Joanna Osawe: Driving Gender Equality in the Energy Sector
EIN sat down with WiRE President & CEO Joanna Osawe to learn more about WiRE and the substantial benefits it provides.
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German Technology Day, Hosted by Rittal, Eplan, Wago and Pilz
On November 19, 2019 the German Technology Day hosted by Rittal, Eplan, Wago and Pilz was held in Mississauga.
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Rockwell’s Automation Fair, Advancements for Today and Tomorrow
The show was kicked off by President Blake Moret who welcomed attendees and Rockwell’s partners and announced the formation of its new Digital Partnership Program and expansions of existing partnerships and collaborations.
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Connected Security in Smart Buildings
Climate change, a dwindling supply of natural raw materials, continuous migration to the metropolises: tomorrow’s challenges can only be solved with intelligent, networked buildings, so called smart buildings.
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Customer Experience Spoilers: 4 Ways Your Company May Be Inadvertently Annoying Customers
What words do you think customers would use to describe what it’s like when doing business with your company — responsive, easy, approachable? Or are they more apt to say rigid, robotic, bureaucratic? Customers of course prefer to buy from suppliers who are easy to work with.
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Lighting Makes a Statement in Converted Industrial Office
When eSentire moved to its new corporate headquarters in Factory Square (Waterloo, Ontario), it took over two units of an existing industrial facility with tall ceilings and concrete floors. The fast-growing cybersecurity firm hired DFY Studio to transform the 65,000 sq.ft. expanse into an office building with large common areas and a café.
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Steve Mesh on Space Optimization with Networked Lighting Control
Saving energy is a huge benefit when you use a networked lighting control system. Fixtures can be turned off when not needed. Or they can be dimmed in response to available daylight or other input. Saving energy is a great reason to deploy a networked lighting control system, but it’s not the only one.
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Salaries in the Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Generation Industry
This graph shows average salaries for six positions within the solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation Industry. Of those surveyed, solar energy system installer outpaces project engineer and project manager.
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Paul Hannania Canada’s Fastest Electrician for the Second Year at The Ideal National Championship
For the second consecutive year, Paul Hannania was among the 162 professionals and apprentices to compete in the National competition.
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The Story of How Belden Improved Ethernet Cable Connectors
What do you do when you hear directly from installers that they’re frustrated with Ethernet cable connectors available in the marketplace? You get to the bottom of their concerns and see if there’s anything you can do to make things better.
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On Being a Mentor
It was the early 1970s and baseball was all the rage in my small town. With a population of 11,000 and 10 Little League teams coupled with a bustling farm team feeder system, you were no one if you didn’t play.
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Alex Couckuyt, Southwire Canada’s Director of Operations, Discusses His Career and What Has Contributed to His Success
Alexander Couckuyt, Director of Operations for Southwire Canada, spent the majority of his formative years in Belgium where he undertook his schooling in Business Marketing and Sales before entering an Electrician Apprenticeship program…
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Salary Average Energy Utility Industry by Position
Among five positions, “project manager” leads at $98,000. See how the other four positions compare.
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Building Permits Down 6.5% in September
The total value of building permits issued by Canadian municipalities decreased 6.5% to $8.3 billion in September, largely due to declines in the residential sector.
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Ghosts in the System
No, I’m not referring to some strange Halloween game, but rather a phenomenon which is becoming increasingly prevalent in the workplace. While the term originally referred to the dating world and what happens when someone you’re involved with suddenly stops making any contact, it has now entered the workplace.
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For Safety’s Sake: A Thorough Approach to Protecting Electrical Workers
Electrical workers and facility owners rely on technical professionals to take prudent and economical steps towards increasing worker safety and protecting facility equipment. “Safety by design” describes, what I believe to be, a comprehensive approach to incorporating practical and feasible electrical distribution system design solutions.
