On Aug. 15-21, 2022, OSHA is holding its annual Safe + Sound Week. This nationwide event recognizes successful workplace health and safety programs and offers information and ideas to improve workplace safety.
Although workplace incidents involving injuries or fatalities have decline 60% in the past four decades, the United States still sees more than 3.6 million serious job-related injuries or
The World Food Programme, a humanitarian organization that provides food assistance to millions throughout the world, billed 2022 as “a year of unprecedented hunger.” Topping the list of reasons the organization blames for growing food insecurity is the war in Ukraine, a major grain-producing region known as the world’s breadbasket. Other causes include climate change, COVID-19 and resulting economic shocks.
LED technology has transformed the lighting industry in recent years. At the same time, buildings’ energy efficiency has become a top priority in the fight against carbon emissions.
A study by market research firm Guidehouse Insights examines how the two trends have converged, especially as it concerns commercial buildings.
Guidehouse published Market Data: Energy Efficient Lighting for Commercial Markets in
A mentor’s purpose is to help you grow as a person and become the best version of yourself. This may involve helping you achieve personal or career goals, introducing you to new ways of thinking, challenging your limiting assumptions, sharing valuable life lessons and much more. A mentor helps you grow your skills, make better decisions and gain new perspectives
In Part 1 of the “2022 Profile of the Electrical Contractor,” we described how the rollercoaster of the last two years have forced electrical contractors’ confidence downward, even as most have reported maintaining their staffs at 2020 levels. In Part 2, we focus on different aspects of ECs’ work: how they build their teams, who they work with and how
Progress through politics comes in awkward jumbles. On Aug. 7, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376). The legislation represented about a year of back-and-forth negotiations between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a moderate who had become the biggest hurdle to his own party’s ambitious political objectives.
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