Why is Article 250 of the National Electrical Code (NEC), which covers the grounding and bonding of electrical systems, so often misunderstood? What exactly is the difference between grounding and ...

In the past few articles, we have looked into several different building components including structure, HVAC, roofs, in addition to performance based design. One important building component that we ...

Every year I spend the holidays with my mother in Wisconsin. Each time I’m there, I look outside her living room window and see the lightning protection rod on the roof of the house across the street.

What equipment should be installed? A true power monitoring system contains two or more discrete metering points that are interconnected through some medium. The three primary components of a power ...

The Uptime Institute’s Tier standard is a globally recognized framework that classifies data centers into four tiers based on their infrastructure’s reliability, redundancy, and fault tolerance. These ...

Electromechanical-design automation is a new discipline with a promising market. Few vendors and high entry barriers characterize the cable market. Engineers who design and implement ICs have the ...

Electrical engineering is one of the newer branches of engineering, and dates back to the late 19th century. It is the branch of engineering that deals with the technology of electricity. Electrical ...

Home automation is a method of controlling home appliances automatically for the convenience of users. This technology makes life easier for the user, and saves energy by utilizing devices according ...

The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) Modern Shipbuilding Design project team has completed and delivered five continuing education marine design courses: Basics of Electrical System ...