Feature
Lighting Controls: Beyond the Toggle Switch
This feature article provides a concise primer on lighting-control technologies--from simple switches to sophisticated energy-management systems--and places them in the context of integrated design. It offers a follow-up to our June 2002 survey article "Electric Lighting: Focus on Lamp Technologies."
Letters
Not All Forest Certification Programs Measure Up
A consortium of environmental groups argues that despite SFI and CSA improvements, FSC remains the sole credible forest certification program.
What's Happening
NAHB Stakes a Claim on Green Building
Responding to interest in sustainability and threatened by USGBC's LEED-Homes program, NAHB declares its support for green building. Read the article and NAHB's resolution here.
CARE Report Reveals Uncertainties
In its first annual report, the Carpet America Recovery Effort admits the industry knows little about the state of carpet recycling.
McDonough Launches Nonprofit GreenBlue
William McDonough and Michael Braungart begin a new organization to promote--and share--their cradle-to-cradle design protocol.
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Awards & Competitions
Product Review
“Eco Intelligent” Fabrics for Commercial Interiors
Victor Innovatex uses antimony-free polyester to produce a fabric in compliance with MBDC's cradle-to-cradle protocol.
Interface Announces Its First Residential Product: FLOR
This product brings modular flooring to the residential market. One line of FLOR is the industry's first to use bio-based PLA as face fiber.
Product News
Honeywell Controls the Nylon 6 Market
In exchange for its engineering-plastics business, Honeywell has acquired BASF's nylon-fiber business, making Honeywell the sole supplier of nylon 6.
Dark-Colored Metal Roofs That Reflect Like Light Colors
Special pigments in PPG's new line of coatings allow greater reflectivity for dark roofs.
Herman Miller Makes the Office Chair Ecological
A number of green considerations make the Mirra chair the first product to fully manifest Herman Miller's "Design for the Environment" protocol.
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