The Kitchen Power Grommet provides convenient access to electricity on virtually any countertop.
According to Generac, the new CorePower System offers all the safety and convenience of an automatic standby power supply at a price only a little higher than that of a portable generator.
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Technology: Friend or Foe?
Lam Partners created Ideas to Light to inform and educate anyone interested in lighting and design, and to share knowledge the firm has amassed over a 40-year history designing integrated lighting for architecture and outdoor environments. The seventh post to appear on archlighting.com...
Broan and NuTone recently announced that they've improved the lighting for their Ultra Silent Ventilation Fans With Lights.
Flashing Electrical Boxes in Stucco
Exterior electrical boxes on stucco jobs often aren't flashed properly, partly because the plaster contractors don't know how.
Cedar roofs are common in Eastern Massachusetts, where I live and work.
According to GE, fins surrounding the new 9-watt Energy Smart LED bulb dissipate heat and disperse light, making it the world's first omnidirectional LED replacement bulb.
Lighting Controls Come of Age
Lighting designers and manufacturers weigh in on the future of this critical system.
Remote-Source Lighting—Up Close
From the Archive presents articles from the past 25 years, with new commentary from members of the lighting community.
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National Lighting Bureau's High-Benefit Lighting Awards
Eaton Corp., which makes charging systems for commercial electric-powered vehicles, now offers a line of chargers for residential applications.
If you're still using a socket wrench to fasten posts or beams, you might want to check out the ThruLok Screw Bolt Fastening System.
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Milan's Euroluce: The Cool Lighting Show
Although LEDs led the pack at this April's biennial showcase for illuminating design, there were also inventive options with other sources.
Should Lighting Designers Be Licensed?
From the Archive presents articles from the past 25 years, with new commentary from members of the lighting community.
With LED lighting and a head length of only 3 3„4 inches, Milwaukee's M18 Cordless 3„8" Right-Angle Drill Driver might make life a bit easier for cabinet installers - or anyone who works in dark cramped quarters.
ViriBright LED Light Bulbs offer the efficiency, durability, and dimmability of LEDs at a price closer to what you'd expect to pay for high-quality compact fluorescents.
The new generation of lithium-ion subcompacts are lightweight and surprisingly powerful for their size.
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Parsons' Symposium to Address Lighting in the Developing World
Light is taken for granted in the developing world, and it is easy to forget that, according to the World Bank, 1.6 billion people live without electricity. Students in the MFA lighting design program at the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons the New School for Design in New York have...
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Lamps, Ballasts, and Controls
Convoluted Layers in the Lighting Supply Chain
How and why it came to be this way.