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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

Filed under: 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 by Winstanley, Gerard

Filed under: Electrical Safety, AFCI, Building Codes, Fire Safety, Tamper Resistant Receptacles

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 by Winstanley, Gerard

Filed under: Electrical Safety, AFCI, Building Codes, Fire Safety, Tamper Resistant Receptacles

NEMA and "Net Zero Energy" High Performance Green Buildings

In April 2008 the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of the Executive Office of the President of the United States held a Workshop on "Net Zero Energy" High Performance Green Buildings. The scope was to define the R&D activities that could decrease use of natural resources and...

Published Tue, Dec 02 2008 1:01 PM by Moldoveanu, Andrei

Filed under: Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Environment, renewable energy, grid, Building Codes

Green Energy Storage is becoming Red Hot

According to a news release from S&C Electric Company "the concept of energy storage has become a practical reality. Utility companies are now installing energy storage systems on their distribution circuits to gain experience with these new distributed power resources, and determining how best...

Published Fri, Dec 19 2008 10:40 AM by caskeyj

Filed under: Smart Grid, Electrical Grid, Environment, grid

Have a Happy Fake Free Holiday Season

Counterfeiting is not a seasonal crime. Yet the year-end holiday season seems to be a time when cautionary warnings about the dangers of buying counterfeit products are more prevalent. Like reminders to check batteries in a smoke detector when changing to daylight savings time , the holiday season seems...

Published Fri, Dec 19 2008 11:17 AM by Silcox, Clark

Filed under: Anti-Counterfeiting

DICOM Makes a Difference

What? It's December 24, 2008 - Christmas Eve, and I just got a present. It's a book, and I can scarcely read a word of it. That's because it's a how-to book on DICOM* written in Japanese. Since I can't read it, there's no point putting in my briefcase to review on the next flight...

Published Wed, Dec 24 2008 11:16 AM by Clark, Howard

Filed under: medical imaging

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

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 by golds

Filed under: Electrical Safety

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 by Lego, Brian

Filed under: Economics

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