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  • Aug. 1, 2006
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Thermography Market Heats Up

    Nearly 75% of engineers and managers currently use thermography as a predictive maintenance tool, according to a study completed last summer by Portland,...More
  • Nov. 1, 2005
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Fires and Aging Home Wiring

    What are some of the leading causes at the root of most home electrical fires? Could your customers' homes be at risk? These are just a few of the questions...More
  • Oct. 1, 2005
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    SHOCKING STAT OF THE MONTH

    45% The percentage of energy savings from replacing incandescent elevator downlights with LEDs. Source: Lighting Research Center field study, LED Low-Profile...More
  • Jun. 1, 2005
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Clean Power Climbs

    Depending on how you look at it, the market for alternative energy continues to get sunnier, breezier, orfuel cellier. Solar, wind, and fuel cell energy...More
  • Jun. 1, 2005
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Picture This

    What it's not: A test sample of Eggo's new cotton candy-flavored waffles. What it is: A grid of microscopic, carbon nanotubes, which Jud Ready and other...More
  • Jan. 1, 2005
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Environmental Awareness Drives Distributed Generation System Installation

    Despite hearing for years about distributed generation's ability to lower energy costs and protect against an unreliable grid, the number one reason organizations...More
  • Jan. 1, 2005
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Study Recommends Reducing Costs With New Procurement Model

    A new study from the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) finds that the current types of procurement models aren't effective and recommends...More
  • May 1, 2004
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Electrical Design for Research Facilities

    Specialized power and lighting needs make this more than just the average office space, but a sound design can be a scientist’s ‘silent assistant’...More
  • May 1, 2004
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Lighting Automation Now Used in Majority of New Construction and Renovation Projects

    Electrical engineers, facilities managers, and architects are using lighting automation systems in new construction and renovation projects...More
  • Apr. 9, 2004
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Nexstar measures customer satisfaction

    Annual survey reveals top 10 companies...More
  • Mar. 15, 2004
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    EC&M's Top 50

    RANK COMPANY HEADQUARTERS 1 Integrated Electrical Services Inc. Houston, Texas 2 EMCOR Group, Inc. Norwalk, Conn. 3 Quanta Services, Inc. Houston, Texas 4 Henkels & McCoy, Inc. Blue Bell, Pa. 5 MYR Group, Inc. Rolling Meadows, Ill. 6 Mass. Electric ......More
  • Feb. 1, 2004
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Nontraditional Markets Driving Growth in UPS Market

    Niche applications could soon create growth in the UPS market ......More
  • Jul. 3, 2003
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    EPRI grants license to Global Power Products

    Institute licenses device to make home generator hookup easy and safe....More
  • Jun. 2, 2003
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    AFFILIATED ENGINEERS, INC.

    Headquarters. Madison, Wis. Branch Offices. Affiliated Engineers has offices in Chapel Hill, N.C.; Gainesville, Fla.; Washington, D.C.; Seattle; and Walnut...More
  • Apr. 30, 2003
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    CECA forum delivers guidelines to energy policy makers

    After completing a year-long examination of the future of the electricity marketplace the Consumer Energy Council of America (CECA) recently recommended...More
  • Feb. 3, 2003
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Distributed generation market softens as grid reliability increases

    Stabilized electricity prices and the absence of rolling blackouts may have contributed to a reduced interest in distributed generation projects, according...More
  • Oct. 11, 2002
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Commerce Department extends grant to American Superconductor

    Seven years of research and development for manufacturing high-temperature superconductor (HTS) wires with a coated conductor wire architecture have culminated...More
  • Sep. 1, 2002
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    Power Quality

    Powering the Future: Academia in Action

    In reading the spring/summer issue of Research Horizons, a publication of the Georgia Institute of Technology, I was impressed by the nature and scope...More
  • Aug. 28, 2002
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    EPRI taps the fountain of youth for workplace knowledge

    The aging of the baby boomer generation is presenting a problem for employers in the electrical industry, as many skilled engineers and electricians reach...More
  • Aug. 21, 2002
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    LRC, AARP team to improve lighting for elderly

    Growing older can be accompanied by several physical limitations, but the AARP Andrus Foundation and the Lighting Research Center (LRC) have completed...More
  • Jun. 17, 2002
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    GELcore, GE develop alternative technology for white LEDs

    The search for the Holy Grail of the LED industry has taken another step forward. GELcore, Valley View, Ohio, and GE Global Research, Niskayuna, N.Y.,...More
  • Jun. 1, 2002
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    Power Quality

    Keep Your Reliability Workforce

    In my March editorial, Shifting the PQ Perspective, I discussed the need to transform customers' viewpoints about power quality. Another challenge to...More
  • May 28, 2002
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Lightfair 2002 Preview

    Learn about lighting system performance at the industry’s main lighting show – Lightfair International. Are you going to San Francisco? Regardless of...More
  • May 24, 2002
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    Siemens supports control studies at Georgia Tech

    Siemens Energy, Alpharetta, Ga., recently made a donation of cash and equipment to the Georgia Institute of Technology to support several undergraduate...More
  • Apr. 22, 2002
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    Electrical Construction and Maintenance

    EPRI, Energy Central team to publish white papers

    As part of an attempt to provide guidance to the electrical industry on the application, maintenance, and marketing of electrical technology, the Research...More
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