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lighting

James Bedell Adds Some Pro to Our Lighting Designs

February 3, 2011

James Bedell (@jamesbedell) has been a follower of the 100K project from the beginning. He also happens to be a young and talented professional lighting designer in NYC working for firms such as Tirshchwell Architectural Lighting. He founded Build2Sustain in 2008, a consulting firm with the mission of bringing sustainable design to commercial environments. Over [...]

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Wireless Light Switches + Floor Outlets = Tighter & More Insulated Home

October 15, 2010

Earlier this week we posted on cutting labor costs associated with Cellulose insulation installs. It occured to me in some of the comments that we have never posted on our “magical” electrical strategy to help improve the insulation and air tightness of our homes. The truth of the matter is that we actually don’t use [...]

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Philadelphia Electric Code Ruling on Exposed CFL’s

October 20, 2008

A couple of weeks ago we met with our new electrician who informed me that we would not be able to use our exposed CFL light sockets as planned due to the City of Philadelphia Electrical Code that requires all light fixtures to be covered. This bummed me out to say the least since we [...]

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Exposed Lighting Examples

May 16, 2008

In an effort to defend the viability of the exposed CFL throughout the house I have compiled a few example images of modern interiors where the technique was successfully implemented. All of these are from Japan.

T+M House Image[...]

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Lighting Layout for 100K

May 15, 2008

May from ISA sent over a rough sketch of the lighting layout for the 100K House that they came up with. Given the discussion that was sparked the other day on the ceiling fans and where to put the lighting, I thought I would get this up ASAP for the interested parties. The star of our lighting, fixture wise, will be the simple $2 ceiling fixtures you find at Home Depot and normally only put in your basement.

Porcelain Light Fixture Image[...]

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