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- Check the Specs Before Choosing SAD Light
- Topeka Capital Journal (3/24/2007)
- Dear Jim: I am planning to get a high-intensity SAD light or sunrise device to help reduce my wintertime blues. Some hospitals have SAD light therapy rooms that you can use for a fee. Almost all of the SAD light boxes use several long fluorescent tubes for the light source.
- Classic Bungalow Kitchens Go Modern
- Chattanooga Times/Free Press (3/24/2007)
- Mar. 24--Americans have long warmed to bungalows, Craftsman-style cottages that debuted around 1890 and dominated much of the homebuilding industry until the 1950s rancher rage. Here to help is the recently released "The New Bungalow Kitchen" by Peter Labau (Taunton Press, 216 pages, $30). The author is an architect who founded a Massachusetts-based home-renovation company.
- Home Decorators Collection Recalls Wall Sconces Due to Electrical Shock Hazard
- U.S. Newswire (3/21/2007)
- WASHINGTON, March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030904/USCSCLOGO ) Name of Product: Home Decorators Collection Wall SconcesDistributor: Home Decorators Collection, of St. Louis, Mo.
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Cooper Lighting Introduces Halo H3 Square Trims
- ebuild (3/21/2007)
- Cooper Lighting introduces a new line of square trims for its Halo H3 small aperture line of recessed downlights. The dual-listed trims, for use with low voltage 50W MR16 and line voltage 50W GU10 lamps, feature three different styles including an Adjustable, Adjustable Gimbal, and a Regressed Lens Adjustable Shower Light.
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Cooper Lighting Previews IRiS Square Recessed Downlight Series
- ebuild (3/21/2007)
- Cooper Lighting previews a new series of recessed luminaires with 4-inch square apertures targeting prestige residential and commercial properties. The IRiS Square Recessed Downlight Series features unmatched modular design and a two-stage optical system producing smooth distribution with excellent light control and low aperture brightness.
- LED Lighting Gets Its First Customer
- The News & Observer (3/21/2007)
- Mar. 21--MORRISVILLE -- LED Lighting Fixtures signed the first customer for its energy-efficient light fixtures. Loyd builds 30 to 40 houses annually priced at $500,000 to $2 million, including at Colvard Farms, another of Hunter's business ventures. LLF will supply all of the six-inch recessed fixtures for Loyd's homes.
- Clean Light
- Marketplace (3/20/2007)
- Neal Verfuerth has no doubt that growing concerns about climate change are helping to boost business for Orion Energy Systems."It's time for solutions we can do right now that are immediate and make economic sense, that don't need to be subsidized - they're just good, prudent business."Since Orion began manufacturing highly efficient industrial lighting fixtures in Plymouth six years ago, the company has seen a three-year growth rate of 324 percent, earning it a spot on the Inc. 500 list of the nation's fastest-growing companies in 2006.
- Wiping the Slate Green ; N.J. Small Businesses Are Answering the Growing Demand for Renewable Energy and Providing More Choice
- Record, The; Bergen County, N.J. (3/18/2007)
- Green power is surging. As more New Jerseyans embrace renewable energy, small businesses are emerging to provide a fuller range of choices.But with the rebate program facing a phase-out this year and the cost of solar-energy panels remaining high, some companies see a benefit to expanding their energy portfolios.
- Spa-Worthy Bathrooms
- The Modesto Bee (3/17/2007)
- Mar. 17--When Lynn Roth decided to update her Modesto 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 Roth, a retiree, wanted. Before the remodel, the bathroom was a place where Roth swiftly took care of basic grooming needs.
- Barrier-Free Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference in Improving a Home's Accessibility
- Virginian - Pilot (3/17/2007)
- NORFOLK - A top-loading washing machine may seem like an innocuous appliance to have around the home.For more than 35 years, Confino-Rehder, a certified interior designer, has been helping clients and acquaintances make their living spaces barrier-free. Last week, Confino-Rehder spent several hours at Home Depot in Norfolk pointing out items that can make a home safer and more accessible for people of varying age and need.
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