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Power Grid National Emergency: What It Means for You
Power Grid National Emergency: What It Means for You
On August 27th, the White House declared a national emergency over threats to the U.S. electric grid. If you missed it—and you probably did, because the news cycle is a... Read more...
Are Exit Signs Required by Law? Everything You Need to Know
Are Exit Signs Required by Law? Everything You Need to Know
You've walked past them a thousand times. That little red glowing rectangle above the door that you've never once needed—and hopefully never will. Exit signs are so ubiquitous that they've... Read more...
How Do Motion Activated Lights Work?
How Do Motion Activated Lights Work?
You walk into your garage with both hands full of groceries, and the light just comes on. It’s one of those small things that genuinely makes your day slightly better—and... Read more...
What Are IP Ratings and How to Use Them
What Are IP Ratings and How to Use Them
You're shopping for an outdoor light and you see 'IP65' in the specs. You think, 'That sounds official,' and move on. Same energy as when a doctor says your cholesterol... Read more...
We're Not Going to Pretend the Tariffs Aren't Happening
We're Not Going to Pretend the Tariffs Aren't Happening
You've probably already heard the news. On July 24th, the federal government imposed new tariffs on imports from 60 countries—including most of the places where lighting products are manufactured. If... Read more...
The 5 Electrical Projects That Almost Always End in a Phone Call
The 5 Electrical Projects That Almost Always End in a Phone Call
There’s a very specific kind of confidence that comes from watching two YouTube videos about home electrical work. It’s not real confidence—it’s the kind that gets you three hours in... Read more...
The Robot That Just Replaced Your Excavator Operator (Kind Of)
The Robot That Just Replaced Your Excavator Operator (Kind Of)
For decades, the construction industry's relationship with technology could be summarized as: enthusiastic in brochures, cautious in practice. Every few years there'd be a wave of headlines about how robots... Read more...
Why Your Garage Is Costing You More Than You Think
Why Your Garage Is Costing You More Than You Think
The garage is the average person’s junk drawer. Also, their gym, workshop, storage unit, man cave, and, increasingly, home office annex. We do a lot in there. And yet we... Read more...
California's New Lighting Law That Went Live January 1
California's New Lighting Law That Went Live January 1
So, you're mid-renovation. Maybe you've already picked your tile. You've argued with someone about the backsplash (you were right, by the way). You've got a contractor, a Pinterest board, and... Read more...
Google Just Bet $50 Million on Electricians. Should You?
Google Just Bet $50 Million on Electricians. Should You?
Google knows a thing or two about where the future is going. It's kind of the whole brand. So, when it quietly announced a $50 million commitment to skilled trades... Read more...
Lighting Rebates that Every American Should Know
Lighting Rebates that Every American Should Know
There’s something deeply American about leaving free money on the table. We do it with 401k matches, tax deductions, and apparently, utility rebates. Especially lighting ones. Here’s the thing about... Read more...
Why Your Next Car Has Better Headlights Than Your Kitchen
Why Your Next Car Has Better Headlights Than Your Kitchen
Your car is about to have more sophisticated lighting technology than your entire home. And I mean that in the most technically literal, slightly unhinged way possible. We have 32,768-pixel... Read more...
The U.S. Grid Is 100 Years Old and It Shows
The U.S. Grid Is 100 Years Old and It Shows
Every time the power flickers during a thunderstorm, I do the same thing: glance up at the ceiling, mutter something under my breath, and wonder how a country that put... Read more...
Does Bad Lighting Makes You Eat More?
Does Bad Lighting Makes You Eat More?
You know how every fancy restaurant is inexplicably lit like a confessional booth? Candles flickering, Edison bulbs glowing at roughly the wattage of a dying firefly, and you're basically squinting... Read more...
Lighting Costs Could Change Again. Businesses Have Until July 10 to Speak Up.
Lighting Costs Could Change Again. Businesses Have Until July 10 to Speak Up.
Jump to: How to Submit a Comment  Nobody got into contracting or building to track federal trade policy. But every so often, something moves in Washington that shows up on your... Read more...
What AI Data Centers Are Costing Their Neighbors, Their Grids, and the Climate
What AI Data Centers Are Costing Their Neighbors, Their Grids, and the Climate
AI's most visible breakthroughs happen on screens, but its physical infrastructure is reshaping power grids, watersheds, and neighborhoods in ways most people only notice when the bill arrives. The data... Read more...
Everything that Changed in the 2026 NEC
Everything that Changed in the 2026 NEC
Three years go fast. One day you’re wrapping up a job under the 2023 code, and suddenly the National Fire Protection Association has dropped 39 updates on the industry and... Read more...
What is Calcined Clay and Why is it Finally Going Mainstream?
What is Calcined Clay and Why is it Finally Going Mainstream?
For a material as ordinary as cement, it's been getting an unusually exciting upgrade. Calcined clay cement—long talked about as the “promising” low-carbon swap—has moved from research papers and pilot... Read more...
The Next-Gen Lighting Materials You'll See Everywhere by 2030
The Next-Gen Lighting Materials You'll See Everywhere by 2030
Roughly every six months, somebody in a lab somewhere announces a material that is going to revolutionize lighting forever. About 90% of those announcements quietly die in the gap between... Read more...
Copper Alternatives That Could Save You Money on Your Next Job
Copper Alternatives That Could Save You Money on Your Next Job
If you have tried to bid a service upgrade in 2026, you have probably had the same conversation every electrician in America is currently having. You quote the price. The... Read more...
Why Copper Is Suddenly the Most Important Metal of 2026
Why Copper Is Suddenly the Most Important Metal of 2026
Copper is, by every reasonable measure, the most boring metal humanity has ever pulled out of the ground. It is reddish-brown. It does not sparkle. It is not coming back... Read more...
Your Backyard Is One Light Away from Actually Being Used
Your Backyard Is One Light Away from Actually Being Used
Sometime in 2022, every American I know bought an outdoor sectional. Or a fire pit. Or one of those weirdly tall hairpin-leg side tables. And then we mostly just looked... Read more...
Your Lights Are Messing with Your Sleep (And Here’s the Science to Prove It)
Your Lights Are Messing with Your Sleep (And Here’s the Science to Prove It)
You finally crawl into bed at 11PM. Phone, face down (we’re trying here). Eyes, closed. Brain…unfortunately wide awake and now mentally rehearsing every awkward thing you said in high school.... Read more...
Dusk to Dawn Lights: The Outdoor Upgrade That Basically Runs Itself
Dusk to Dawn Lights: The Outdoor Upgrade That Basically Runs Itself
Spring has this way of making you notice everything you stopped paying attention to over winter. You walk outside one morning and suddenly the porch light is still on at... Read more...