Milbank Manufacturing (Kansas City, Mo.): Michelle Milburn has joined the company as a Wind Specialist for the Power Generation Team. She has 10-plus years in sales. Prior to joining Milbank, Milburn served as a Central Area Sales Representative at Aggreko, LLC where she worked in the Utility, Manufacturing, Refining, Alternative Energy, Engineering, Construction, Contracting and Event Production Sectors.
Archive for June, 2010
Buchanan Joins ComCables as Senior Account Manager
ComCables (Denver): David Buchanan has been hired as senior account manager with the responsibility of managing a national account and Colorado-based low voltage integrators. He
comes to comCables from a Denver-based telephony integrator where he served as the director of sales. Buchanan has over a decade of telecommunications experience, including a specialization in telephony and IP-converged low voltage systems.
Confused About LED Longevity?
The Department of Energy (DOE) just published a research report that may help clear up some of the confusion about just how long an LED should last. Details
Federal Buildings Go Green with $4 Billion in Recovery Act Funds
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently reached the milestone of investing $4 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for energy efficiency in federal buildings nationwide. Since the passage of the Recovery Act in 2009, the GSA has awarded construction projects to more than 500 companies, creating jobs in all 50 states, two territories, and the District of Columbia. To accomplish this feat, the GSA streamlined operations to quickly award contracts and begin construction on hundreds of green projects.
The GSA Recovery Act projects include: construction of a new energy-efficient courthouse in Austin, Texas, incorporating innovative features such as high-efficiency heating and cooling systems, extensive use of natural light, and a efficient “green” roof; the installation of solar panels and insulation on the roof of the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Regional Office and Insurance Center in Pennsylvania; and renovation of the Goodfellow Federal Center in St. Louis, Missouri, modernizing the 1941-vintage structure with advanced lighting systems, maximum daylight, a high-performance heating and cooling system, and solar hot water. The GSA was given $5.5 billion under the Recovery Act to create green federal facilities.
OneSource Sets Sights on Bay Area Commercial and Industrial Market
The commercial and industrial markets in the San Francisco Bay area have been hit hard by the foundering economy, and electrical distributors that serve those markets are fighting fierce daily battles for any piece of business. Nonetheless, OneSource Distributors, LLC, San Diego, which has served the utility market in the area for three years, announced recently that it is gearing up to go after the commercial and industrial (C&I) sectors.
OneSource is expanding its 65,000 square foot distribution center in Hayward/Union City, Calif., and has hired sales and operations managers to lead a regional sales division team to concentrate on C&I in the Bay Area and surrounding counties. OneSource has brought in Don Swartz to rejoin the company as the operations manager in Northern California and hired Joe Helfrich, a 30-year field sales veteran to begin driving sales activity.