An Electrical Inspector’s Role in Reducing Electric Shock Drowning

An Electrical Inspector’s Role in Reducing Electric Shock Drowning

A version of this blog was originally published in 2022. It has been updated to reflect the most recent information. You would think that as someone who lives and previously conducted electrical inspections in Michigan, a state with 3,288 miles of freshwater shoreline and countless marinas, I would have known about electric shock drowning (ESD)…

Deadly North Carolina Construction Blaze Could Spark Update to State Fire Code to Include More from NFPA 241

Deadly North Carolina Construction Blaze Could Spark Update to State Fire Code to Include More from NFPA 241

Fire safety officials in North Carolina are considering incorporating requirements from the latest edition of NFPA 241, Standard for Safeguarding Construction, Alteration, and Demolition Operations, into the state fire code after a massive, deadly blaze earlier this month. “We do hope that the latest updates [to NFPA 241] will be considered,” Chief State Fire Marshal…

Under Construction: Top Facility Projects of May 2023

Under Construction: Top Facility Projects of May 2023

College Energy Upgrades St. John’s College Santa Fe and cleantech integrator Ameresco have partnered on a comprehensive, multi-phase solar and energy efficiency project designed to reduce the college’s carbon footprint and save it over $100,000 annually. The project was catalyzed thanks to the college’s Class of 2019 senior gift, which provided funding for an energy…

Preparing for the EU’s new reporting directive

Preparing for the EU’s new reporting directive

Back in January, the European Union enacted its much anticipated corporate sustainability reporting directive, or CSRD. A part of the European Green Deal, the framework is set to bring sustainability reporting in line with financial reporting, building on the foundations laid out by its predecessor, the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). Unlike the NFRD, though, the…

Why nature-based investments could be ESG’s crowning glory

Why nature-based investments could be ESG’s crowning glory

The coronation of Charles III inevitably brought renewed claims that monarchies are unwelcome relics of a bygone age. In at least one respect, though, the U.K.’s new king deserves to be recognized as ahead of the curve. As Prince of Wales, Charles was avowedly green long before sustainability was fashionable. He gave his first major…

OSHA Cites Hospital for Failing to Keep Employees Safe from Patients

OSHA Cites Hospital for Failing to Keep Employees Safe from Patients

  Staff members of Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion reportedly suffered concussions, lacerations and sprains from patients. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a Columbus, Ohio hospital for failing to protect its employees from patients whose bites, kicks, punches and other assaults caused serious injuries. Following a complaint of unsafe working conditions,…