For many truck drivers, long, inconsistent hours and long-distance travel make having a normal life outside of work impossible. Van Meter has drivers who know that struggle from previous jobs, but their time at Van Meter has been a different story. To borrow a phrase, this is how Van Meter allows its drivers to get a life.

Do you ever dread getting back in your car when you cannot park in the shade during the summer? What if there was a way to provide covered parking while harnessing that heat and energy to power your building? Commercial solar carports can do just that—and are a cool way to take advantage of unused space, provide protection for vehicles and use the sun’s energy for a productive purpose. Below is everything you need to know about solar carports.

Design Lights Consortium (DLC) released its newest Solid-State Lighting (SSL) requirements (version 5.1) in an effort to increase efficiency and quality of light for qualified products. Only lamps and fixtures that qualify according to DLC V5.1 requirements will be eligible for many rebate programs, so it is important to know how this might affect any existing or upcoming lighting projects you are working on. Our lighting expert, Tim Gebel, has the who, what, when, where and why about what this means and what steps you should take.