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Kentucky Home Builders Kill Electrical Safety Bill Despite Overwhelming Public Support
Television viewers in Louisville overwhelmingly believe new homes built in Kentucky should require electrical safety features that help prevent fires and protect children from severe shock and burns, according to an online poll by Louisville television station WHAS-11. The poll was conducted after the...
Published
Fri, Dec 05 2008 9:14 AM
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Winstanley, Gerard
Filed under:
Electrical Safety
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AFCI
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Building Codes
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Fire Safety
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Tamper Resistant Receptacles
Save a life this holiday season
During the long Thanksgiving weekend, a beautiful family of four from Denver went to sleep in an Aspen vacation home and never woke up . The culprit? The "silent killer," carbon monoxide, which seeped into the house because of disconnected piece of the heating and snowmelt system in a crawlspace...
Published
Mon, Dec 08 2008 11:20 AM
by
Owen, Sarah
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Carbon Monoxide
Electrical Safety – Ohio Back on Track.
Common sense won the day as the Ohio Board of Building Standards voted for a second time to adopt the 2008 National Electrical Code (NEC) on December 12 th . This cleared up a confused year in which Governor Stickland succumbed to pressure from the Home Builder's Association of Ohio and signed an...
Published
Mon, Dec 15 2008 10:40 AM
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Winstanley, Gerard
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Electrical Safety
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AFCI
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Building Codes
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Fire Safety
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Tamper Resistant Receptacles
The Government as Grinch
The punishing impact on business of over-reaching government regulation is always painful to watch - the latest example is especially poignant given the time of year. Several recent stories in the mainstream press are highlighting the immense difficulty and expense suffered by toy manufacturers as they...
Published
Tue, Dec 23 2008 3:45 PM
by
Kohorst, Mark
A Look Back at an Ugly Year
This past year contained some of the most severe economic turmoil since the days of the Great Depression. Even covering only the major events (catastrophes) of 2008 would fill a major city's newspaper, so I'll just provide a synopsis of those things that shaped the past 12 months. A Federal Reserve...
Published
Tue, Dec 30 2008 3:31 PM
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Lego, Brian
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Economics
More Dark Skies Ahead
Not that anybody needed any more gloomy forecasts of the U.S. economy's performance in the new year, but new survey results indicate corporate chief financial officers are none too optimistic. In fact, the overall level of optimism is at an all-time low. Granted, the survey is only 12 years old,...
Published
Thu, Dec 11 2008 4:22 PM
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Lego, Brian
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Economics
New DOE Chief Should Be Open to Electrical Manufacturer Solutions
President-elect Obama's new energy secretary, Steven Chu , should prove to be someone the electrical industry can work with. The Nobel-Prize winning physicist is a proponent of alternative energy sources and energy efficiency, two areas in which electrical manufacturers can provide valuable expertise...
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Thu, Dec 11 2008 5:54 PM
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golds
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Energy Efficiency
Seeing the Future
Some say they can see the future better at night. Now I have some insight into what they are talking about. As you may know, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is filling the government role in advancing energy-saving solid state lighting (SSL), which uses light emitting diodes (LEDs) to provide illumination...
Published
Tue, Dec 16 2008 8:33 PM
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updykec
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Energy Efficiency
Saved by Zero(ish)?
The Federal Reserve took us into uncharted territory yesterday, cutting the federal funds rate target to a range of zero to 0.25 percent. Interestingly enough, as historical as it was, it didn't really matter whether the FOMC lowered the rate by 50 or 100 basis points since the effective funds rate...
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Wed, Dec 17 2008 3:54 PM
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Lego, Brian
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Economics
Have a Merry -- and (Electrically) Safe -- Holiday
As the famous Carpenters' song goes, it's that time of year -- not only "when the world falls in love," but when there's an increased risk of electrical-related problems, from old extension cords fraying and causing electric shocks, to electric space heaters causing fires, to portable...
Published
Tue, Dec 23 2008 10:48 AM
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golds
Filed under:
Electrical Safety
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