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- Maintain To-the-Minute Accuracy with Intermatic's EI Series Electronic In-Wall Time Switches
- ebuild (7/17/2007)
- Intermatic has released four new series of electronic in-wall time switches to free up shelf space for distributors and provide added specification flexibility for installers. All models automatically switch loads with guaranteed accuracy, and astronomic programming can be combined with independent programs to provide sunset ON and timed OFF settings. The EI600 and EJ500 Series provide astronomic programming (sunset ON and sunrise OFF settings) to eliminate the need for additional control devices.
- Suddenly, Solar's Hot
- Arizona Daily Star (7/15/2007)
- Energy prices have the sun looking goodIn the late 1970s, a nationwide energy crisis had people looking for ways to become less dependent on fossil fuels. But energy prices moderated, tax credits for solar systems evaporated, and solar's future dimmed.
- Planning Pays Off in Kitchen Renovation
- Virginian - Pilot (7/14/2007)
- WHEN IT CAME time to move from Washington, D.C., and find a new home, Jim and Margie Powell thought of Hampton Roads. "We came to visit a cousin who lived here about 15 years and fell in love with the Virginia Beach area," Jim explained. Jim and Margie worked quite a bit - about six months - before moving into their new, personally customized home.
- LED Lamps Meant for Rural Villagers
- Sunday Gazette - Mail; Charleston, W.V. (7/1/2007)
- PALO ALTO, Calif. - The future clients of two Stanford University business school students have no Blackberrys, mutual funds or pinstriped suits. Sam Goldman and Ned Tozun, founders of d.light design, hope to sell them low-cost, light-emitting diode lamps, known as LED lamps."Every penny we add to the cost wipes out thousands of customers," said Tozun, a Saratoga, Calif., native and president of d.light design, which plans to sell LED lamps to people in homes not supplied with electricity.
- For Many, Solar Electricity is Now a Cost-Effective Option
- Virginian - Pilot (6/30/2007)
- Q. The more energy costs go up, the more determined I get to someday be energy-independent. Are the costs of solar electricity ever going to be cost-effective for the average homeowner?A. During the past 21 years I've been writing this column, I've gotten hundreds of questions asking this very same thing, and I've always answered them the same way: someday down the road, photovoltaics (solar electric systems, also called PV systems) will be economic enough to consider their widespread use.
- Landfills Increasingly Become Sources of Power
- Houston Chronicle (6/27/2007)
- Jun. 27--It may be stinky, but your local landfill could soon play a bigger role in keeping the lights on at home. Today, Houston's Waste Management is expected to announce a major expansion of a program that collects methane gas from its landfills and converts it into electricity. Under the program, the nation's biggest landfill operator plans to spend $400 million over the next five years to build power plants at 60 additional landfills around the country, including several sites in Texas.
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LumeLEX Track-Based LED Fixtures
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (6/27/2007)
- Lighting Services. Ideal for illuminating collectibles and other displays, LumeLEX track-based LED fixtures provide 1,000 lumens of useful white light and a 16-degree beam spread that delivers a flat, even field. Light output is easily controllable and can be dimmed down to 10 percent without any shift in color temperature, the manufacturer says. A stepped range of six color temperatures enables designers or homeowners to change the color temperature to suit the application. 800-999-9574.
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B-K Lighting is Now Powered by the Sun
- ebuild (6/27/2007)
- B-K Lighting is proud to announce the unveiling of their new 116 kilowatt (kW) solar electric system designed and installed by REC Solar, the nation's leading installer of residential and small commercial solar electric systems. B-K Lighting's solar electric system will transform the roof into a state-of-the-art source of energy. The system is composed of 680 Mitsubishi Electric 170-Watt panels, and when completed it is expected to supply two thirds of B-K Lighting's overall electrical energy per year in renewable green energy.
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Pendant and Dome Lamps Among Newest Ginger Offerings
- DIGITAL HOME News Service (6/27/2007)
- Long recognized for their innovative sconce designs, GINGER this week makes a foray into luxury pendant and dome lighting with the introduction of their COLUMNAR collection. COLUMNAR lighting is defined by the collection's signature geometric formatting. The pieces are made from the finest solid brass and feature cased-opal, mouth-blown glass shades. COLUMNAR boasts nine light configurations including single hall light, double hall light, single wall sconce, ceiling pendant, ceiling pendant with a 3" extender, ceiling pendant with a 12" extender, pendant dome light, offset dome light and flush dome light.
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Trends: A Brighter Future
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (6/27/2007)
- A new light is about to break on the horizon of residential illumination: light emitting diodes, or LEDs. LEDs have been used for years in indicator, electronic readout, and signage applications, as well as in the theater industry. More recently, LEDs are increasingly used as architectural accents in high-end homes. But in the not-so-distant future, LED technology will conquer general home lighting, according to industry experts.
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