My wife and I have a favorite item for saving energy. It's our in-wall occupancy sensors in the bathrooms and powder room of our home. This solution provides three important benefits: saving energy …
An easy retrofit that will make the home safer, add convenience, save energy and addresses aging in place is to add an in-wall occupancy sensor to some of the lights in your home. An occupancy sensor …
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Better Homes and Gardens have launched the $25,000 Save Money, Save Energy Green Home Makeover Sweepstakes. Designed to draw readers to actionable tips and …
HomeWorks QS not only integrates the control of all your interior and exterior lighting needs, but also integrates with other manufacturers for audio-visual and HVAC control, and HomeWorks QS does …
RadioRA 2 is a wireless, light control system that provides convenient and intuitive control of lights, shades, appliances, and temperature in a single room or throughout a whole home. It installs …
Lutron has the lighting solutions to help you optimize energy performance in your home as well as enhance your life with the convenience and comfort of light control, and the Maestro collection does …
Using Clear Connect Radio Frequency (RF) Technology, Maestro Wireless gives a single Pico wireless control the power to control up to 10 Maestro wireless dimmers and switches at distances of up to …
The Vierti dimmer by Lutron redefines the style and function found in today's lighting controls and allows you to set the mood in a room with the slightest touch or slide of your finger.
If you've ever turned off the light in your bedroom and then run into every obstacle on the way to your bed, or if you've ever had trouble finding the bathroom light switch in the middle of the night …
The most common lighting sources for residential applications are incandescent, halogen, compact fluorescent (CFL), and light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and each of these lighting choices performs …
One drawback to switching from incandescent bulbs to energy-saving lighting such as CFLs or LEDs has been the difficulty in using dimmers.Using standard dimmers designed for incandescents has led to …
LEDs are the new, hot item on the shelf, and everyone wants to use them, but often they don't know how. LEDs are good for general illumination, but at times the light is more intense than needed or …
This simple 8 page white paper by Dr. Ian Rowbottom illuminates why it is 4 to 22 times more expensive to build electric generating capacity than it is to conserve capacity through the use of dimmers.
Compact fluorescent lamps use less energy and last 8-10 times longer than standard incandescent bulbs. Whether you have a wall mounted or tabletop dimmer, use this chart to help you select the …