Nearly 60 percent of the real estate agents polled said they are seeing more smart home features in listing descriptions than they did two to five years ago. Everyone is talking about the connected home. Smart home technology is becoming ...
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Designed as the perfect lighting solution to fit shallow plenums above ceilings in residential and light commercial settings, the new Aether IC Rated downlight from WAC Lighting is engineered with a low profile 3.5-inch LED shallow housing. ...
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Nearly three quarters of U.S. architects say the health impacts of buildings are influencing their design decisions. That finding parallels a strong market demand by building owners, with a solid two-thirds surveyed also reporting that ...
Sao Paulo-based architecture practice Studio MK27 designed ‘Casa Branca’, a concrete retreat inspired by Brazilian modernism. In order to withstand the area’s extreme tropical weather conditions, the minimal two-story ...
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The president of the United Nations General Assembly's office has received a makeover from Danish furniture brand Republic of Fritz Hansen. Currently occupied by Mogens Lykketoft who also comes from Denmark, the office is located at the ...
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Toyota Motor Sales, USA has officially opened a new parts distribution center (PDC) in Lithia Springs, Georgia. The new Atlanta PDC will employ up to 30 employees in 107,000 square feet of space. Stocking approximately 43,000 Lexus ...
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The 2016 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference is a wrap, but the marketing world is still buzzing about it. One of the most talked-about marketing masterpieces at this year’s SXSW was the astonishing installation of a 100-foot Ferris ...
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Shorr Packaging has launched its new 242,732ft2 headquarters in Aurora, Illinois, US. Shorr's new state-of-the-art building is one of Aurora's newest business developments. At the ceremony, Shorr employee-owners, along with David Shorr, ...
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Marset’s Santorini collection gets the Silver Delta Award The Santorini collection, designed by Sputnik Estudio, has just been awarded the silver medal in the 2016 Delta Awards, organized by the Spanish Industrial Design Association ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA says that its LN Series suspended luminaire is now available to ship. With its architectural design and WaveMax Technology, the LN Series suspended luminaire creates ...
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology fabricated on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has expanded its product portfolio with two new minimalist ambient LED luminaire ...
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VG New Trend present Arabesque Collection at Light + Building 2016 The Arabesque collection is perfect for the creation of striking coordinated interior design schemes with strong aesthetic and emotional impact. Versatile, always ...
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Projectors usually need hooking up to a set-top box, games console or other device to turn your lounge into a home cinema. But not the Z4 Aurora. It runs Android, so connect it to your Wi-Fi and you can access Netflix, Amazon Prime ...
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Barron Lighting Group, the originator of the LED exit sign and brands such as Exitronix, Trace*Lite, IGS and specialtyLED, is excited to launch the newest addition to the Exitronix VEX-WP series is the VEX-WPC. This wet location all-LED ...
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Ford Motor Company has filed a patent for “Autonomous Vehicle Entertainment System,” which will enable the company in turning its autonomous vehicles into mobile movie theaters equipped with screens and projectors that vanish ...
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