Taking Efficient Lighting to the Next Level
Sep 1, 2005,
The International Facility Management Association's (IFMA) 2005 Sustainability Study found that 70% of facility managers have implemented some form of...
Top Dollar for Design
Aug 1, 2005,
What Do Engineers Charge per Hour in 2005? Electrical $85 Civil $82 Mechanical $76 Sr. Civil $106 Sr. Electrical $103 Sr. Mechanical $100 They may be...
Selecting the Right Battery
Aug 1, 2005, By Alexander Kusko, Sc.D, P.E., Exponent, Inc., and John DeDad, Editorial Director
Thanks to their use of sensitive electronics, which are based in large part on digital controls, manufacturing plants, telecommunications facilities,...
What Do You Know About Capacitive Voltage Sensors?
Aug 1, 2005, By Duane Smith, Fluke Corp.
Tick tracer. Glow meter. Sniffer. They go by many names, but capacitive voltage sensors are all designed to do one thing: detect the presence of voltage...
Achieving Discrimination of Circuit Breakers in Computer Rooms
Jul 1, 2005, By Mark Welte, P.E., EYP Mission Critical Facilities, Inc.; and John Winter, Square D Co.
You may have experienced a short circuit on a 15A to 100A branch circuit that also tripped the main breaker in that same panelboard, resulting in widespread...
Protecting DC-Fed Electronic Equipment
Jul 1, 2005, By David Armitage, Schaffner EMC; and Chris Palagi, Oleg Volfson, and Mark Wojcicki, Anderson Power
In the past, the biggest problem facing a facilities engineer was the threat of damaging transients created by the operation of highly inductive loads...
Calculating Voltage Drop in Power Distribution Systems
Jun 1, 2005, By Shanmuga S. Pandian, SOFCON
Do you know what you need to know to correctly size conductors for voltage drop? ...
The Inevitability of Design/Build
Jun 1, 2005, By Michael Eby, Editor-in-Chief
The Top 40 Rise Up
Jun 1, 2005, By Michael Eby, Editor-in-Chief
Talk about a year to remember. The design firms in EC&M's 2005 Top 40 list enjoyed an average year-over-year gain of 8.75% in design services. Maybe this...
How to Specify the Right Motor Control Center For the Job
Jun 1, 2005, By Patrick Daley, P.E., Devon Engineering
Motor control centers (MCCs) were first introduced in 1937 as a way to conserve wall and/or floor space in industrial facilities. Before 1960, wall-mounted...
Picking the Right Control System for Your Industrial Facility
May 1, 2005, By David Krahling, Interstates Companies
Control system technologies are continually evolving, providing designers and facility owners with an ever-increasing array of options. Programmable logic...
Leading Technological Innovation From Within
Apr 1, 2005, By Amy Florence Fischbach, Staff Writer
If you haven't invested in information technology (IT) at your company, you may feel like a marathon runner with two days of training and a worn pair...
New Form of Electricity Generation Puts Oregon in the Spotlight
Mar 1, 2005,
A new study from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) claims that a new form of electricity generation could soon wash ashore. EPRI worked with...
Money Back Guarantee
Mar 1, 2005, By Matthew Halverson, Managing Editor
The check Greg Mattison handed to Tom Colvin in February 2004 was unique for a couple reasons. First, it was big. Not just in terms of the dollar amount...
The Future of Fuel Cells
Feb 1, 2005, By Amy Florence Fischbach, Staff Writer
How far away is the commercialization of a cost-competitive fuel cell?...
