Anna Steingruber

Associate editor, WTWH Media and Technology

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Figure 1: Single conductor medium-voltage cable simple construction. Courtesy: CDM Smith
Electrical and Power January 17, 2025

Top five Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: January 10-16, 2025

Top articles in Consulting-Specifying Engineer this week covered topics including medium-voltage electrical systems, VFDs and the indoor air quality procedure.

By Anna Steingruber
Figure 1: Single conductor medium-voltage cable simple construction. Courtesy: CDM Smith
Commissioning January 10, 2025

Consulting-Specifying Engineer top five articles: January 3-9, 2024

The most read articles in Consulting-Specifying Engineer this week covered topics including Commissioning Giants winners, medium-voltage electrical systems and NFPA 70.

By Anna Steingruber
Figure 1: A simplified project single line showing both a battery energy storage system (BESS) and an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). The UPS only feeds critical loads, never losing power. The BESS is bidirectional, stores and supplies energy, but loses power when the utility is lost before it can restart in island mode after opening the utility breaker. Courtesy: Affiliated Engineers Inc.
Commissioning January 3, 2025

Top Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: December 2024

Read the best Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles from last month covering: battery energy storage systems, codes and standards for HVAC systems and medium-voltage electrical systems

By Anna Steingruber
Commissioning December 13, 2024

Top Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: December 6-12, 2024

Top Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles this week covered topics including Commissioning Giants awards, medium-voltage electrical systems and NFPA 70

By Anna Steingruber
Commissioning November 22, 2024

Top five Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles November 15-21, 2024

Top Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles this week covered topics including switchgear, battery energy storage systems and NFPA 70

By Anna Steingruber
This arc flash warning label includes information per NFPA 70E, including arc flash boundary, incident energy levels and certain personal protective equipment requirements. Courtesy: Kohler Ronan Consulting Engineers, LLC
Electrical and Power November 15, 2024

Top five Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: November 8-14, 2024

Top Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles this week covered topics including electrical safety, battery energy storage systems and NFPA 70

By Anna Steingruber
Figure 1: A simplified project single line showing both a battery energy storage system (BESS) and an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). The UPS only feeds critical loads, never losing power. The BESS is bidirectional, stores and supplies energy, but loses power when the utility is lost before it can restart in island mode after opening the utility breaker. Courtesy: Affiliated Engineers Inc.
Energy, Power November 8, 2024

Consulting-Specifying Engineer top five articles: November 1-7, 2024

Top articles on Consulting-Specifying Engineer this week covered topics including battery energy storage systems, operational technology and NFPA 70

By Anna Steingruber
Figure 3: Diagrammatic comparison of traditional building system silos and integrated operational technology (OT) network. Source: Smith Seckman Reid Inc.
Building Automation and Controls November 1, 2024

Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: October 24-31,2024

Top Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles this week covered topics including operational technology, NFPA 70 and smart lighting systems

By Anna Steingruber
Figure 1: A simplified project single line showing both a battery energy storage system (BESS) and an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). The UPS only feeds critical loads, never losing power. The BESS is bidirectional, stores and supplies energy, but loses power when the utility is lost before it can restart in island mode after opening the utility breaker. Courtesy: Affiliated Engineers Inc.
Energy, Power October 25, 2024

Top Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: October 18-24, 2024

Top Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles this week covered topics including MEP Giants winners, battery energy storage systems and arc flash studies

By Anna Steingruber
Modbus example of how to read registers 10 and 11 (0xA and 0xB). Courtesy: Yaskawa America Inc.
Industrial Networking October 21, 2024

Top five Control Engineering articles: October 14-20, 2024

Top five articles on Control Engineering this week covered topics including Modbus documentation, closed-loop tuning and cobots at IMTS 2024

By Anna Steingruber
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