Because bonding and grounding systems within a building are intended to have one electrical potential, coordination between electrical and telecommunications bonding and grounding systems is essential ...

Have you done any service work lately, and noticed a spark as you connect or reconnect the grounding electrode conductor to the ground rod of what appeared to be a perfectly normal electric service?

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 ...

Most wiring in buildings is installed and maintained by electricians rather than by engineers. Nevertheless, installers may not necessarily be qualified. And poorly configured wiring can cause ...

It’s 2020, and the global standards for building electrical systems are still based on 70-year-old Thomas Edison era electromechanical architecture that is outdated, prone to malfunction, and lacking ...