Greenlee
Today’s Power Cutters Help Labor-Stretched Contractors Do More with Less
Like companies in pretty much all the building trades these days,
electrical contracting firms are becoming increasingly stretched when it
comes to getting the staffing numbers in line with their needs.
Light Efficient Design
LED Work Lighting Helps Contractors Get the Job Done
It truly amazes me how LEDs have transformed the lighting industry in
just a decade. In 2012, manufacturers introduced the first bulbs to
match the output of a standard 60W incandescent. They weren’t dimmable
and could cost $25 or more. Fast forward to 2023, and LEDs now dominate
the lighting market, and inexpensive replacement lamps can cost less
than $5 and last 10-20 years.
Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
Planning for Consumer Solar Energy Installations
Alternative energy sources— green, clean solar and wind power—certainly get a lot of “air time” of late. (Pun intended.)
Of
course, water power has been around a long time. And still is for power
generation on a large scale. But it’s not so convenient for single user
electrical supply, or even most municipalities.
Light Efficient Design
Save Money, Energy, and Maintenance Time with LED Luminaires
I was talking to my brother, Mark, on the phone last night. We’d been
trying to connect all week and finally got the chance. I’m in Arkansas
and he’s in Arizona, so the time difference can be a pain.
We just missed each other the day before because he was over with the neighbors across the street.
Philips Lighting Co.
Philips Lighting Offers Array of New LED Products
Earlier this year at the Light + Building 2018 trade show in Frankfurt,
Germany, Philips Lighting announced a string of new initiatives aimed at
the transition to more LED lamps as well as the inclusion of LEDs into
the “Internet of Things” (IoT) in homes and buildings worldwide.
First
the company announced IoT platform called Interact, designed to handle
data collected from connected light points, sensors, devices and
systems.
GE Industrial Solutions by ABB
Lighting Automation Still Requires a Contactor
Lighting automation has bells and whistles, but a lighting contactor is
necessary to switch the actual lighting circuits. Properly selecting
lighting contactors can save installation and maintenance costs. What
are some of the important considerations in addition to the correct
voltage and current?