Electronic waste is a huge issue, with Statista estimating nearly 50 million metric tons were generated globally last year alone.* Some of the materials traditionally used in LED lamp and luminaire components contribute to e-waste, and the industry is seeking more sustainable material alternatives.
The electrification topic is vast and covers a wide range of possibilities. Industry partners came together at the Electri-fyi Summit for an exploratory discussion about four distinctly different paths for the future of electrification in Canada, developed by the Canadian Electricity Association’s National Emerging Issues Committee.
Canada’s clean energy sector employed 298,000 Canadians as of 2017. What’s more, it’s growing in value by 4.8% every year — a third faster than Canada’s economy as a whole (3.6%).
Horse-drawn carriages as we know them were the primary method of transportation for centuries. Yet, it took eight years for cars to outnumber horses [2] and just 13 for the automobile revolution to be complete.
This graph shows years of experience for lighting designers by percentage. Of those surveyed, only 24% have more than 10 years of experience.
In developing this new metric, LED Lighting Facts and the DOE SSL Reliability and Lifetime Working Group worked to avoid the implication that long lumen maintenance times translated directly to long lifetimes of the complete lamp or luminaire.
In the early 1980s, the Canadian economy took a hard kick to the stomach. Interest rates were sky high, jobs were hard to come by and regular families were losing their homes. It sucked.
In manufacturing, it is not enough to say that the operation of machines and systems is critical to the creation of the end product. “Operation” is only one part of the equation. Efficient production of end products depends on the correct operation of machines and systems in all scenarios.
Bill Maki is an Electrical Engineer from Thunder Bay, Ontario working as a Control Systems Integrator for TS Manufacturing.
Benedict Electrical Contracting Limited is a locally owned and operated family business in Owen Sound, ON. The company began in 1998 with Wayne and Marg Benedict. Their son, Stephen would join the family company not long after it was founded.
Industrial engineers earn the most. The next highest job, maintenance technician, lags by $17,000. Both are far above apprentice electricians.
An Ontario Justice of the Peace has fined an electrical company $55,000 and a supervisor $5,000 for an incident in which an arc flash occurred, burning three workers. The court also imposed a 25% victim fine surcharge ($13,750 and $1,250, respectively), as required by the Provincial Offences Act.
As the smart home grows in popularity, IoT and Wi-Fi security remain front of mind for consumers. The CPX 360 survey reports that more than two-thirds (70%) of consumers are concerned about the lack of security they have from hackers who might interfere or snoop on smart devices in the home.
We know we talk a lot about fibre cleanliness, but let’s face it, contamination of fibre endfaces is still the number one cause of failures — regardless of much we harp on the topic.
Spark Power Corp. is one of North America’s leading independent providers of integrated electrical power services and solutions.
Located at one of the busiest retail intersections in Montreal’s downtown core, 1411 Crescent is a beautiful art deco structure built in 1934. Four floors of offices sit above retail space on the northeast corner of Ste-Catherine Street.
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
