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Investment in building construction increased 1.6% to $17.8 billion in October, following five months of declines. Provincially, Quebec led the way, with growth of 3.5%.

Rule 54-000 states that this is a supplementary or amendatory section of the code and applies to community antenna distribution, equipment for the reception of radio and television broadcast transmission, and equipment employed in the normal operation of a radio station licensed by the Government of Canada as an experimental amateur radio station.

Charlie Harte is the Canadian President & CEO for LEDVANCE LLC, as well as holding the role of VP of Marketing & Customer Experience for the U.S. and Canada region.

This is the third article we’ve done in this series with Trilliant Canada Managing Director, Steven Lupo.

Lorne Hedges is a National Marketing Manager with Schneider Electric for their residential wiring devices and home automation segments, he’s been with Schneider for over 23 years and has spent his entire career in the electrical industry.

To ease the emotional isolation due to the COVID-19 crisis, many have turned to pet adoption. Canadians spent more than $5.7 billion on their pets in 2020, an increase of about $300 million compared to 2019, according to German market data firm Statista.

Watt’s the Word is a recently launched Electrical Industry Podcast hosted by Zack Hartle and Jason Cox, who are Electricians and Electrical Trade Instructors at SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology).

Rule 52-000 Scope – states that Section 52 is a supplementary or amendatory section of the code and applies to the installation of X-ray and other diagnostic imaging equipment operating at any frequency but does not provide any specifications for safeguards against radiation. Information on radiation safeguards is contained in the series of Health Canada Safety Codes for radiation protection.

Investment in building construction declined 0.7% to $17.5 billion in September, continuing a downward trend that started in May. A decrease in the residential sector was partially offset by a small increase in the non-residential sector.

The total value of building permits increased 1.3% to $10.3 billion in October, led by gains in British Columbia (+15.0%) and Ontario (+4.5%). Construction intentions in the non-residential sector were up 4.2%, while the residential sector edged down 0.1%.

Smart technology is becoming an expected feature in new homes and a necessity in most commercial, industrial, and residential buildings.

Electrozad was incorporated in the City of Windsor in 1955 and has grown to be one of the largest independently owned electrical distributors in Southwestern Ontario.

One platform, multiple solutions – the Eplan Platform offers engineering software such as Preplanning for systematic preliminary planning, Electric P8 for preparing circuit diagrams and Pro Panel for 3D enclosure planning, all from a single source.

As part of Schneider Electric’s Innovation Summit held virtually on November 10^th, Electrical Industry News Week was able to participate in a roundtable with Canadian President, Adrian Thomas. Schneider is a company involved in a number of different industries but the focus for this article is Thomas’ comments on topics relevant to the residential market, as well as on the where Canada is at when it comes to climate change.