Advocating for Change in the Skilled Trades
When I promote the skilled trades, I often highlight the positive and amazing reasons why I love my job. But the truth is, no job is perfect.
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Worthwhile Things Are Hard to Do
I was about 12 years old when I did the most physically demanding thing of my life. As in my whole life, to this day. That was 45 years ago and nothing I’ve done since was more difficult. I’ve run up mountains, competed in triathlons and run ultramarathons, so I consider the bar to be relatively high.
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New Survey Reveals Challenges and Opportunities for Construction Project Cost Management in Canada
Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of construction management software, released Canadian-focused findings from a report developed in partnership with Dodge Data & Analytics, a leading provider of commercial construction project data.
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Whitepaper: Dirty Power – The Invisible Risk for Your Electronics
“Dirty Power” means an unclean supply system. This does not concern the means (environmental aspect) how your utility company generates power, but rather how certain electrical/electronic units are “contaminated”, often unknowingly.
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Grid Modernization and Intuitive Product Design with Chris McCarthy of S&C Electric Company
Chris McCarthy, Senior Vice- President of Sales Enablement & Operations, has 26-years of industry experience with a technical background as an Electric Power Engineer.
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Compliant Arc Flash & Shock Equipment Labels
When arc flash hazard incident energy calculations are completed the resulting incident energy and arc flash boundary information is placed on the electrical equipment with a detailed arc flash and shock equipment label.
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Cybersecurity Assurance for IoT Lighting Systems
We live in a world of connected, intelligent devices referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT), and each year new products are brought online to solve modern-day challenges.
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ABB in Canada for Canada: Shaping Tomorrow Through our Business Ecosystems
ABB believes that the development and nurturing of business ecosystems is essential to creating value for our customers and shaping the future. These networks of suppliers, distributors, customers, competitors, government agencies and other organizations constitute a constantly evolving relationship in which each entity must be flexible and adaptable to thrive.
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Technical Q&A with ESA Technical Advisor Malcom Brown
This technical Q&A was done as part of ESA’s annual Licence Holder Meeting on November 18th. A recording of the entire meeting is available online.
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Collaboration, Education, and Opportunity Behind Partnership Between NECA and ECAO
ECAO and NECA have announced that on January 1 ECAO officially joined NECA as their 119th Chapter. Executive Director Graeme Aitken joined NECA CEO David Long on LinkedIn Live to announce the partnership.
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The Value of Skills Training in a Changing Sector
With the energy transformation in full swing, Canada’s electricity workforce is in the midst of change. The introduction of new technologies, the scaling up of others, and the increased demand for a decarbonised power grid means that the workforce must be able to respond with agility like never before.
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A Year with Networked Lighting Control
Lighting controls are devices and systems that support visual needs and energy management. Over the past 20 years, the general trend has been toward greater sophistication and abilities. In the last decade, the technology underwent a revolution as extraordinary as the shift from traditional to LED lighting.
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Residential Building Permits up for a Third Consecutive Month
The total value of building permits increased 6.8% to $11.2 billion in November. Seven provinces, led by Alberta (+20.6%) reported increases. Construction intentions in the residential sector rose 12.0% while the non-residential sector declined 3.4%.
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Residential Construction Investment Bucks Recent Trend in October
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%.
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Guide to the Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1 – A Road Map: Section 54
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.
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New White Paper Highlights How Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters Work to Avoid Electrocutions Associated with Industry Products
NEMA’s new white paper provides information on GFCIs, products intended primarily to protect human beings from harmful effects of electric shock by sensing ground fault(s) and/or leakage current(s) on grounded and/or ungrounded systems rated 1,000 volts AC or DC and below.
