. . . one of them is Washington Energy Services. More.
According to Faith Technologies — a large WI-based electrical contractor — a guy named Dan Salm is now Group Manager of Manufacturing.
In his new role, Salm provides the overall management of manufacturing projects and oversees the enterprise’s project management team.
Some of his responsibilities include mentoring and providing guidance to project managers to ensure projects are on-schedule, within budget, meet safety guidelines, and exceed customer expectations.
Salm also supports the enterprise’s business strategy and profitability by providing accurate budgets, effectively managing sales and gross margin, and establishing and maintaining customer relationships.
The guy started out with the company as a helper!
For some, electric vehicles are too quiet, and consideration is already being given to requiring EVs to be more audible. Eventually, the outcome from the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010 is likely to require that electric vehicles make some sound, at least at low speeds, to help provide an auditory signal to pedestrians, cyclists, and others in order to improve safety. Even sighted people rely on audible cues to know that a vehicle is nearby.
According an item I read recently, this item — about a Japanese man who clearly has too much time on his hands, and calculated the value of Pi out to 10,000,000,000,000 digits (!!!) — is evidence of craziness.
Why? “Only 39 digits of pi are needed to describe a circle the sie of the observable universe” (from a book, Excursions in Calculus, as quoted in Fortean Times.).
With people on BloombergTV (on in my office right now, with the sound ON, which is unusual) — babbling like morons about Facebook’s IPO –
– this is timely. From Laurie Orlov’s blog:
. . . a long-term comparison report of changes in Internet use between the years 2000 and 2011. In June 2000, only 12 percent of the 65+ population (aka seniors) were online – and today, 41% are. And just in time for US government agencies switchover to online requirements: the other 59% will need a backup plan.
According to a new Washington lobbying group, paper versions of tax forms, savings bonds, annual social security statements and social security checks (switching to direct deposit) will soon be just a memory. So it is important to have accurate data about who has online access and who doesn’t — particularly within a vulnerable population of older adults.
May 17, 2012 by jsalimando · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Audio & Video, Company Docs + Comments, Green + Practical
Filed under: Audio & Video, Company Docs + Comments, Green + Practical
In Bawlmore. Dean is a contractor in the Mid-Atlantic area; Pfister Energy is a company that had a booth at a trade show I recently attended.
Lo & behold, the case study Pfister did on its work for M.C. Dean is online as a video.
No kidding — according to Science News.
An electric cooperative in Delaware is helping poultry farmers buy LED lights.
Why? “According to a study conducted by the University of Arkansas, conversion of a poultry house to LED lighting can save an average of $983 energy costs during a six flock annual production cycle.”
Also in the news about Animals, LEDs & university research:
A study overseen by Oklahoma State Univesity found that cows at one of the dairy farms in that state squeezed out 6 percent more milk when LED lights were used compared with cows under fluorescent lights.
Is it LEDs themselves or just the intelligent addition of DIMMING that matters? I don’t know – read this story, which ends with the not-definitive paragraph that follows:
“The LED lighting and controls have worked extremely well in our department because it gives us more control of the lighting intensity,” said Taylor. “The hyperbaric chamber suite has the lighting split into two sections – one for each chamber. The lighting system allows us to dim the lights on one side and leave them up on the other side according to the patient’s preference. This gives us a lot of control and flexibility. We love the lighting system and so do our patients.”
$188,000 federal contract — to Midwest Electrical Construction (Topeka KS) — from U.S. DoD. For: “repair of lighting poles”
EMCOR Group Q1 results — revenues up 21.6%, organic growth (i.e., revenue increase subtracting acquisitions) was 11.1%. Stock price remains under $30.
“Pike Electric Misses, But Does Not Disappoint” — confuses the heck out of me. Someone sold on the news; Pike’s stock closed out April at $8.22, closed 5/11 at $7.87.
IES Communications Division Expands Data Center Capabilities — more news from the Large Non-National Zombie Electrical Contractor(!!!)
An article on RenewGrid.com — the use of words here is confusing, and I can’t make it all out — includes this statement:
the projected 2011-2014 figures are significantly higher than the actual 2010 transmission investment level, and are a sign of a continuing increase in transmission investment
What it says in the lead paragraph is that members of the Edison Electric Institute spent $77B on transmission infrastructure improvements” in the 10 years, 2001-2010. Then it says they are projected to spend “at least $64B” through 2022.
This sounds like a decrease. And yet, there’s the definitive statement above. Someone is confused here (at least, me, and maybe someone else).
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