Codes & Standards: Lighting
Best practices for designing electrical, power and lighting in government buildings
Learn how to specify electrical, power and lighting systems for government and military buildings
Electrical systems and future-proofing the built environment
Cutting-edge research, by its very definition, changes on a dime as flexibility is the current buzzword in vertical building design and electrical systems need to be future-proofed.
Four considerations when facing high lighting costs
Lighting can be surprisingly expensive during a project, but there are ways to reduce the cost and be more knowledgeable about the source of the expense.
Deep UV light disinfection could help prevent disease, virus spread
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) developed a device capable of automatically disinfecting common surfaces, which could be vital in virus and disease mitigation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 and the impacts to the workplace
The Bala Consulting Engineers COVID-19 Task Force has published a white paper to assist engineers in making buildings safer
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: April 24-30, 2020
Read the best articles from the past week. Modeling a changed world, illuminating egress, infection control technologies, HVAC strategies for COVID-19 and patient care.
Emerging wireless lighting control standards
Emerging wireless technology is disrupting the lighting controls industry
Future-proof health care facilities with wireless lighting controls
As the industry continues to gain momentum in wireless control solutions, what is the future of lighting controls in critical applications such as a health care environment?
What does the future health care facility look like?
Consider all the integrated systems that could make hospitals powerful and flexible
Integrating building systems through controls
By considering updated controls architecture, integrating building systems together becomes much more attainable and streamlined