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Planning for Consumer Solar Energy Installations

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.
How to Melt Away Your Snow-Shoveling Chores

EasyHeat, Inc.

How to Melt Away Your Snow-Shoveling Chores

With winter now in force, the snow shovel and bag of ice-melting pellets have returned like migrating songbirds to their seasonal perches on my back deck. I live in a part of southeast New England that doesn’t get a lot of snow, on average, but is also quite capable of getting buried if a nor’easter follows just the right track up the coast.
Fiber Optics – Secure Data at the Speed of Light … Almost

Leviton Manufacturing Company

Fiber Optics – Secure Data at the Speed of Light … Almost

Fun fact. Light travels at approximately 186,000 miles per second. Whoosh.

That’s kind of fast, right? Faster than my old Ford pickup, anyway.
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Mind the Gap: Air-Sealing Options for Exterior Wall Outlets

Allied Moulded Products, Inc.

Mind the Gap: Air-Sealing Options for Exterior Wall Outlets

Residential energy use today accounts for about 20% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions – though this figure varies widely by region and income level. Certainly, getting more of our energy from renewable resources can help reduce those emissions, but we also need to limit overall energy demand in order to meet the emissions cuts necessary to blunt climate change’s worst effects.
Save Money, Energy, and Maintenance Time with LED Luminaires

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.
Cable and Conductor Management: Wiring Troughs and More

nVent HOFFMAN

Cable and Conductor Management: Wiring Troughs and More

There have been many times when I was elbows deep in a wiring trough or raceway. We sometimes called the smaller units gutters, but all were raceways and wiring troughs.
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