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Making advances: LED lighting

While home compact fluorescent lighting (CFL) has caught on, home LED lighting is still an emerging industry. But some fixtures are leading the pack. One is by Cree. These recessed fixtures use 85 percent less energy than similar incandescent fixtures and 50 percent less than a CFL. They last up to 50,000 hours, or eight hours a day for 20 years (that’s 50 times longer than an incandescent bulb and five times longer than a CFL). They show the colors of a room better, do not require warm-up time, are dimmable to 20 percent, and unlike CFLs, do not contain mercury. creative-lighting.com

 

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Custom Kitchens and Design

Bamboo—ideal for custom cabinetry

Add sustainability to your kitchen with cabinetry from Sawhill Custom Kitchens & Design and Plato Woodwork. Because it grows so quickly, bamboo is an ideal material for custom cabinetry. Plato Woodwork’s bamboo cabinetry is an FSC-certified, low-VOC product with no added formaldehyde. It is available in several finishes. Based in Plato, Minn., Plato Woodwork has a record of using green manufacturing practices long before they were popular. Sawhill Custom Kitchens has an 18-year history of using local suppliers like Plato Woodwork. sawhillkitchens.com

 

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Waterfurnace
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Heating and cooling that saves you green

The WaterFurnace Envision Series of geothermal heating and cooling system offers everything you could want in a home environmental system: industry-leading efficiency, whisper-quiet operation, and exceptional comfort. Tapping into the constant temperatures found a few feet underground, Envision uses the Earth’s energy to heat a home with impressive 500 percent efficiency and boasts a rating of 30 EER (energy efficiency ratio) for cooling. The system requires no combustion and can save homeowners up to 70 percent on their heating and cooling costs.waterfurnace.com
 

 

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