California has adopted energy efficiency standards that retire incandescent light bulbs and promise to save consumers and businesses about $1 billion annually on their electric bills.
Reduce Costs and Improve Operating Efficiencies With Hybrid Battery Units
Hybrid battery units only require generators to support high-amperage peaks for brief segments. They switch to a battery source when lower power requirements are needed to keep jobsite lights, security systems and computers running while eliminating idling.
Five Benefits of Using Steel Instead of Wood for Construction
Using steel provides benefits in the forms of lower energy use and better air and water quality in comparison to many other manufactured materials. Steel is the most sustainable construction material available for a world interested in maintaining ecological health.
A Renewed Focus on Resiliency in Wood Construction
Continuous code improvements and updated resiliency measures are necessary to make communities less vulnerable when natural, or other disasters, occur.
The New Advantages of Tin-plated Roofing
In addition to lasting 40 or more years depending on the material, metal roofing is significantly lighter in weight than standard tiles, 100 percent recyclable, and will not spark or flame during fires or if hit by lightning.
How Technology-enabled Collaboration Will Streamline Engineering Economics
Applying the sharing economy to manufacturing will help fabricators big and small react more deftly to the design disruptions native to the construction process.
For Sustainable, Renewable Construction Materials: The Future Is CLT
CLT is an engineered wood building system made from several layers of boards, stacked perpendicular to the other, and hydraulically compressed and bonded together with a special adhesive.
Preventing Corrosion – Part III: Avoid Crevice Corrosion
Crevice corrosion is a localized corrosion attack at (or very near) the gap between joined surfaces that are exposed to corrosives such as air or water. It occurs when chemical concentrations differ between separate points near joined surfaces. Preventing it can avoid costly repairs, loss of production and even failure of entire systems.












