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- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (1/19/2007)
- The International Builders' Show is back in Orlando, Fla., for a third year, and the NAHB expects it to be bigger and better than ever. The event at the Orange County Convention Center Feb. 7-10 promises to include the most exciting new products for the home building and remodeling industries. There will be more than 1,600 exhibitors from the United States and around the world. In this issue, catch a glimpse of some of the products and materials that can help you save time and money and attract new customers. Walking around the Builders' Show may not be as fun as spending time at Disney World, but it's certainly more educational.
- Fluorescents' Bright Future
- Bangor Daily News (1/13/2007)
- Are you tired of replacing burned-out light bulbs? And the federal government says you would save more than $60 as year and take more than 1 trillion tons a year of greenhouse gases out of the air if you substituted fluorescent bulbs in the five most-used fixtures in your home.The PUC's Efficiency Maine program helped sell close to 1 million fluorescent bulbs last year, and sales keep increasing.
- New Arrivals: Forward Thinking
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (1/11/2007)
- The best new products, hand-picked by Building Products Magazine staff. Part of the Elements line of bathroom fittings for the home, the Sereno suite achieves a timeless minimalist look to complement today's modern bathroom, according to the manufacturer. The Sereno single-lever lavatory faucet features ceramic control components, aerator, single-hole mount, and metal construction. It is available in polished chrome, Radiance satin nickel, or Radiance polished brass, and operates at 2.2 gallons per minute.
- Torchiere With a Twist: New Soundolier Duo Wireless Speaker Lamp Wins CES Best of Innovations Award
- PRNewswire (1/8/2007)
- LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER, BOOTH #21723 -- Here's an idea to file under "Why didn't I think of that?": That's the out-of-the-box thinking that drove the creation of the Duo wireless speaker lamp, winner of a remarkable two International Consumer Electronics Show Innovations 2007 Design and Engineering Awards, in addition to the highest possible prize in the Home Theater Audio category - the CES Best of Innovations Award.A breakthrough new product from Soundolier, a division of Mitek Corporation, the Duo combines elegance and premium-quality sound in a single, remarkably functional product.
- Lighting Up Cabinet Bottoms Isn't Hard
- Record, The; Bergen County, N.J. (1/7/2007)
- DEAR TIM: Do you think under-cabinet lighting is a smart thing to do in a kitchen? I'm afraid that modern under-cabinet lighting will make my kitchen not match the rest of my home. Linda H., Belleville, Ont., Canada
- Please Stand By
- CUSTOM HOME Magazine (1/1/2007)
- When power outages strike, are your clients left in the dark?
- Process of Illumination ; The Right Lighting Can Make Your House Truly Homey
- State Journal Register (12/16/2006)
- The basic idea of home lighting is straightforward: Create a pleasing light level all around you in a room and throughout the home, provide additional task To achieve the most satisfactory effect, use combinations of general, task and ambient lighting throughout the home, says Susan Mason, builder sales and lighting design manager of The Lighting Center of Springfield Electric. Combine at least two levels in various room settings, using indirect and direct light sources, for what Mason calls attractive "layers of light."
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Eaton Introduces Contractor And Home Builder Cost Saving Enhancements To Premium Loadcenter Solutions
- ebuild (12/13/2006)
- Eaton Corporation today announced its latest development in residential electrical solutions. These developments include time saving enhancements to the circuit protective devices and loadcenter designs resulting in lower installation costs for the electrical contractor. The new patent-pending Cutler-Hammer plug-on neutral arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) and ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) reduces installation time.
- For Houses, It's Glamorous to Be Green
- Business Week (12/13/2006)
- Over one million U.S. households now warm their homes in the winter with heat from the earth instead of using furnaces or fuel lines. Even George W. Bush has a geothermal system in his vacation home in Crawford, Tex. Designed by architect David Heymann, Prairie Chapel Ranch captures solar energy and has a cistern that gathers rainwater and wastewater, purifies it, and then uses it to irrigate the greenery around the Presidential vacation home."The green-energy movement is growing in leaps and bounds," says Paul Glenney, a director of energy initiatives at AeroVironment, a California company that makes sleek wind turbines that can be mounted on buildings.
- Outdoor Lighting Fixtures
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