January 2010
Cover Story
Renewable Energy Distributed Generation
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer
Can electric utilities keep up with the demand for renewable energy?...
Features
Minority Report
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer
Update on whether or not certified small and disadvantaged businesses are getting their fair share of stimulus package funds...
Conceptual Estimates, Budgets, and Design-Build
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Linda Candels, Candels Consulting
Comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between common estimating approaches...
10 Tips for Growing Your Electrical Business in Lean Times
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By David Brown and Sheila Burres, D. Brown Management
Marketing strategies for growing your electrical business during a recession...
National Electrical Code
Commercial Loads — Part 1
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant
The electrical load requirements for commercial installations result in a great deal of diversity in usage....
Illustrated Catastrophes
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Brian J. McPartland, NEC Consultant
Whoever performed this installation must not have even known that the NEC has rules for temporary wiring....
Stumped by the Code?
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant
Q. Do I need a grounding conductor for a pole light, or is the ground rod good enough? ...
Industry Viewpoint
The Prospect of Home Power
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Michael Eby, Editor-in-Chief
Future power generation opportunities for end-users at home...
Forensic Casebook
The Case of the Deadly Arc Flash
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Benjamin D. Miller, P.E., Miller Engineering
How defective test equipment coupled with lack of training led to tragedy for electrical workers at a shopping mall...
Maintenance Facts
Troubleshooting Building Control Systems
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Jim Shields and Hilton Hammond, Fluke Corp., and Greg Jourdan, Wenatchee Valley College
Electrical service technicians today must understand the communications problems that crop up in multilayered building control systems...
Analyze This
Construction Market Statistics
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Percentage increase in NEMA’s Primary Industrial Controls Index during the third quarter of 2009 as compared with the second quarter...
Project Spotlight
St. Louis Car Dealership is on the Road to LEED Silver Certification
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Stefanie Kure, Senior Associate Editor
Dave Mungenast Lexus in St. Louis constructs $16 million showroom and service center to LEED specifications...
Product Spotlight
Focus on Boxes & Enclosures
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
New product spotlight on boxes and enclosures for electrical contractors, electrical engineers, and plant facility personnel...
New Products
Product News
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Industrial connectivity system The Arrow Hart brand LynxPower industrial connectivity system features four application packages. The SoftPower application...
Product News
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Dimmers The Titan Commercial Dimmers product line has been expanded to include 3- and 4-wire models for use with 120V and 277V fluorescent dimming ballasts....
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The Rhino 4200 labeling tool features one-touch “hot keys” that quickly create and format wire/cable wraps, flags, fixed-length labels and more...
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