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"Let's Edge It" Offers Solar Powered Lighting In Plastic Brick Edging
- ebuild (6/21/2007)
- Edging and lighting yards, gardens and walkways is now literally a snap for homeowners nationally. The new no-tools-required "Let's Edge It" is a uniquely simple product that provides edging and lighting in one. The "Let's Edge It" kit is a set of realistic plastic bricks with solar-powered lights built right into the bricks - which means no confusing electrical wiring is needed. Swivel action connectors allow straight or curved installation to encircle a flowerbed, tree or follow a curved pathway. "Let's Edge It" sports unique built-in spikes on the bottom of the bricks that hold them in place. Installation requires no digging, no mortar and no heavy lifting.
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AmeriTec Lighting Introduces the CeraGlass GM line of Lighting Fixtures
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- AmeriTec Lighting introduces the CeraGlass GM series of lighting fixtures. Combining the original metalwork designs of Hinkley's Custom Lighting with the elegance of AmeriTec Lighting's kiln formed glass, CeraGlass GM fixtures combine mixed media visual appeal and functionality. The CeraGlass GM Series also features interchangeable kiln formed glass to allow quick, yet elegant, environment changes for multi-purpose rooms.
- A Model for Outdoor Lighting Ordinances
- ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Magazine (6/1/2007)
- The MLO is a technically sound model lighting ordinance that communities can adopt, and that is understood industry-wide between lighting designers, engineers, contractors, manufacturers, and community officials.
- Composite Creativity
- REMODELING Magazine (6/1/2007)
- With a little imagination, composite decks offer remodelers the opportunity to go beyond the mundane to create something special.
- A Model for Outdoor Lighting Ordinances
- ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Magazine (6/1/2007)
- COMMUNITIES AND STATES ARE INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZING THE BENEFITS OF establishing some regulation for outdoor lighting. The move may be prompted by citizen complaints about poorly designed installations, a desire to save energy, or an awareness of losing sight of the night sky. Exterior lighting regulation is also finding its way into many energy codes and regulations such as California's Title 24 and ASHRAE's 90.1-2004. Even the United States Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system has a credit for reducing light pollution.
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Lutron Electronics Launches New Security Lighting Control Package for its AuroRa System
- ebuild (5/31/2007)
- The Lutron AuroRa system was designed as a low-cost, simplified, radio frequency (RF)-based lighting control system that lets homeowners create a safe path of light into, and throughout the home from the car, patio and bedside. This pre-programmed system gives users the ability to enjoy the safety, simplicity and comfort of lighting control without any installation hassles, setup or programming.
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Lutron's EcoSystem Lighting Control Solution Makes Front-Page News
- ebuild (5/31/2007)
- The ability of Lutron's EcoSystem lighting control solution to cut an office building's lighting energy use up to 60 percent took center stage in Philadelphia recently. The Philadelphia Inquirer, in a front-page story on April 27, reported ongoing energy efficiency tests inside the Cira Centre, one of the city's newest high-rise office towers. The paper reported test results showed that offices using the EcoSystem lighting controls were consuming 67 percent less energy than identical offices not using the system.
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Lutron Electronics to Host Lighting Control Design Seminar at Upcoming Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS)
- ebuild (5/31/2007)
- Lutron Electronics has announced that it will be hosting a half-day lighting control design seminar at the upcoming Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (K/BIS), being held May 8-10 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The seminar, "Enhancing Kitchen and Bath Designs with Lighting Control and Whole-Home Systems," will be held Monday, May 7 from 1-5 pm. Led by Lutron's Director of Customer Education, Kathie Leslie, the seminar will educate designers and architects on how to create a functional and fashionable kitchen or bath by adding multiple layers of light through individual controls or smart home systems.
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Hunter's 5-Minute Fan is a Builder's Dream
- ebuild (5/30/2007)
- Ceiling fans have long represented an easy way to better the home environment, but have not traditionally been the easiest hardware to install; Hunter Fan Company has made this rather hard job into a task that will take 5-minutes or less. Appropriately named the 5-Minute Fan, it's 90% pre-assembled out of the box. With fast and easy installation, the 5-Minute Fan is the perfect fit when builders or even homeowners need to get the job done.
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St. Augustine Energy Star Lighting Fixture Series
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (5/14/2007)
- Westinghouse. Using compact fluorescent lamps, the St. Augustine Energy Star lighting fixture series has an oil-rubbed bronze finish accented with amber glass. The chandelier and pendant fixtures include the EZ Install Crossbar, which has a patented U-slot design that allows a fully assembled hanging fixture to slide into place. The collection also includes flush-mount and wall-bracket styles. 800-999-2226.
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