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Smart Lighting Devices Every Electrician Needs to Know

Reading Time: 4 minutesSmart lighting devices are pretty simple. It’s really just a series of smart switches, smart plugs, smart timers, and smart sensors….

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2021 Outlook for the Electrical Industry

Reading Time: 6 minutesRecently, we covered the 2020 recovery process in the electrical industry and how that impacted electrical professionals. (We also included the…

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Construction Market Trends in 2020: What Actually Happened

Reading Time: 7 minutesWay back in March, we wrote up a forecast for construction market trends in 2020. In it, we covered how these…

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The Future of Outdoor Lighting

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe future of outdoor lighting can be summarized by one word and one acronym on everyone’s mind: efficiency and LED. From…

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Outdoor Security Lighting

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday, outdoor security lighting is a universal feature for buildings and homes. It comes in many different forms — wall packs,…

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7 Tips for Selecting the Right Hand Dryer for Any Application

Reading Time: 4 minutesWith so many hand drying options on the market, West Regional Sales Manager Jeff Himsel is here from Excel Dryer to…

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6 Reasons Why Smart Tech Is a Smart Move for Electricians

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe have smart devices, smart homes, smart offices, smart cities, smart tech, and soon, even a smarter Wi-Fi network. With such…

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Behind the Smart Tech Trends in 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Internet of Things (IoT) is all around us, pretty much like Wi-Fi. To keep it brief, IoT refers to all…

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The New Frontier of Clean Lighting

Reading Time: 4 minutesA new era of lighting technology is here and it’s clean. Now, we’re not exactly talking about renewable energy, but instead…

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CES Marine Division: Your Everyday Marine Supplier

Reading Time: 3 minutesGlobal trade and the supply chain as a whole both rely heavily on maritime shipping to transport goods all around the…

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The Advantages of XHHW-2 Wire Over THHN for Commercial Construction

Reading Time: 4 minutesKris-Tech is joining us today with this definitive guide on THHN and XHHW-2 wires. Here, they’re laying out the differences between…

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10 Tools Professional Electricians Should Always Have

Reading Time: 5 minutesLet’s be real, the list of tools every electrician needs should be much longer, but we’re taking this down to only…

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Training the Next Generation: How Gen Z Will Help the Skilled Labor Shortage

Reading Time: 4 minutesTwo things: millennials are already established in their careers, and there’s a labor shortage in the skilled trades. The good news…

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Why Energy & Manufacturing Jobs Will Always Be Essential

Reading Time: 4 minutesHere’s a bit of good news: the energy and manufacturing industry isn’t going anywhere. It goes without saying that energy and…

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Corporate and National Solutions: How We’re Changing an Industry

Reading Time: 4 minutesHere’s the bottom line: energy is one of the top expenses for corporations, but it’s one of the easiest areas to…

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5 Reasons Why Green Buildings Are the Next Step in Sustainable Development

Reading Time: 4 minutesGreen building isn’t just about energy-saving appliances and lighting. Now, even the design for buildings is done so for maximum sustainability….

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Why Renewable Energy is Important

Reading Time: 4 minutesGood news, renewable energy is here to stay. It’s becoming a much larger part of the United States’ total energy production,…

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Residential Construction Trends vs Commercial Construction Trends

Reading Time: 4 minutesSmart technology, offsite building, design-to-completion construction firms, everything in the residential and commercial construction market is geared toward cutting inefficiencies, reducing…

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How the Construction Industry is Growing

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe U.S. construction industry has seen strong growth since the last recession, but how much exactly has it grown and is…

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Top 10 Trends in the Electrical Industry in 2020

Reading Time: 7 minutesTechnology is constantly shaping the electrical industry, creating innovative solutions to help us rethink how we build infrastructure, design cities, and…

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Bright Future Ahead for the Renewable Energies Group

Reading Time: 2 minutes[Raleigh, North Carolina] — City Electric Supply is excited to announce we are expanding our support in renewables. After much national…

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Retrofit: An Ongoing Project

Reading Time: 3 minutesLED lighting retrofits are inexpensive compared to most updates, and they have a great investment return while reducing energy consumption by…

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New Construction vs. Retrofit: What You Need to Know

Reading Time: 3 minutesRetrofitting an old building can be an extensive project. You may run into issues that will require workarounds, such as removing…

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The Guide to Retrofitting

Reading Time: 4 minutesLED lighting has officially set the benchmark for energy-efficient lighting, and it’s not looking to be outdone any time soon. So,…

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