Posted by TED Magazine
on 11/29/2009
What's going to happen after 2010? Our Special Report tackles that subject, provides numerous links, and ends up . . . scared. See especially the piece about employment not reaching 12/07 levels until . . . the year 2017.
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Posted by TED Magazine
on 11/27/2009
Housing is predicted to jump in 2010, but nonresidential construction (apparently) will spend a little more time at the bottom of the crater into which it's fallen. This summary (part one) of the construction outlook for 2010 includes links to previous Special Report coverage of various forecasts.
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Posted by TED Magazine
on 11/23/2009
Will the government's subsidies, stimulus dollars, and other blandishments convince people to resume spending like crazy people? Or do the October single-family housing start numbers foreshadow a return to sanity? A look at where the national economy might be going.
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Posted by TED Magazine
on 11/18/2009
Specific -- sometimes scary -- quotes from a parade of economic experts, including Mark Zandi, are presented from the Oct. 21 "Fall Construction Forecast Conference" held by NAHB. There's a lot to know about Housing's near-term future; some of it might well be posted right here!
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Posted by TED Magazine
on 11/18/2009
What does the NAHB think about housing, in 2010 and 2011? Where is Housing going? What will 2011 look like compared to, say, 2007? Answer abound in this blog, the first of a two-parter on Housing.
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Posted by TED Magazine
on 11/17/2009
What's the total construction number going to be like in 2013? What does a noted consulting firm (FMI) see for that year, in terms of the various pieces (residential, nonresidential, nonbuilding construction) . . . ? You might not instantly fall in love with the answers, but we've got them for you in this report.
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Posted by TED Magazine
on 11/11/2009
Bits and pieces from the World Energy Engineering Congress comprise the 4th of four blogs from this event. The highlight: Toyota discusses its approach to lighting its U.S. factories (including scotopic and photopic lighting calculations and measurements).
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Posted by TED Magazine
on 11/11/2009
What's in a new building (now under construction) that will make it -- according to its architect/owner -- "the world's greenest building" . . . ? A lot, actually, including help from Schneider Electric, distribution of DC power (from the solar PV system), and really shiny (and reflective) polished concrete floors.
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Posted by TED Magazine
on 11/10/2009
Where do electrical distributors (and their electrical contractor customers) fit in The Smart Grid picture? The answer, our blogger found out at the World Energy Engineering Congress, is all about Lighting!
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Posted by TED Magazine
on 11/9/2009
Report One on the World Energy Engineering Congress: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; what Leviton had to say about self-powered wireless devices; and green jobs (data on electricians from a study, plus some links).
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Posted by TED Magazine
on 11/6/2009
The headline unemployment number ticked up to 10.2% for the U.S. as a whole in October. What are the trends in construction, electrical contracting, and for electrical distributors? While not horrible, the arrows are all pointing in the wrong direction.
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Posted by TED Magazine
on 11/3/2009
Out less than two weeks ago, a McGraw-Hill Construction research report on the Green Retrofit market offers some interesting -- and new -- perspectives. Previously, there wasn't much (if any!) data on this piece of the nonresidential market. Now, there is . . . and significant (and exiting!) electrical/lighting opportunities are revealed.
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Posted by TED Magazine
on 11/2/2009
Energy efficiency is so much cheaper than any other way to buy an electron that the comparisons aren't even funny. Yet EE doesn't sell. Why not? Perhaps we all need to think like Bracken Hendricks, our blogger says.
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