing that you should be looking to do in January and that is to spend time evaluating your career goals.
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Could Technology Help Improve Electrical Compliance?
Research conducted on behalf of the BC Safety Authority (BCSA) could provide a technical solution to a key compliance barrier.
BCSA estimates that up to 50% of electrical work done by contractors in the province is performed without required installation permits. Unpermitted work is linked to higher risk to worker and public safety.
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5 Mistakes Electrical Contractors Repeatedly Make on Social Media
Social media has become an integral part of our daily lives. It has also become a place for businesses to make connections, network and spread the word about anything they would like to share. Despite the unlimited potential social media marketing offers electrical contractors, only some of them use it. Even fewer use it properly.
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Survey Says: What Electrical Contractors Are Buying
For 2017, six products are forecast to be within 10 points of each other.
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PoE Lighting Revenue Forecast to Increase 1100% by 2026
Since Power over Ethernet (PoE) lighting is in its infancy, there is still skepticism about using PoE technology for lighting. The success of PoE technology for other use cases, such as phone systems, has not translated into widespread acceptance for the lighting market. However, a Navigant research report forecasts that global revenue for PoE lighting will grow from an estimated US$35.8 million in 2016 to US$419.9 million in 2025.
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Guide to the Canadian Electrical Code, Part I — Instalment 20
In this article: Section 36 — High Voltage Installations. The CE Code is a comprehensive document. Sometimes it can seem quite daunting to quickly find the information you need. This series of articles provides a guide to help users find their way through this critical document. This is not intended to replace the notes in Appendix B or the explanations of individual requirements contained in the CEC Handbook, but will hopefully provide some help in navigating the code.
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IoT and Its Application in Electrical Power Systems, Part 2
In this second of two parts, Wasim Khan continues his discussion of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Here, he focuses on the power industry. Part 1 appeared in the December 6, 2016 issue of EIN.
