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You already know that hue can recreate any color. You just need the palette to paint with, right? So what better place to start than your own photos? Use the app to capture the colors from any photo and then recreate them in your room. Simply drag the pointer to a color in your photo and the hue bulb will change to that color straight away.

A RECIPE FOR EVERY TASTE

Okay, so hue can light your room in a million different ways. But it can also help you focus, give you an energy boost or help you relax. Now that’s some clever science. And it’s something we’ve crammed into a very useful tool we call Light Recipes.

To use the Light Recipes, just select the option in the app and then choose one of the four recipes – Relax, Concentrate, Energize and Reading. There’s a sliding bar to change the brightness, so you’re always the one in remote control of your lights.

THE BRAINS OF THE OPERATION

The hue bridge is where all the clever stuff happens. It’s the ‘bridge’ between your bulbs and your smart phone app. And it can link up to 50 bulbs at a time.

To connect your bridge, first power up the bridge and then connect it to the back of your wireless router, using the network cables provided.

In-The-Field Advice
The EPA’s Indoor airPLUS best practices include the following, as detailed in the EPA brochure “Step Up to Indoor airPLUS.”
• Build in added mold and moisture protection with water-managed roofs, walls, and foundations. “Features include continuous drainage planes, proper flashing and air sealing, damp-proof foundation walls, capillary breaks, drain tile, and proper grading.”
• Prevent pests by fully sealing, caulking, or screening likely entry points. Combining physical barriers with proper pest management techniques may reduce pesticide use.
• Employ “best-practice design and installation of ducts and equipment to minimize condensation problems, whole-house and spot ventilation to help dilute and exhaust indoor pollutants, and air filtration to remove airborne particulates.”
• Provide radon-resistant construction in potentially high-radon areas, “including gravel and plastic sheeting below slabs, fully sealed and caulked foundation penetrations, plastic vent pipe running from below slab through the roof, and an attic receptacle for easily adding an electric powered fan to the vent pipe if needed.”
• Reduce potential exposure to combustion gases by “installing direct- or power-vented gas- and oil-fired equipment, properly vented fireplaces, garages fully sealed from living spaces and equipped with an exhaust fan, and carbon monoxide alarms in each sleeping area.”
• Reduce sources of pollutants by selecting materials that minimize risk of moisture damage and have reduced chemical content, and ventilate a home prior to occupancy.
For more information, visit epa.gov/iaplus01/pdfs/builder_brochure.pdf.

here are a couple examples:

 IKEA’s Melodi pendant is a great deal at $9.99

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faux wood 50% less than wood-mode’s walnut veneer cabinets

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Check out Kickstarter, a creative new crowd funding site, where anyone with a creative project can submit for public support. Amelia Scarlett, a Loyola Marymount film student in LA, is producing a short on recycling for her senior  project… and she is using Kickstarter.

Model of set (the entire set will be constructed of recycled materials.)

One Man’s Trash is a story about sustainability; the goal of the film is to show people that recycling can also be an art form. The story follows a man who is oblivious both to how wasteful he is and to how his lifestyle is affecting future generations.
The set itself tells a story…The entire room is created with recycled materials including cardboard, newspaper, trash bags, bottles and tins. The goal of this film is to show that recycling doesn’t have to be boring and tedious, it can be creative and artistic.

for more information see One Man’s Trash

to here to read the script of One Man’s Trash

what is flor?

A Responsible Choice

FLOR believes in a closed-loop product life cycle, which means we carefully consider our environmental-footprint in every step along the way: design, manufacturing, use, delivery and reclaiming old FLOR.

• Design: FLOR is designed with the end in mind. Our 19.7-inch squares are beautiful, functional and recyclable.
• Manufacturing: Our manufacturing processes are as energy-efficient as possible. We use renewable energy sources and technologies which help reduce our emissions and waste.
• Use: FLOR’s modular, square format means that it is a flexible, practical and scalable design system.
• Delivery: FLOR is efficiently packaged in easy-to-manage boxes delivered direct to your door.
• Reclaiming: FLOR is designed to be taken apart so face fibers and backing materials can be recycled into new product through our Return & Recycle Program.

check out the new boston store:
236 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 585.9933

“Turning what is usually regarded as junk wood into a finished flooring material is a fine example of upcycling. As with shipping containers, this provides a useful outlet for this plentifully available product which is another adjunct to product shipping and transportation. Much of the appealing character of the arctic plank flooring comes from the variety and character it acquires during its first incarnation as shipping material.”

arctic plank

via Jetson Green