There is so much buzz world wide about green initiatives and climate change. It is sure to be a hot top at this year’s global summit which will surely bring to life new building regulations, after all, occupied buildings account for about 40% of the global energy consumption. What does this mean for you as a business owner and your building?

This means you will be held to higher standards for your building’s energy consumptions and GHG, Green House Gas, emissions. There will likely be some flexibility on how you will have to comply with the new regulations and changes to reduce energy usage and improve GHG emissions will have other benefits for your business. Being a Green Building means your business will see a decrease in utility bills and maintenance costs while increasing your bottom line. Now who doesn’t want that?

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by David Mulvaney, President V-Blox
The answer might surprise you. How many of you when asked by your parents, where you were going, told them you were going to the library to study? What you failed to tell them was that your sweetheart was also at the library and studying wasn’t the only thing on your mind. Many times in life we don’t get the whole story.

For all intents and purposes surge suppression does not save any measurable amount of energy, in and of itself. This is confirmed by asking any Electrical Engineer. But that is not the whole story. The real question should be “Do surges (transients) cause equipment to malfunction?” The answer is, of course, yes. According to Webster’s dictionary, “malfunction” simply means: to fail to function as designed. 

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