David Shiller

  Clothing retailer, Banana Republic, expanded into the home textiles market in March of 2023 with its new brand, BR Home. The home textile brand features patterns and richly textured fabrics, such as intricately hand-knotted rugs and luxurious bedding in linen, sateen, and a cotton-cashmere-silk blend. In September 2023, BR Home expanded their collection to [...]

  Here are 10 EV charger stories that I found interesting: Hotels Go Big On EV Charging Source: E&E News EnergyWire Until recently, there haven’t been a lot of hotels to meet EV drivers needs with a charging plug. However, new plans by Hilton and Marriott suggest that electric vehicle charging stations could become a regular [...]

  Many companies in the electric vehicle and EV charging industry are failing and collapsing.  Lordstown Motors (OTC:RIDEQ) and Proterra (OTC:PTRAQ) have both filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and a plethora of EV makers from Canoo (GOEV), Arrival (ARVL), and Faraday Future (FFIE) all teeter on the brink of collapse as their liquidity base gets eroded by consecutive [...]

The EC&M Product of the Year Awards are now accepting submissions. Important details: Fees Early Bird Entry Fee: $375 per product Regular Entry Fee: $425 per product Deadlines  Early Bird Deadline: December 1, 2023 Final Deadline: January 26, 2024 Product must have been released after January 1, 2023. Product categories relevant to the lighting industry [...]

  The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) established a temporary public interest waiver to waive Buy America requirements for steel, iron, manufactured products, and construction materials in electric vehicle (EV) chargers. The temporary waiver became effective on March 23, 2023. This short-term, temporary waiver enables EV charger acquisition and installation to proceed while also ensuring the [...]

  Disclaimer: I am not an attorney, and this article is a good faith, best effort at communicating the most relevant aspects of BABA requirements, for the lighting industry. The link at the end of this article goes to a more complete article published by the law firm, Steptoe. BACKGROUND The lighting industry has been [...]

  An interesting article by Trane lays out the basics of Building Automation System (BAS) communications and then addresses four common misconceptions. We should first define the protocols and mediums. Protocols are the language in which the building is speaking—BACnet® over MS/TP, BACnet over IP, Modbus, and LonTalk are some of the non-proprietary languages used [...]

  Clifton Lemon Associates today announced that Pacific Gas & Electric will present a free webinar on the growing importance of building controls integration in the process of building-grid connection, load management, decarbonization, and electrification. Titled Lighting and Smart, Grid-Integrated Buildings, the webinar presents a history and overview of building controls integration in both commercial [...]

  According to US Census Bureau data, September national nonresidential construction spending grew 0.3% marketing the 16th consecutive month of growth. The growth is primarily attributed to publicly financed construction. Some private categories, including power, commercial, amusement, and recreation saw month-over-month increases, however, publicly financed construction accounted for more than 72% of September’s rise. Federal [...]