Alberta Oil & Gas Workers Get Solar Trained
A not-for-profit organization is holding a training program to give oil, gas and coal workers the skills to work in the renewable energy industry.
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Eaton Receives NECA ShowStopper Award for Its Distributed LV Power System
Eaton’s distributed low-voltage power system was one of the winners of a ShowStopper Award at the National Electrical Contractors Association conference in Seattle earlier this month. Other winners include…
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B&R Tracking vibrations and Environmental Conditions in Control Cabinets
With three new I/O modules in its X20 series, B&R makes control cabinet monitoring easier than ever. All three modules measure temperature and humidity in the control cabinet and log how much time the values spend within defined ranges. This allows critical environmental conditions to be evaluated later on. The modules also log operating hours and power cycles internally.
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Wind Energy is Key to Ontario’s Long Term Energy Plan
Glenn Thibeault, Ontario’s Minister of Energy, has released the updated Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP), Delivering Fairness and Choice. As part of this plan, the LTEP remains committed to achieving Ontario’s climate goals and forecasts heightened need for electricity supply in the coming years to support the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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Two Energy Trends Canada Can’t Afford to Ignore
What does Canada’s energy future look like over the longer term? It’s a critical and timely question—made even more relevant as our country, at least many of our political and business leaders, gets embroiled once again in a polarized debate about pipelines.
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CDP accredits Bullfrog Power as its First Canada-focused Renewable Energy Partner
Bullfrog Power has announced that CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, the not-for-profit organization that houses the world’s largest collection of self-disclosed corporate environmental data and founder of the global disclosure platform, has accredited Bullfrog Power as its first Canada-focused renewable energy partner
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Does Automation Take the Craft Out of Brewing?
”Choose a job you love, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” Confucius obviously met a few craft brewers in his time. And it’s an easy job to love: more art form than production process, with its own unique heritage, its own tricks of the trade and the pleasures of the end result.
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Preparing Canada’s Road Transportation System for Connectivity and Automation
Connectivity and automation are creating new possibilities for innovation to enhance the capacity and competitiveness of Canada’s transportation system. Enabled by powerful information technologies, smart infrastructure, and new sources of data, connected and automated vehicles will have far reaching impacts on trade, transportation, and the economy as a whole over the coming decades.
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Rittal Systems Canada Certified as Great Place to Work for Fifth Consecutive Year
For the fifth consecutive year, Rittal Systems Ltd., is being certified as a Great Workplace in Canada after a thorough and independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work Canada. This certification is based on direct feedback from employees, provided as part of an extensive and anonymous survey about the workplace experience. Rittal’s Trust Index score has exceeded the minimum threshold to be officially Certified as a Great Workplace!
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Rittal Systems Welcomes Franklin Empire to its Distribution Team
Rittal Systems has announced Franklin Empire has joined its distribution/partner network in Canada. With a rich family history dating back to the 1940’s and an extensive distribution network in Ontario and Quebec, Franklin Empire Inc. is proud to be the largest independently owned electrical distributor in Canada, also renowned for its manufacturing automation systems.
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FLIR Introduces New Line of Electrical Meters
FLIR has a new line of clamp and digital multimeters, debuting at NECA 2017. This collection of electrical test and measurement products offer the high-accuracy measurements and range of testing modes you’ve come to expect from FLIR.
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Weidmuller has Strengthened its North American Presence
The Weidmüller Group has announced the acquisition of the W Interconnections group companies in the USA, Canada and Mexico from Rockwell Automation, Inc. effective 1 October 2017. The W Interconnections group sells products for Industrial Connectivity and Automation.
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Survey Shows Millennials are Sold on the Advantages of Smart Cities
Encouraged by the environmental advantages of smart cities and the public safety enhancements IoT technology could bring, consumers have an overwhelmingly positive image of increasing connectedness in the places in which they live.
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Modern Niagara Brings Big Savings to 250 Albert St, Ottawa
Modern’s Building Controls team upgraded the building automation system (BAS) at 250 Albert, replacing a legacy building automation system (BAS) with an advanced Distech Controls system. The new BAS includes valuable capabilities, including the ability to tap into hydro meters and use the Periscope software to analyze the data from those meters.
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Smart Building Market to Quadruple by 2022
The global smart building market is projected to grow from an estimated $US7.42 billion in 2017 to $US31.74 billion by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 33.7%, according to a new market report. A growing need for integrated security and safety systems and decreasing operational costs are some of the major factors driving the market.
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ABB has Acquired GE Industrial Solutions
ABB has announced that it has acquired GE Industrial Solutions, GE’s global electrification solutions business. “This acquisition strengthens our position as partner of choice for electrification globally, North America and in Canada. We look forward to working with GE Industrial Solutions to create new opportunities in this highly attractive core market for our Electrification Products division. Our intention is to combine the best of both worlds and make the most of ABB’s technology investment for GE Industrial Solutions’ product pipeline. Together, we will be significantly stronger” said Nathalie Pilon, President, ABB Canada
