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- Automated Living: Gadgets Bring 'Cool' Factor Home: Systems Control Home Operations
- Tulsa World (4/8/2007)
- Apr. 8--When the hour grows late and eyelids become heavy, most people take a minute or two to make sure all the lights are off before shut-eye. But Dan Roberts learned that the process takes a bit longer in his 6,500-square-foot home. Centralized systems that can control the lights, climate, music or security for the entire house from a single panel aren't a new technology.
- Houses Powered By Sun Have Gone Mainstream
- The Atlanta Journal and Constitution (4/8/2007)
- Apr. 8--ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- The houses that Lennar Corp. is building here look like the tract houses you might find just about anywhere in America. In a crystal-clear sign that solar is finally going mainstream, Miami-based Lennar recently announced that photovoltaic solar energy systems will become standard -- just like carpet or cabinets -- in the more than 2,000 houses it plans to sell in the Sacramento and San Francisco Bay areas over the next few years. Buyers, sold on the promise that solar electric systems and other energy-efficient features will cut their monthly power bills by as much as 60 percent, are snapping up the houses.
- Cfl Bulbs Are Potent, Not Popular
- Augusta Chronicle, The (4/8/2007)
- PITTSBURGH - They're all over the news: Those curly, twirly light bulbs you've seen in stores - compact fluorescents, or CFLs - have been touted as perhaps the single most effective way consumers can dramatically alter their energy consumption. The new energy-efficient lights are four times more efficient than regular, or "incandescent" bulbs, and last 10 times longer.Despite a steady drop in price (from $10 a bulb a few years ago to about $2.50 now and falling) and advances in technology that make the newer "soft white" CFLs almost indistinguishable from incandescents when hidden by a large lampshade or an opaque glass globe, they lack the golden glow of a plain incandescent.
- Bathrooms Have Become Personal, Spalike Retreats
- Augusta Chronicle, The (4/8/2007)
- When Lynn Roth decided to update her home's master bath, her initial goal was to give the 1970s-era room - with its white cabinets, sliding glass doors and gold trim - a more contemporary look.Three weeks later, the completed room had the modern look that Ms. Roth, a retiree, wanted. Ms. Roth got something more than the updated room she envisioned in her Modesto home.
- Illuminating Ideas
- Tulsa World (4/7/2007)
- As you age, your lighting needs may changeIf you've caught yourself squinting at your book or magazine lately, you are far from alone.As eyes age, they begin to have more trouble focusing, but some simple adjustments to your home lighting could make life much easier on your eyes.
- Illuminating Ideas: Lighting Tips
- Tulsa World (4/7/2007)
- If you've caught yourself squinting at your book or magazine lately, you are far from alone. As eyes age, they begin to have more trouble focusing, but some simple adjustments to your home lighting could make life much easier on your eyes. Depending on the room, several options are available to boost the light in your home.
- Two Kitchens, Singular Style
- Chattanooga Times/Free Press (4/7/2007)
- Apr. 7--Christian Caceres, 27, hasn't spent years honing his culinary skills and usually serves catered fare at his frequent parties. Two months after Mr. Caceres' October move into his Main Street residence, Tommy and Marlene Caldwell occupied the traditional-style home they built in The Enclave. They'd devoted more time to designing the kitchen than any other room in the 8,500-square-foot dwelling, said Ms. Caldwell, 47.
- Angle Power Strip Wins Industry Awards
- PRNewswire (4/5/2007)
- KEARNEY, Neb., April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Task Lighting Corporation's innovative Angle Power Strip was recently honored with top awards from three prestigious design organizations. President Kenneth Anderson developed the idea for the Angle Power Strip in 2005 after hearing about clients' frustrations with electrical outlets interrupting backsplash designs. In April 2006 Task Lighting Corporation was named a Platinum Winner by the Awards for Design Excellence (ADEX).
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GE Supports Global Environmental Efforts with Innovative Plastics for the Solar Energy Market
- ebuild (4/5/2007)
- The dramatic spike in heating oil, gasoline, and natural gas prices is bringing to the forefront the need for alternative, renewable energy sources such as solar technology. Solar energy, used both for conversion to electricity (photovoltaics) and to heat water (solar thermal), can serve as the primary or secondary source of energy for homes and businesses, outdoor lighting, and many other applications. It offers significant environmental advantages over fossil fuels.
- Why Electricity Costs Remain so High
- Patriot Ledger, The; Quincy, Mass. (4/5/2007)
- Your story on rising electric bills ("High electricity bills jolt some customers," March 20) quoted several "experts" who blame consumers for buying products that use more electricity.That may be so for first-generation plasma TVs, but the real story is how we ratepayers are subsidizing the costs of tinkering with a commodity - electricity - that should never have been deregulated in the first place.For example, with the blessings of Washington's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Independent System Operator for New England, the region now has a wholesale electricity market where all electricity is sold at the price received by the most expensive generator selling it.
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