Economic Activity Advances in Thirty States in September
Nov 29, 2011,
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia regional economic activity indexes advanced in 30 states in September from August, according to Bernard M. Markstein, Reed Construction Data's U.S. chief economist...
New Survey of Energy Experts Reveals Energy Efficiency Is More Than a Fad
Nov 14, 2011,
A new survey of energy industry experts reveals a surprising consensus on the size of the energy efficiency resource...
Pike Research Publishes Report on Virtual Power Plants
Nov 14, 2011,
Growing investments in distributed energy resources — renewable distributed energy generation, demand response (DR), energy storage, and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) — will require new business and technology platforms to manage the increased level of diversity and complexity, according to Pike Research...
NEMA Endorses Senate Bill to Promote Energy Storage Technologies
Nov 14, 2011,
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), on behalf of its Energy Storage Council, recently endorsed legislation that will spur the deployment of cutting-edge energy storage technologies...
American Institute of Architects Launches Online Database Capable of Matching Stalled Projects with Investor Financing
Nov 14, 2011,
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently announced that it has launched an online database that will let developers and architects network with investors interested in lending to projects that have been stalled primarily due to lack of financing...
European Green Building Space to Almost Quadruple by 2016
Oct 28, 2011,
New buildings and major renovation in the European Union will be nearly zero energy by 2021, though the phrase’s definition will vary significantly by country, according to a new report by Pike Research...
153 Out of 337 Metro Areas Lost Construction Jobs Year-Over-Year in September
Oct 28, 2011,
Construction employment declined in 153 out of 337 metropolitan areas between September 2010 and September 2011, increased in 145 and stayed level in 39, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released recently by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)...
Nonresidential Building Construction Spending Inches Upward
Oct 28, 2011,
Nonresidential building construction spending rose a modest 0.8% in August following a 1.2% decline in July, according to Bernard M. Markstein, Reed Construction Data U.S. chief economist...
North American Business Conditions Improve in October
Oct 28, 2011,
NEMA's Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) indicated that conditions facing the North American electroindustry improved on balance in October, climbing to 57.4 from 50 in September...
Call for Participation to Review: IEEE P3004.8, "Draft Recommended Practice for Motor Protection
Oct 13, 2011,
Rasheek Rifaat, chair, and Lorraine K. Padden, P.E, subgroup chair, invite volunteers, academics, industrial representatives, and other individuals to participate in the review and revision of IEEE P3004.8, "Draft Recommended Practice for Motor Protection in Industrial and Commercial Power Systems"...
FMI Releases Construction Outlook in Third Quarter 2011 Report
Oct 13, 2011,
FMI recently announced the release of its "Construction Outlook: Third Quarter 2011 Report"...
AGC Reports Construction Spending Inches Up in July and for the Year
Oct 13, 2011,
Construction spending increased by 1.4% between July and August and was up 0.9% compared to August 2010, the Associated General Contractors of America reported recently in an analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau data...
Reed Construction Data Forecasts Residential Construction Continues to Struggle
Oct 13, 2011,
According to Bernard M. Markstein, chief economist for Reed Construction Data (RCD), Norcross, Ga., the residential construction market continues to struggle ...
New Survey Shows Smart Meters Increasing
Sep 28, 2011,
A new survey by the Institute for Electric Efficiency (IEE) shows that more than one-in-five households now have a two-way communicating digital electric meter, and that by 2015, more than half of the homes in the country will have one of the new smart meters...
Pike Research Predicts Uninterruptible Power Supply Market to Expand by 12% in 2011
Sep 28, 2011,
Expansion of the worldwide uninterruptible power supply (UPS) market is driven by the growing need to protect sensitive electronic devices from grid power quality instability as well as by the decreasing acceptance of downtime...
SolarTech Streamlines Solar PV Permitting and Inspection
Sep 28, 2011,
SolarTech, a non-profit industry collaborative driving six initiatives to streamline the growth and acceleration of solar in the United States, announced recently the release of the first edition of a Microinverter and AC Module Application Guide...
IES Publishes Standard on Useful Lifetime of LEDs
Sep 28, 2011,
The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) recently introduced a new document, TM-21-11, "Projecting Long Term Lumen Maintenance of LED Light Sources...
Pike Research Releases Report on Electric Vehicle Charging Station Installations
Sep 14, 2011,
A new report from Boulder, Colo.-based Pike Research forecasts that by 2017 more than 1.5 million locations to charge vehicles will be available in the United States, with a total of 7.7 million locations worldwide...
NEMA Supports Transfer of DOE Transmission Corridor Authority to FERC
Sep 14, 2011,
Citing its commitment to improving the regulatory environment for the planning, development, siting, and construction of transmission infrastructure, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) weighed in at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in support of the transfer from DOE to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of certain directives regarding transmission corridors authorized under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct05)...
Reed Construction Data Includes Possibility of Recession in its Economic Forecast
Sep 14, 2011,
Bernard M. Markstein, Reed Construction Data's chief economist, recently offered a revised prediction, which includes a recession scenario, for the firm's economic forecast...
