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via Jetson Green; posted by Matt Grocoff Switch Lighting, creator of the only LED that uses liquid cooling technology, is on the cusp of a breakout year in 2012. The Switch bulb creates the same warm color of an incandescent, yet it’s made with reclaimable or recyclable materials using the Cradle to Cradle methodology. Inside the [...]

Google Android Apps May Soon Control Your LED Lights

via Jetson Green; posted by Matt Grocoff In the very near future, expect to be able to control devices, appliances, and lights in your home with the help of Google. That’s the information coming out of Google’s developer conference, Google I/O, where Android@Home was first announced. With the right app, an Android-powered smart device, and [...]

Bright Built Barn is Built, Bright and Beautiful

All images by Naomi Beal via Kaplan Thompson Architects Perhaps I should just rename these design posts the \”Jetson of the Day\” since I am getting so many from Preston at Jetson Green. Back in September he introduced us to the Bright Built Barn; Now Naomi Beal\’s latest pictures of it almost completed are up [...]

LEED Platinum is Bustin\’ Out All Over

TreeHugger doesn\’t show as many LEED buildings as it used to; they have become almost common, and many, LEED notwithstanding, have \”issues,\” such as being overly large, strange uses, (a LEED airplane hanger?) or boring LEED categories like Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance oops, that\’s the Mother Ship.