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AI data centers are consuming more grid power than ever before. Courtesy: Eaton

Your questions answered: Detecting and Managing Unique Power Quality Challenges in AI Data Centers

Figure 1: Steps for optimizing lighting controls. Courtesy: Affiliated Engineers Inc.

Lighting and Lighting Controls

Make lighting control design smarter with a cognitive walkthrough

Figure 1: Fire alarm graphic annunciator. Courtesy: Ray Grill Consulting

Fire and Life Safety

What you need to know about the 2025 edition of NFPA 72

Figure 4: On certain campuses, waste heat from on-site AI computing data centers can be recovered and pushed into district energy systems to heat neighboring facilities. Courtesy: IMEG

Building Automation and Controls

Using an AI computing byproduct for synergistic energy

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Fire and Life Safety

Your questions answered: Smarter Fire Protection Strategies for Healthcare, Commercial, and Correctional Facilities

Figure 1: AI-powered software applications can assist engineers by performing multiple design iterations and analyses based on project criteria. Courtesy: TestFit

Building Automation and Controls

Practical applications of AI in engineering design

Figure 1: In a smaller building, the firefighter’s command center will still include myriad components that require physical coordination. Courtesy: IMEG

Modern fire alarm design: code triggers, survivability and emerging tech

This image illustrates the additional junction box depth required to accommodate the fire alarm notification appliance speaker cone, which won’t fit in a typical 2.125-inch deep junction box. Courtesy: McGuire Engineers

Fire and Life Safety

Alarm fatigue and life safety: improving fire notification

Fire, life safety considerations for office-to-residential conversion

Figure 1: This diagram illustrates centralized control for smart lighting and connected devices through a Power over Ethernet (PoE) lighting system. The network controller and user interface manage luminaires and auxiliary devices through a PoE switch, enabling both power and data delivery over Ethernet cables. Courtesy: Smith Seckman Reid Inc.

Lighting and Lighting Controls

Exploring new innovations in wireless lighting control