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Message From The Editor
Trends and tools for best practices
Travelling forms youth and allows us to explore trends and innovations all over the globe. Here in this issue: a report on the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair, Spring Edition. See if the trends in evidence at the fair are similar to what we're seeing here. To ensure maximum uniformity in the evaluation process, LED Lighting Facts requires that partners relying on a lumen maintenance indicator use the Energy Star's TM-21 calculation tool, developed in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Learn more here about this calculation tool. Products, solutions and much more in this issue. Good reading!
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Changing Scene
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BP and Schneider Electric Sign Five-Year, Global Frame Agreement
Under the agreement, Schneider Electric will provide full-scope design and engineering services and full support from commissioning through to operations after start-up for the electric distribution system of BP upstream major capital projects awarded to Schneider Electric…
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Mersen Electrical Power Launches New Global Website
A new site for global electrical power and advanced materials leader Mersen includes enhanced global product data, custom products and solutions, fast access to technical experts and enhanced market schematics that showcase the company's entire product line. Mersen provides expertise in electrical solutions for motors and generators, safety and reliability for electrical power, and much more…
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Infrastructure Investment to Bring Clean Energy to BC'S Peace Region
To meet current and future demand in the Peace Region, BC Hydro will expand the existing transmission infrastructure by building two parallel 230-kilovolt power lines between the future Site C Substation near Fort St. John and the existing Groundbirch Substation, located about 30 kilometres east of Chetwynd. Construction begins this summer…
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- ECAO Accepting Applications for Its 2019 Scholarship Program
The Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario's scholarship program is open to children or wards of salaried employees of association member companies. The program provides recipients with financial support so that they can attend post-secondary institutions. Application deadline: July 20, 2019…
- Yukon Receives $650,000 for Smart Grid Program
With $650,000 in funding from Natural Resources Canada's Smart Grid Program, Yukon Energy Corporation will invest in making the territory's electrical grid more efficient by equipping up to 400 homes with smart devices. These devices will allow Yukon Energy to shift participating customers' energy demand to off-peak hours and meet the Yukon's growing energy capacity needs…
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- Emerson Adds Greenlee Phase Sequence and Motor Rotation Indicator to Its Test & Measurement Line-up
Electrical contractors, HVAC/IR and industrial maintenance technicians can use one device to identify motor rotation direction and clockwise or counterclockwise wiring configuration in a three-phase power source — safeguarding to ensure proper installation…
- April 28: National Day of Mourning
Held annually in Canada on April 28, the National Day of Mourning is dedicated to remembering those who have lost their lives, or suffered injury or illness on the job or due to a work-related tragedy. It's also a day to strengthen our resolve and establish safer work practices and conditions. In 2017, 951 workplace fatalities were recorded in Canada. Add to these fatalities 251,508 accepted claims for lost time due to a work-related injury or disease…
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- May 8: 4S COR Breakfast Seminar for ECAO Members
The Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario has partnered with 4S Consulting to support ECAO members in the areas of workplace safety and COR certification. COR is a standard endorsed by participating members of the Canadian Federation of Construction Safety Associations, and is fast becoming a mandatory requirement for bidding on projects of most municipalities and organizations…
- June 17-18: Supporting Women in Trades Conference
Join the 300+ delegates planning to attend and help identify practical action items for making tangible change. Over two days, the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum - Forum canadien sur l'apprentissage will highlight current initiatives for women in the trades and facilitate sharing of promising practices among change-makers from skilled trades communities across Canada…
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Trade Show: Hong Kong
Hong Kong Spring Lighting Fair — What's in It for Us
By Line Goyette
This was my first time at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition), and the 11th occasion of this event, which was organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). This was a real trade show, and trade was at the heart of the four-day event (April 6-9). Attending the fair were 21,000 buyers from 124 countries and regions, visiting more than 1,430 exhibitors from nine countries.
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IoT and Your Business
IoT Challenges and Opportunities for Electrical Contractors, Part 1
Electrical contractors are approaching a tipping point in terms of pursuing roles and opportunities in the growing market of smart buildings, says a new report from Electri International. But alongside these opportunities are some non-traditional business challenges. Part 1 of this 3-part series identifies the skills that position electrical contractos to act on IoT opportunities, and provides an overview of the challenges.
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Interesting LED Lighting Facts #5
Using the TM-21 Calculator Tool to Calculate LED Lumen Maintenance
How do you use the TM-21 calculator tool to calculate LED lumen maintenance at 25,000 hours, 15,000 hours, or 10,000 hours? To streamline the review process as much as possible, LED Lighting Facts requires partners claiming the optional LED luminaire or replacement lamp lumen maintenance metric to use the Energy Star program's TM-21 calculator tool, which was developed in cooperation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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White Paper
Sleeman Breweries Increases Production Capacity by 50% in Two Weeks with Virtualized Process Automation System
Ten years ago, tourists looking for a taste of the local life in Southern Canada may have asked for one of the region's best wines. Today, it's all about craft beer. From entrepreneurial newcomers to large-scale producers, brewers in Canada are cashing in on the thirst for craft beer. The number of microbreweries - producing less than 25,000 cases of 24 - has more than doubled in the last seven years. The explosion in craft beer popularity had one company — Sleeman Breweries — bursting at its production seams. The third-largest brewer in Canada, Sleeman brews and distributes popular beers from lagers to pale ales.
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Survey Says
How Electrical Engineering Skills Correlate with Median Salary
Project management is the most compensated skill among electrical engineers: $9,000 above the national $68,000 electrical engineer median salary.
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Average Electrical Foreman's Pay by City
Median pay for an electrical foreman working in Edmonton is $21,000 above the national median salary of $90,000.
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Product Focus
Stanpro Retrofit LED Lamps
The Stanpro LEDREP exit sign replacement lamp kit provides exceptional energy and maintenance savings over traditional incandescent type lamps. Each LEDREP lamp consumes just 1.2W of AC power and is designed utilizing long-life maintenance-free LEDs. The 26 high brightness LEDs are arranged in a "U" shape to optimize light distribution.
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ERLC Compact Cobra Head from Current
Current's newest outdoor product, the ERLC Compact Cobra Head, delivers the same lumen output in a smaller package. The result is a 30% lighter fixture (8.5 lb vs. 12.5 lb) that is easier to install and a cost-effective solution for walkways and neighborhood street lighting
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Eaton Industrial Retrofit Kit
Eaton's Ecofit conversion kits are an cconomical means of increasing fixture efficiency and energy savings. The kits are ideal for applications where fixture removal is cost-prohibitive, including applications with conventional 1 or 2-lamp strip/channel fixtures, such as task, coves, display cases, utility, and general area lighting.
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Foreverlamp JP Series Direct Replacement LED Lamp
The JP Series plug and play lamps from ForeverLamp are ballast driven LED replacements for metal halide lamps. This direct screw-in replacement for mogul sockets uses existing magnetic ballasts from 750W to 1000W. The lamp has no cooling fan, thus widening the application range — sawmills, refineries can now be included.
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Prepare for a Sustainable Digital Future with Siemens Electrical Digital Twin
The Siemens Electrical Digital Twin closely aligns real and virtual worlds by providing utilities with a single source of truth to model data across their IT landscape. Data are synchronized from various systems, then standardized into one multi-user database via standards based adapters/interfaces. The common network model facilitates grid simulation across all relevant domains for reliable, efficient and secure electrical system planning, operation and maintenance.
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NJZ Lighting LED High Bay Offers Adjustable Design
NJZ Lighting's new design Freedom II series omni-directional adjustable design LED high bay ranges from 100 to 900 W. Features include high luminous efficacy up to 150Lm/W, -90°~+90° adjustable U-bracket for various applications, and an IP67 rating which also suitable for outdoor wet locations.
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From Our Last Issue
EHRC Workforce in Motion Report: 20,500 new workers needed Before 2022
In a recent interview, Electricity Human Resources Canada CEO Michelle Branigan said the need for workers in Canada's electricity industry is "extremely critical." The industry directly employs almost 107,000 people, but less than 1 in 20 is aged 25 or under, only 1 in 4 is a woman, and just over 1 in 10 is from a visbile minority. These statistics are from EHRC's Workforce in Motion, a labour market intelligence research initiative for the years 2017-2022.
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Eight Tips for Lighting Cybersecurity, Part 2
Connectivity enables LED lighting to offer revolutionary new capabilities and value for occupants, cost reductions, quality lighting, and business process improvement. By networking luminaires and lighting control points in a centralized architecture, the lighting system becomes programmable and able to generate data. However, it can also impose data privacy and security risks. Part 1 of this article explored the nature of the risks, and what manufacturers are doing. Here in Part 2: eight tips on how you can help your clients manage the risks.
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Respecting the Skilled Trades with Andrew Smith of Leslie & Palmer
At just 29, Andrew Smith is already a 10-year veteran of the electrical industry, working as a foreman for Leslie & Palmer Electrical Contractors in Ajax, Ontario. Beginning with the family-owned company as an apprentice, Smith has recently taken on more of a leadership role. Now 10 years into his career, "it feels like it's been a few days." Coming out of high school Smith was leaning towards a career in graphic design, but had a hard time figuring out what he wanted to do. When his father brought home a union career pamphlet, Smith thought a future in the electrical industry could be intriguing.
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Industrial Internet Consortium Announces Practitioner's Guide for Assessing the Maturity of IoT System Security
The Industrial Internet Consortium, now incorporating OpenFog, has released the Security Maturity Model (SMM) Practitioner's Guide, which provides detailed actionable guidance enabling IoT stakeholders to assess and manage the security maturity of IoT systems. Along with the publication of the SMM Practitioner's Guide is an update to the IoT SMM: Description and Intended Use White Paper, which provides an introduction to the concepts and approach of the SMM…
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