Emergency, Standby, Backup
Your questions answered: Critical power: Designing power systems for resiliency in mission critical facilities
Questions not answered during the Nov. 12, 2029, webcast are answered here
Ask an expert: Hospitals, health care facilities: Electrical and lighting systems
Health care facility designers are expected to keep pace with increasingly complex, advanced engineered systems and features
NFPA 110-2019 concepts and changes
Understand NFPA 110 and its relation to emergency power supplies
Understanding gas engine emissions in standby power applications
Air quality regulations have a major impact on the choice of engine generator sets for standby electric power and gas engines can be a more advantageous choice than traditional diesel technology
Your questions answered: Circuit protection in electrical/power systems
Questions left unanswered during the Sept. 19, 2019, critical power webcast are answered here
Tom Divine joins the Consulting-Specifying Engineer editorial advisory board
Tom Divine, PE, has joined the editorial advisory board in his new role as a senior electrical engineer at Johnston, LLC
Mobile diesel generator set
The XQP30 provides easy-to-use EMCP 4.2B digital controls along with either Clipsal or CE sockets, allowing the power to be easily distributed across the work site.
Future-proofing data centres: designing Russia’s largest data hall – IXcellerate Moscow One
A reliable infrastructure network, high internet penetration rates and connectivity along with comparatively lower power costs are making Russia a go-to location for data centres.
Researchers develop architecture to reduce data center energy and space constraints
MIT researchers have developer a flash-storage system designed to cut the energy and physical space required to store and manage data in data centers by half.
Designing high-tech K-12 schools: Electrical, power and lighting
The technology at play in today’s K-12 schools is evolving rapidly—inside the classrooms, and in the various systems behind the scenes. Engineers handling such projects, whether the work is on new facilities or retrofits, have their work cut out for them, especially when it comes to electrical, power and lighting.