Posts Tagged LEED
Green/Sustainable Training for Electrical Contractors
Posted by Frank in Uncategorized on June 9th, 2009
Electrical contractors are more interested than ever in education/training about “Green/Sustainable Building Technology” based on the results of Electrical Contractor’s 2008 Profile of the Electrical Contractor. In this most recent industry-wide biennial study, 57% percent indicated an interest as compared to 28% in the study two years earlier.
According to respondents, specific areas of planned training in the 12 months following the research are “Green Building” (22%), “Energy Use Regulations” (17%) and LEED Certification (8%). In the 12 months prior to the survey, electrical contractors that actually took training in these three areas were 13%, 9% and 8% respectively. This indicates real growth in interest in these areas and this is something that product manufacturers and others - especially electrical distributors - should note.
Since electrical contractors currently spend 75% of all the dollars for their purchases of installed products with electrical distributors, it seems imperative that electrical distributors must be able to provide electrical contractors with this needed training and these products if distributors plan to hold and grow business with this essential market segment. (Electrical contractor sales currently constitute nearly half of all electrical distributor sales volume.)
Electrical Contractors Going For the Green
Posted by Frank in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2009
Electrical Contractor’s 2008 Profile of the Electrical Contractor Topline Report shows (for the 12 months prior to this biennial survey of the industry) that 30% of electrical contractors have worked in one or more of the following: LEED Projects, Solar PV, Wind Generation, Net Meeting and/or Co-Generation. This was particularly true of larger firms (100+ employees) where the percentage was 57% while it was 27% for smaller firms.
The percentage breaks down by category as follows:
Solar/Photovoltaic 11%
LEED Projects 9%
Geothermal 7%
Co-Generation 7%
Net Metering 5%
Wind Generation 3%
Fuel Cells 0.04%
This research - conducted in early 2008 - is really an indication of market activity for 2007. (The next such profile study will be done in early 2010 and will reflect 2009 activity.) How much growth do you believe there has been in these types of projects by contractors since 2007?