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The builder must pay $203,420 in fines and contributions to a land conservancy.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service takes a second look at the wood stork, whose protection has thwarted development.
Lutron unveils new interactive systems, as business returns to environment control segment.
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EPA proposes tougher guidelines to manage jobsite stormwater runoff
NAHB says the strictest enforcement of new rules would add significantly to the cost of new homes.
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NAHB says the strictest enforcement of new guidelines would add significantly to cost of new homes.
Eleven new products for sustainable homes.
When you ask owner of Chester, N.J.-based Asdal Builders and chair of the Industry Committee of the Partnership for Advanced Technology in Housing (PATH) Bill Asdal about whiz-bang whirligigs such as geothermal HVAC and solar power generation systems, he gets a tad indignant. Then he tells you that...
Volume builders abhor complexity. Complexity means problems, and problems lead to work orders, and work orders to increased costs. This is one reason big builders haven't rushed to embrace whole-house control systems that have flowed onto the market in the past several years (well, that and the...
About a year ago, a number of companies in the digital home space signed on with Z-Wave. Developed by Zensys of Fremont, Calif., the wireless radio frequency (RF) networking protocol promises to allow communication between all kinds of devices. Leviton, the Long Island, N.Y.–based supplier of...
With its warm woods and decadent finishes, this upscale residence offers proof that a high-tech home needn't be sterile to get its groove on. The ideal home-automation system is so seamless that it's nearly invisible, and can happily coexist with any style of interior design, including one that...
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This month's top shelf products include Lutron wireless dimmers, Desa forced-air propane heaters, and the latest in furniture pulls from MNG Hardware.
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- Cooper Wiring Devices plans to start shipping its Aspire RF line of wireless lighting controls.
- Bell South's community technologies group signs a voice, data, and video deal with Carter Grove Plantation.
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Needed: Someone situated at the front end of the supply chain to offer perspective on how the relatively new concept of building digital amenities into production homes is faring in a softening market for new home sales. Leviton, a supplier of structured wiring products, automated lighting systems...
SMARTHOME, BEST KNOWN AS AN ONLINE distributor of home automation products, has reconfigured its corporate image, changing its name to SmartLabs to better reflect the company's recent shift toward new product development.
These have been heady months for the Z-Wave Alliance.
Here, there's an attractive option just upstairs: a game room with access to the upper loggia (complete with its own outdoor kitchen and bar area), as well as a nearby home theater.
The debate over whether wireless will one day eliminate the need for structured wiring has for years ended with some major sticking points—first and foremost that there are no wireless systems that can reliably run high-definition (HD) video.
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- Leviton adds new designs to its Decora line of wiring services, lighting controls and wall plates.
- Linear, the home-technology subsidiary of Nortek, acquires Niles Audio.
Z-Wave lets homeowners monitor and manage home-control products such as lighting, security systems, thermostats, garage door openers, and entertainment systems with a radio frequency-based remote control device and over the Internet.
Microsoft's new platform for home entertainment and home control, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, could very well become a strong force in the home building industry.