Electrical Contrator Magazine

 

Dangers of the Status Quo Bias: What’s next when lighting is no longer electrical contractors’ work?

By Andrew P. McCoy and Fred Sargent
Published On Dec 15, 2020

Traditionally oriented electrical contractors and highly trained electricians are in jeopardy of being shut out of future opportunities in what has always been a major part of what they do: the installation, service and maintenance of architectural lighting systems in buildings.

Two trends hint at this threat. The first is the inchoate transition to DC-powered buildings. The second is the steady evolution of architectural lighting.