Bartle & Gibson’s Head Office Customer Appreciation Event Recap
After 3 years, on September 30th, 2022, Bartle & Gibson’s head office finally got another chance to thank its customers for all of their support throughout the recent years.
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Electrical Safety Authority Honoured Nationally for Digital Transformation Efforts
The Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) is proud to be selected as the inaugural CIO award winner by International Data Corporation (IDC) Canada and Foundry’s CIO, for the implementation of an inspector mapping tool.
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Get Smarter About Electric Construction Equipment
Sustainability in the construction industry is being advanced by the public and private sectors. Governments are adopting more clean-air regulations at local and regional levels and companies are adopting sustainability policies and asking partners to help them meet their targets.
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Smart Grid Optimizes Use of Energy for New kīsikāw pīsim Solar Farm
The kīsikāw pīsim solar farm is now in operation – generating renewable electricity to help power the E. L. Smith Water Treatment Plant. The solar farm will provide up to half the energy required by the plant, which supplies 65 per cent of the water required by Edmonton and surrounding communities.
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Ontario Continues Skilled Trades Push with New Career Fairs
The Ontario government is working for workers by launching career fairs this fall to prepare the next generation of young people for rewarding and well-paying jobs in the skilled trades. These fairs address labour shortages in high-demand sectors and help deliver the province’s ambitious infrastructure plans, including building 1.5 million homes by 2031.
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Manitoba Government Accelerating Adoption of 2020 Building Code
The Manitoba government will adopt the 2020 editions of the national model building, plumbing, fire and energy codes, published by the National Research Council, earlier than required by legislation and as soon as practically possible in response to industry feedback on proposed changes to the regulations, Labour, Consumer Protection and Government Services Minister Reg Helwer announced on October 20th.
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Vancouver Company to Provide Electric Drive Trucks for World’s Largest Copper Producer
BHP Group Limited, Caterpillar Inc., and Finning International Inc. announced an agreement to replace BHP’s entire Escondida mine haul truck fleet with electric drive trucks – the world’s largest copper producer, located in the Antofagasta Region, northern Chile.
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Discussing New Milwaukee Tools for the Utility Sector with Mike Burke
Mike Burke is the National Manager for Milwaukee Tool’s utility vertical in Canada. We spoke to him to learn more about what is influencing Milwaukee in the utility industry through discussion about some of their recent product releases, as well as learning more about what goes into product development.
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An Interview with Aleksandr Brehm of Environmental Design Systems on EV Charging Infrastructure
Le monde de l’électricité en ligne recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Aleksandr Brehm, a senior commissioning authority for global engineering design firm ESD.
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Compact Construction Equipment Takes the Electric Lead
When it comes to alternative-powered construction equipment, there’s little doubt that electric-powered compact machines have gained the most traction.
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Innovation Talk: Women in Energy
Women account for 39% of the global labour force, but only for 22% of the traditional energy sector. For management levels, the numbers are even lower. Schneider Electric Canada is hosting a panel discussion to give women the center stage and share their powerful stories.
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Pathways to Net-Zero: Electrification and Transitioning to a Electricity-Based Economy
This article stems from the discussion at Nexans’ Change the Current event hosted this past month at the Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto, focusing on the presentation by Dr. Bruce Lourie, a policy expert and best selling author. The theme of the discussion was electrification, clean energy, and achieving net-zero-carbon in Canada and what an electrified future means practically.
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Deborah Cahill First Woman Inducted into ECABC Hall of Fame
On Thursday, September 29th, ECABC celebrated its 70th Annual General Meeting at the beautiful Inn at Laurel Point in Victoria. During the evening ceremonies, Deborah Cahill—who served as the Association’s President for 14 years from 2008-2022—was surprised with an induction into the ECABC Hall of Fame, the greatest honour the Association can bestow upon its members.
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Phoenix Energy Technologies’ Carbon Manager™ Offers Visibility and Control of Carbon Emissions in Commercial Buildings
Phoenix Energy Technologies (“Phoenix Energy”) announced the launch of Carbon Manager™, a cloud-based, Smart Building application that makes it easy for enterprises to measure and report carbon intensity from Scope 2 emissions sources.
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Bringing Awareness to Electrical Injury Day of Recognition – October 6
The Electrical Injury Day of Recognition is on October 6, 2022, and is sponsored by the Electrical Contractors Association of Alberta, the Canadian Electrical Contractors Association, and the National Electrical Trade Council.
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Schneider Electric Kicks Off Its Innovation Summit Las Vegas With A Call To Keep Accelerating Sustainability Action
Schneider Electric kicked off its Innovation Summit Las Vegas with a passionate call to address the triple crisis – energy, economic and climate – facing governments, businesses and consumers around the globe, and outlining its approach and solutions to achieve this.
