Month: August 2019

Popularity Surge: LED Lighting in Electrical Design

Popularity Surge: LED Lighting in Electrical Design A person holding up a cell phone in a room with colored lights.

The use of LED lights in electrical design has improved a lot over the decades. In 1879, Thomas Edison introduced the first commercially available incandescent bulb to the masses. In the decades that followed, lighting options remained fairly unchanged until 1962 when General Electric’s Nick Holonyak Jr. invented the first light-emitting diode (LED) technology. Today […]

Travels with VP: How a Recent Trip Inspired an Even Greater Appreciation for the Air Conditioner and its History

Travels with VP: How a Recent Trip Inspired an Even Greater Appreciation for the Air Conditioner and its History A man in a yellow jacket standing in a factory.

By Kosta Pappas Whether for work or family, we travel a lot here at VP, so much so we’ve created a blog series titled “Travels with VP” that reflect on our adventures — whether it’s as simple as a recommendation for a brewery with a great IPA on tap or the exploration of a MEP-related […]