NACM Connect and Paramont EO are proud to announce the availability of a new book, The Illinois Mechanics Lien Act…and Other Construction Stuff, by Norm Cowie, Director of Credit at Paramont EO. For over a decade Norm Cowie, CCE, has been writing an award-winning column for the NACM Connect newsletter, the InterConnection. His column breaks […]
Sometimes it’s good to be in the middle…in the case of data center locations, the midwest, and Chicagoland in particular, seems to be a sweet spot. For Cloud Services providers, Chicago’s suburbs offer the space and infrastructure to support colocation facilities for increasingly popular hybrid cloud strategies, as well as act as a latency-reducing bridge […]
Your time is money, and you make more of that in the field, so we’ve started recording highlights from our Counter Days so you don’t have to miss out on the valuable new information and product news our manufacturer reps want to share. Check out a few recent uploads below: Nuheat Counter Day Klein Tools […]
When we first started talking about how the IoT and electrical supply industry would intersect, it was with a general awareness that on some level the very way we supply power would likely have to evolve. A recent article published in the September 2016 issue of electroindustry, which is in turn based on a new […]
Electrical Contractor Magazine published an article this week on what Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCIs) do, and perhaps more importantly, do NOT do. Understanding the use cases and differences between GFCIs and AFCIs is a safety essential (see our previous blog on Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters for a refresher). Understanding how GFCIs work and what […]
Advances in lighting and power technology are allowing consumers to choose more energy efficient, intelligent solutions that use less energy to run and leverage built-in intelligence to reduce consumption of the ecosystem in which they reside. The timing of the appearance of these products is essential as Governments around the world have already begun enacting […]
The 4th of July may have skyrocketed past, but Paramont EO and Crest Lighting celebrate American Independence all year round. There are many lighting manufacturers who have chosen to make their products here in America, and recently this number has been increasing. Crest Lighting is proud of our origins and celebrates them by selling many […]
Our circadian rhythms, the periodic biological rhythms that amongst other things tell us when to wake up and when to go to bed, were originally entrained by sunlight. In today’s industrialized society, however, most people spend the bulk of their time indoors with man-made lighting that stays the same throughout the entire day, forgoing regular […]
When summer heats up and residents increase their use of power and electricity, homeowners and tenants need to take precautions for the safety of their homes and lives. Every year 480 people’s lives are taken, more than 2000 are injured, and more than $868 million dollars *burned* by electrical fires. In order to help bring […]