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Construction Employment Strengthening, Trade Associations Report

Mon, September 22, 2014

OH&S:  September 15, 2014 Employment in the U.S. construction industry rose by 20,000 jobs in August 2014 to a five-year high, with sector unemployment falling to 7.7 percent, which was the lowest rate for August in seven years, according to an analysi...

Let the Sun Shine…

Wed, September 10, 2014

Last week, expected Democratic presidential front-runner, Hilary Clinton spoke to the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas. Her agenda was three-fold: 1) to promote her new book; 2.) to demand people believe her claims of global warming; and 3.) to tout g...

Electrical Industry Outlook

Mon, August 25, 2014

One of the first major questions we receive from a potential apprentice is, 'How is the job market?' Following the downturn of 2008-09, the electrical industry has--by and large--seen a turnaround. The U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) estimates an i...

Square D Breaker Recall

Sun, April 13, 2014

FA, FH, FI and FY one-, two-, and three-pole circuit breakers rated 15 to 100 amps and model KI two- and three-pole circuit breakers rated 110 to 250 amps manufactured by Square D between May 2 and June 21, 2013 may be subject to recall due to fire hazard.  P...

Report: DC’s green-approved buildings using more energy

Tue, March 4, 2014

Washington, D.C. may hve the highest number of certified green buildings in the country, but research by Environmental Policy Alliance suggests it might not be doing much good. The free-market group analyzed the first round of energy usage data released by ...

Cree and LED… a bright future?

Tue, January 28, 2014

Cree, a leading innovator of LEDs, will report its Q2 2014 earnings on January 21 (fiscal years end with June). In 2012, a surplus in the LED market, the consequent decline in prices and downward pressure on margins were the key trends that plagued the LED ind...

SolarBuzz reports on record 2013 PV installations in 2013

Mon, January 27, 2014

With the growing shift to alternative "green" energies, solar seems to be at the head of the pack.  Many of our contractors are branching out into solar installations at both customer businesses and homes, as well as solar "farms."  California still leads th...

Solar Power now to be sold OTC?

Sat, October 19, 2013

Ikea to sell solar panels in British stores, but U.S. must wait - By Tiffany Hsu October 4, 2013, 9:01 a.m. Within the next year, British shoppers will be able to waltz into an Ikea Corp. store, home to Malm beds and Dinera plates, and buy solar panels...

Utility Agrees: (Their) Solar Should Supplant Natural Gas

Sun, September 22, 2013

Five months ago, one of the country's ten largest electric utilities told regulators in Minnesota that it needed three new natural gas power plants to handle peak energy demand.  This week, the same company's Colorado division announced plans to use more sola...
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