Sustainable lighting isn’t just a glitzy catchphrase. Sustainable lighting is where it’s at when it comes to saving the planet and your hard-earned money. With the new national guidelines, household light bulbs must emit a minimum of 45 lumens per...
There are always new buzzwords that make something that has been around for a long time seem like it was just invented. Sustainable architecture is currently trending everywhere — from real estate sites to architectural magazines, we’re seeing how this practice...
The word sustainable seems to be the latest buzzword for just about every industry lately. Well, we have news for you — the lighting industry is so ahead of every other industry in this area that even though we didn’t necessarily talk about it, we were already...
There’s no doubt that there’s a direct correlation between our environment and our mental health. Designing spaces for mental health, while not specifically called that, has been done for more than 5,000 years through the ancient art of feng shui. Promoting calmness...
So what exactly is sustainable architecture, you ask? Let’s define the word sustainability first, which according to Dictionary.com is the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources while supporting long-term ecological balance,...
Look at your community surroundings, such as the city you live in, the neighborhood you selected, and your house. These decisions all seem so simple to the average person, but the significance is monumental. All these decisions have social and cultural forces at play...
