Convia Energy-Management Infrastructure

March 19, 2010 Category: Construction, Home Improvement

Convia Energy-Management Infrastructure

The product of a partnership between Convia (a Herman Miller company) and wiring production leader Wiremold, Convia Energy Management Infrastructure is a modular energy-management platform that integrates lighting, switches, occupancy sensors, timers, and other devices and links them to sophisticated controls and dashboards to monitor and adjust a building’s overall energy performance. Convia’s infrastructure uses plug-and-play components that... 

Emco LED Garage Luminaire

January 14, 2010 Category: Construction

Emco LED Garage Luminaire

Emco Lighting has introduced the Emco LED Garage luminaire (ELG). This new LED product is a ceiling mount or ceiling pendant mounted garage luminaire. Like all Philips Gardco and Emco LED luminaires, the ELG was designed around the LEDs to better manage heat and LED life. The ELG housing design provides extruded aluminum integral thermal radiation fins in the upper housing, combined with lateral air ways, to provide the excellent thermal management... 

Eggrock Pre-built Bathroom

December 30, 2009 Category: Construction, Real Estate

Eggrock Pre-built Bathroom

Traditionally, bathrooms are expensive to build on-site and are a major cause of construction delays and quality problems. Building each bathroom at the construction site requires at least eight different specialty trades to complete – all within a small, confined space. Eggrock solves these problems by building bathrooms in a controlled manufacturing facility and delivering them to the construction site complete with finished floor and wall tiles,... 

Xodtec Group USA, Inc. Releases New Directional Landscape Light

December 4, 2009 Category: Construction

Xodtec Group USA, Inc. Releases New Directional Landscape Light

Xodtec Group USA, Inc. announced the release of LED directional landscape light (Model Number: G0101, G0102), suitable for garden projection lighting, lawn, landscape, and paver lighting. G0101 and G0102 both provide colors of light including red, green, and blue; color temperatures 3000K (warm white) and 6000K (cold white); beam angles 25o and 40o, waterproof rating IP66; life span 20,000 hours, and both have maximum power consumption 12 watts. “Directional... 

Xodtec Group USA, Inc. Releases New AR111

December 4, 2009 Category: Construction

Xodtec Group USA, Inc. Releases New AR111

Xodtec Group USA, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, today announced the addition of LED AR111 (Model Number: LP304) available, suited to applications for architecture, hotels, offices, private homes and shops. LP304 has a round lamp surface of 110mm diameter, 32mm thick and weighs 100±5g. With correlated color temperatures 3000K, 6000K and beam angles 25°, 40°, LP304 provides 4 types of AR111 to meet customers’ needs. LP304 has maximum power... 

Alcoa’s Kawneer Architectural Aluminum Products Enhance Learning in an Environmentally Friendly Way

November 7, 2009 Category: Architecture, Construction

Alcoa's Kawneer Architectural Aluminum Products Enhance Learning in an Environmentally Friendly Way

The Hot Springs Intermediate School, located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, may appear to be an everyday, two-story school. But in taking a closer look at the aluminum, glass and brick building it is apparent that there is much more to the building than meets the eye. Sustainability was a key factor in creating the new school. It was important that the Intermediate School incorporate solutions that help provide a healthy, productive learning environment,... 

Cyla Chandelier from jGoodDesign

November 5, 2009 Category: Architecture, Home Improvement

Cyla Chandelier from jGoodDesign

Custom-designed chandelier – Available in varying heights, colors, and finishes, and as a single pendant or full chandelier – Choice of halogen, incandescent, or LED light sources – Made of hand-blown, partially recycled glass – Recyclable aluminum and brass are hand-brushed, with no plating or anodizing – Can be hung from a stem or cord. With cylinders of glass orchestrated at varied heights like organ pipes, the Cyla... 

Innovative Lighting Partnership Highlights Significant Architectural Achievement

November 2, 2009 Category: Construction

Innovative Lighting Partnership Highlights Significant Architectural Achievement

It’s brand new. It can be seen from miles around. It’s an architectural landmark that embodies key influences and inspirations from ancient Islamic art and traditions, melded with the artistry and geometries associated with speed, movement and spectacle. Its visual impact is all made possible by leading-edge LED technology. It’s the Yas Hotel, a 500-room, 85, 000-square-meter complex recently completed by Aldar Properties PJSC, Abu Dhabi’s... 

Mellina Taps LED Lighting Expert Greenlight Initiative for New Marco’s Pizza Locations

October 26, 2009 Category: Real Estate

Mellina Taps LED Lighting Expert Greenlight Initiative for New Marco's Pizza Locations

Greenlight Initiative (GLI), a USA headquartered LED-lighting sales and solutions provider, announced the successful installation of a complete LED-based lighting system for the first of a number of new Marco’s Pizza franchise restaurants across Georgia. Mellina LLC, the design builder for the Georgia projects reports this first installation has been well-received in terms of quality and energy-savings, and represents the first of 80 new locations... 

Kendrion HAHN CQLine Door Holding Systems

October 24, 2009 Category: Construction

Kendrion HAHN CQLine Door Holding Systems

Holding solenoids of the Kendrion HAHN CQLine are first-class door holding systems which are primarily used as locking devices for fire-protection closures. The unique holding systems have been developed in accordance with the latest architectural trends and offer completely new design options. A wide range of colours and surfaces as well as integrated LED-lighting can be selected. Door-holding solenoids are typically used for doors in the private...