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- Rheem and Briggs & Stratton Power Products Group, LLC to Offer Homeowners a Turnkey Solution to Power Failure
- PRNewswire (3/6/2007)
- MILWAUKEE, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move to offer consumers the most advanced home standby generator technology available, Rheem Manufacturing and Briggs & Stratton Power Products Group, LLC today announced an agreement to offer a Rheem-branded standby generator program through its vast heating, ventilating and air conditioning distribution network.This new turnkey residential standby generator program combines Briggs & Stratton's Power Products Group, LLC's extensive product development, manufacturing and generator expertise with Rheem's extensive HVAC sales, installation, service and parts distribution network."This new line of Rheem home standby power products reinforces our commitment to provide innovative home comfort solutions that deliver superior value, high-efficiency and peace of mind," says Art Berg, parts marketing manager, Rheem Heating and Cooling Division.
- Chandeliers Can Become Fixtures in Any Room
- Daily Herald; Arlington Heights, Ill. (3/3/2007)
- A chandelier over a dining table can be captivating, but if you hang that same fixture in a bathroom, it achieves star power."There isn't a room you can't put a chandelier in," says interior designer Helen Velas, president and owner of Eleni Interiors based in Naperville.If you're lucky, there will already be a light fixture or ceiling fan outlet where you want to hang that decorative fixture.
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Introducing Decorative Glass Post Caps with a Solar-Powered Light
- ebuild (3/2/2007)
- Maine Ornamental, LLC, the building industry's most innovative designer and manufacturer of decorative post caps, has introduced a series of three Tiffany-style Stained Glass Post Caps that include the added benefit of a solar-powered light to add an intimate glow to fences, decks and outdoor living areas. Available nationwide this Spring, the Solar Tiffany-style Post Caps offer designer-inspired elegance and traditional post cap functionality that homeowners enjoy during the day, while offering a colorful source of ambient light at night.
- Let There Be Light
- DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (3/1/2007)
- KEM Homes took a step toward new home technology when it showed Colorado vNet's lighting automation system at the Parade of Homes show in its hometown of Fort Collins, Colo.
- Connectivity for Smart Buildings
- ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Magazine (3/1/2007)
- Architects have always been on the cutting edge of design—and today's issues of energy efficiency, global warming and equipment control represent today's “design edge.” As emphasis on energy efficiency has expanded, architects and designers have responded with enhanced energy efficient designs. The coming trends in the utility industry once again provide increasing opportunity. This time it will be building owner cost savings through…Automation and Connectivity.
- Favorite New Switch Plates
- Sunset (3/1/2007)
- This just out: Greenppia San Francisco Bay Area-The Urban Dweller's Guide to Green Living ($15; www.green opia.com). The checkbook-size paperback rates a huge array of eco-businesses, from stores that sell nontoxic furniture to cafes with organic coffee.Your home's switch plates aren't often meant to stand out, but that could change thanks to Flopping Fish, a Seattle-based hardware company whose intricate copper and bronze designs are too beautiful to ignore.
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Lighting Assemblies
- ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Magazine (3/1/2007)
- Designed to replace traditional magnetic T12 high output ballasts in existing or new fixtures, according to the manufacturer, the latest addition to its Basic-12 electronic ballast family is capable of reducing energy consumption by more than 10 percent. With universal input voltage (120 to 277 volts), the Basic-12 operates with F96, F48, F60, and F72 lamps. universalballast.com
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The Color White
- ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Magazine (3/1/2007)
- Artistic and special effects lighting aside, almost all architectural lighting uses white light. Until only very recently, however, the designer has been forced to choose a particular color temperature. With fluorescent lamps, the light color can be varied by the particular phosphors to create just about any desired hue, ranging from incandescent-matching 2700K to icy blue-white 7500K and higher. The most popular choice currently seems to be 3500K, as it strikes a comfortable balance between warmth and daylight.
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Lighting & Electrical
- CUSTOM HOME Magazine (3/1/2007)
- Flush-mounted Pop-Up Countertop Connection provides electrical receptacles and communications jacks on horizontal surfaces. A spring-activated flip-up lid allows the connection to be easily raised and lowered.
- Building an Everyday Near-Zero Energy Home
- RESIDENTIAL CONCRETE MAGAZINE (3/1/2007)
- It all started with the goal of building an affordable, healthier, more durable, near-zero energy home that could resist natural disasters and be faster to build than a standard wood-frame house.
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