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Southwire Develops Overhead Conductor for Extreme Ice Conditions
Numerous electric utilities across the country have had to weather significant ice storms over the past several winters that have taken down overhead transmission and distribution lines.
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Upgraded Signaling Systems Providing Faster, More Accurate Weather Alerts
If you live in an area at risk of severe weather events, you’ve probably heard community-wide outdoor warning sirens. For decades, as public safety officials have learned of thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail and other severe storms coming toward their areas, they’ve sounded these alarms warning citizens to take shelter.
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AFC Cable Color Codes MC Cables for Speed and Ease of Identification and Inspection
Atkore International’s AFC Cable uses color coding to save contractors and building owners time, money and maintenance costs when wiring new or retrofit locations.
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The company’s Type MC cables including MC TUFF, MC Lite and other MC cables in a variety of specialty configurations do this using AFC’s ColorSpec ID System. -
Wireless Light Control Helped Reduce Labor and Installation Costs at the Seattle VA Hospital
Working with energy-efficient lighting service provider, Northwest Edison, The Veteran’s Memorial Hospital in Seattle, Washington completed a renovation of its Facilities building, some office space and several laboratories to provide a more energy-efficient, updated space. The installation was complicated by the fact that the hospital building was constructed in the early 1950s, and budgets were tight.
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Data Centers Part 1 — The Growing IndustryOver 30 years ago, I walked into my first datacom room. It provided the network and data interface for a food processing facility. It connected all the plant's office computers, along with providing connectivity to the home office across town.It was housed... in a closet. And not a big closet, either. Read more
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Data Centers Part 2 — Challenges and Solutions
In a previous article, I mentioned the first "data center" I ever encountered... a closet in a hallway.
Times have changed as the sheer volume of data has increased. And, so have the infrastructures that house it. Data centers are vast repositories of pretty much every piece of information used to run and maintain business operations.Read more
