Study Assesses Canada’s Potential EV Market

Using today’s electricity grids, plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) could potentially cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80-98% in British Columbia, 45% in Alberta, and 58-70% in Ontario, reports a new study on Canada’s potential market for PEVs…

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Clean Energy Investment and Capacity: Canada Has Its Best Year Ever

Other nations may be growing their clean energy sectors at a faster clip, but Canadians still have a lot to celebrate. When it comes to investment and boosted capacity, we just had a banner year.

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Ice Rink Upgrades Save BC City $82,500 Annually

As a teenager, Richard Ching went backpacking, canoeing, and camping around British Columbia, revelling in the outdoors. In his capacity now as an energy manager for the City of Burnaby, he is helping to preserve the natural environment for generations to come…

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What Contractors Buy

Among 13 purchasing categories, almost 90% of respondents buy wire and cable but only 44% buy cabling. See what’s in between.

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How Contractors Can Capitalize on Social Media

There are more than a few ways you can find a contractor in 2015. Which one is most popular, you ask? There is not a single correct answer to that question. The typical person looking for a contractor realizes how important it is to make the right choice…

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July New Housing Price Index Up 0.1%, After a 0.3% Increase in June

The combined region of Toronto and Oshawa was the top contributor to the increase, with prices up 0.3% over the previous month. Builders reported market conditions and higher labour costs as the main reasons for the gain…

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Don’t Underestimate Your Estimating System’s Potential

Knowing what to charge clients for the work you do is often the difference between long-term success and eventual failure for the business. Many contractors look at estimating simply as a way to determine the cost of a project…

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Profit Sharing By Job

Construction project managers earn almost 3X more in profit sharing than electrical project managers.

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Behind the Scene: A New Solution for Connecting Consumers with Their Utilities

Would you like your thermostat to interact with your utility in real-time? Or integrate with an award-winning Weather Solutions application to provide accurate weather forecasts and alerts that, in turn, enable you and your utility to make wiser home comfort decisions?…

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Key Factors to Maintaining Arc Flash Safety, Part 1

When an arc fault occurs, the result is a massive electrical explosion. The light and heat emitted by the explosion is known as the arc flash, and the pressure wave is known as the arc blast…

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It’s Not Just the Technical Stuff That’s Important

As students head back to school and reality sets in that winter is not really that far away, I am often asked how those looking to enter the electricity workforce for the first time can set themselves apart from the competition…

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Engineering Services Lead Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index Increase

Canada’s Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index (AESPI) edged up 0.2% in Q2 from Q1…

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July Building Permits Decline Slightly from June

Building permits issued by Canadian municipalities edged down 0.6% to $7.7 billion in July, following a 15.5% increase in June. Lower construction intentions in the non-residential sector, mainly in Ontario and Alberta, accounted for much of the decrease at the national level…